From b4477744ed1f804762afb16811db5b6d4aed10aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: audric <audric@loki.network>
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2021 17:25:20 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] fix login with password

Fixes #1798
---
 app/sql.js | 16 +++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/sql.js b/app/sql.js
index 24d3a5fd7..6e95708e5 100644
--- a/app/sql.js
+++ b/app/sql.js
@@ -153,7 +153,15 @@ function getSQLCipherIntegrityCheck(db) {
 
 function keyDatabase(db, key) {
   // https://www.zetetic.net/sqlcipher/sqlcipher-api/#key
-  db.pragma(`key = "x'${key}'"`);
+  // If the password isn't hex then we need to derive a key from it
+
+  const deriveKey = HEX_KEY.test(key);
+
+  const value = deriveKey ? `'${key}'` : `"x'${key}'"`;
+
+  const pragramToRun = `key = ${value}`;
+
+  db.pragma(pragramToRun);
 }
 
 function switchToWAL(db) {
@@ -269,13 +277,7 @@ function openAndMigrateDatabase(filePath, key) {
   }
 }
 
-const INVALID_KEY = /[^0-9A-Fa-f]/;
 function openAndSetUpSQLCipher(filePath, { key }) {
-  const match = INVALID_KEY.exec(key);
-  if (match) {
-    throw new Error(`setupSQLCipher: key '${key}' is not valid`);
-  }
-
   return openAndMigrateDatabase(filePath, key);
 }