Convert Certificate from PEM to DER

Convert a PEM formatted certificate file (.cer, .crt, .pem) to DER format (.cer, .der). The Chilkat certificate class/object is a freeware component that is included in many of the Chilkat downloads.

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import sys
import chilkat

cert = chilkat.CkCert()

#  LoadFromFile will load either PEM and DER formatted files.
#  It automatically recognizes the file format based on the
#  file contents.
success = cert.LoadFromFile("chilkat.crt")
if (success != True):
    print cert.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

print cert.subjectDN()

success = cert.ExportCertDerFile("chilkat.der")
if (success != True):
    print cert.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

print "success!"