Export a Certificate's Private Key to Various Formats

Loads a digital certificate and private key from a PFX file (also known as PKCS#12) and exports the private key to various formats: (1) PKCS8 Encrypted, (2) PKCS8 Encrypted PEM, (3) PKCS8 unencrypted, (4) PKCS8 PEM unencrypted, (5) RSA DER unencrypted, (6) RSA PEM unencrypted, (7) XML.

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#include <C_CkCert.h>
#include <C_CkPrivateKey.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkCert cert;
    BOOL success;
    const char * pfxFilename;
    const char * pfxPassword;
    HCkPrivateKey privKey;
    const char * password;
    const char * path;

    cert = CkCert_Create();

    //  Load from the PFX file

    pfxFilename = "/Users/chilkat/testData/pfx/chilkat_ssl_pwd_is_test.pfx";

    pfxPassword = "test";

    //  A PFX typically contains certificates in the chain of authentication.
    //  The Chilkat cert object will choose the certificate w/
    //  private key farthest from the root authority cert.
    //  To access all the certificates in a PFX, use the
    //  Chilkat certificate store object instead.
    success = CkCert_LoadPfxFile(cert,pfxFilename,pfxPassword);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkCert_lastErrorText(cert));
        return;
    }

    //  Get the private key...

    privKey = CkCert_ExportPrivateKey(cert);
    if (privKey == 0 ) {
        printf("%s\n",CkCert_lastErrorText(cert));
        return;
    }

    //  Export to various formats:

    password = "secret";

    //  PKCS8 Encrypted DER
    path = "/Users/chilkat/testData/privkeys/chilkat_pkcs8_enc.der";
    success = CkPrivateKey_SavePkcs8EncryptedFile(privKey,password,path);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkPrivateKey_lastErrorText(privKey));
        CkPrivateKey_Dispose(privKey);
        return;
    }

    //  PKCS8 Encrypted PEM
    path = "/Users/chilkat/testData/privkeys/chilkat_pkcs8_enc.pem";
    success = CkPrivateKey_SavePkcs8EncryptedPemFile(privKey,password,path);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkPrivateKey_lastErrorText(privKey));
        CkPrivateKey_Dispose(privKey);
        return;
    }

    //  PKCS8 Unencrypted DER
    path = "/Users/chilkat/testData/privkeys/chilkat_pkcs8.der";
    success = CkPrivateKey_SavePkcs8File(privKey,path);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkPrivateKey_lastErrorText(privKey));
        CkPrivateKey_Dispose(privKey);
        return;
    }

    //  PKCS8 Unencrypted PEM
    path = "/Users/chilkat/testData/privkeys/chilkat_pkcs8.pem";
    success = CkPrivateKey_SavePkcs8PemFile(privKey,path);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkPrivateKey_lastErrorText(privKey));
        CkPrivateKey_Dispose(privKey);
        return;
    }

    //   RSA DER (unencrypted)
    path = "/Users/chilkat/testData/privkeys/chilkat_rsa.der";
    success = CkPrivateKey_SaveRsaDerFile(privKey,path);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkPrivateKey_lastErrorText(privKey));
        CkPrivateKey_Dispose(privKey);
        return;
    }

    //  RSA PEM (unencrypted)
    path = "/Users/chilkat/testData/privkeys/chilkat_rsa.pem";
    success = CkPrivateKey_SaveRsaPemFile(privKey,path);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkPrivateKey_lastErrorText(privKey));
        CkPrivateKey_Dispose(privKey);
        return;
    }

    //  XML (unencrypted)
    path = "/Users/chilkat/testData/privkeys/chilkat.xml";
    success = CkPrivateKey_SaveXmlFile(privKey,path);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkPrivateKey_lastErrorText(privKey));
        CkPrivateKey_Dispose(privKey);
        return;
    }

    CkPrivateKey_Dispose(privKey);

    printf("Private key exported to all formats.\n");



    CkCert_Dispose(cert);

    }