Add rudimentary read option

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/message/message.go b/message/message.go
index 19f04a5..aa2a3e5 100644
--- a/message/message.go
+++ b/message/message.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/bits"
+	"time"
 
 	ipfs "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-api"
 )
@@ -25,6 +26,11 @@ type Message struct {
 	Nonce     int
 }
 
+// String method for Message: "Message *hash* sent at *human readable timestamp* with nonce *nonce*:\n*message*"
+func (m *Message) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("Message %x sent at %s with nonce %d:\n%s", m.Hash(), time.Unix(m.Timestamp, 0).Format(time.RFC3339), m.Nonce, m.Message)
+}
+
 // Proof of Work: Find the nonce for a message by hashing the message and checking for at least n initial zeroes in the binary representation of the resulting hash
 func (msg *Message) ProofOfWork(n int) {
 	// Create a local copy of the message and start counting