Steganography Online Codec SDK for Java

Steganography Online Codec allows you to hide a password encrypted message within the images & photos using AES encryption algorithm with a 256-bit PBKDF2 derived key.

You can use it for free at:

https://www.pelock.com/products/steganography-online-codec

This SDK provides programming access to the codec and its encoding and decoding functions through a WebAPI interface.

What is steganography & how it works?

Steganography is a term describing the art and science of hiding information by embedding messages within other, seemingly harmless image files.

In this case, the individual bits of the encrypted hidden message are saved as the least significant (LSB) bits in the RGB color components in the pixels of the selected image.

With our steganographic encoder you will be able to conceal any text message in the image in a secure way and send it without raising any suspicion. It will only be possible to read the message after providing valid, decryption password.

Installation

The preferred way to install the Web API SDK is via Maven.

Add this dependency to your pom.xml:

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.pelock</groupId>
  <artifactId>steganography-online-codec</artifactId>
  <version>1.0.2</version>
</dependency>

Packages for other programming languages

The installation packages have been uploaded to repositories for several popular programming languages and their source codes have been published on GitHub:

Repository	Language	Installation	Package	GitHub
	Python	Run pip install steganography-online-codec	PyPI	Sources
	JavaScript, TypeScript	Run npm i steganography-online-codec or add "steganography-online-codec": "latest" under dependencies in package.json	NPM	Sources
	Rust	Run cargo add steganography-online-codec or add steganography-online-codec = "1" to Cargo.toml (optional: git / path for unreleased or vendored builds)	crates.io	Sources

Example — SteganographyIsDemo.java

/******************************************************************************
 * Steganography Online Codec WebApi interface usage example.
 *
 * Version        : v1.0.2
 * Language       : Java
 * Author         : Bartosz Wójcik
 * Web page       : https://www.pelock.com
 *
 *****************************************************************************/

import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
import com.pelock.steganography.SteganographyOnlineCodec;

public class SteganographyIsDemo {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    SteganographyOnlineCodec client = new SteganographyOnlineCodec("YOUR-WEB-API-KEY");
    JsonNode result = client.login();

    if (result != null && result.has("license")) {
      boolean full = result.path("license").path("activationStatus").asBoolean(false);
      System.out.println("You are running in " + (full ? "full" : "demo") + " version");
      if (full) {
        System.out.println("Registered for - " + result.path("license").path("userName").asText());
        System.out.println(
            "Remaining number of usage credits - "
                + result.path("license").path("usagesCount").asText());
      }
      System.out.println("Max. password length - " + result.path("limits").path("maxPasswordLen").asText());
    } else {
      System.out.println("Something unexpected happened while trying to login to the service.");
    }
  }
}

Example — SteganographySimpleExample.java

/******************************************************************************
 * Steganography Online Codec WebApi interface usage example.
 *
 * Version        : v1.0.2
 * Language       : Java
 * Author         : Bartosz Wójcik
 * Web page       : https://www.pelock.com
 *
 *****************************************************************************/

import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
import com.pelock.steganography.Errors;
import com.pelock.steganography.SteganographyOnlineCodec;

public class SteganographySimpleExample {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    SteganographyOnlineCodec client = new SteganographyOnlineCodec("YOUR-WEB-API-KEY");
    JsonNode result =
        client.encode(
            "input_file.jpg",
            "Secret message",
            "Pa$$word",
            "output_file_with_hidden_secret_message.png");

    if (result != null && result.has("error")) {
      if (result.get("error").asInt() == Errors.SUCCESS) {
        System.out.println("Secret message encoded and saved to the output PNG file.");
      } else {
        System.out.println("Error code " + result.get("error").asInt());
      }
    } else {
      System.out.println("Something unexpected happened while trying to encode the message.");
    }
  }
}

See the examples/ directory in this repository for complete samples.

Got questions?

If you are interested in the Steganography Online Codec Web API or have any questions regarding SDK packages, technical or if something is not clear, please contact me. I'll be happy to answer all of your questions.

Bartosz Wójcik

• Visit my site at — https://www.pelock.com
• X — https://x.com/PELock
• GitHub — https://github.com/PELock