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ScMinidriver - Import a Certificate and Private Key to a Smart Card or USB Token

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Demonstrates how to import a certificate and its private key to a key container on a smart card or USB token.

Note: This functionality was introduced in Chilkat v9.5.0.87.

Note: The ScMinidriver functionality is for Windows-only because ScMinidriver DLLs only exist on Windows.

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C
#include <C_CkScMinidriver.h>
#include <C_CkCert.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkScMinidriver scmd;
    const char *readerName;
    const char *pinId;
    int retval;
    HCkCert cert;
    const char *password;
    int containerIndex;
    const char *keySpec;

    success = FALSE;

    // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    scmd = CkScMinidriver_Create();

    // Reader names (smart card readers or USB tokens) can be discovered
    // via List Readers or Find Smart Cards
    readerName = "SCM Microsystems Inc. SCR33x USB Smart Card Reader 0";
    success = CkScMinidriver_AcquireContext(scmd,readerName);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkScMinidriver_lastErrorText(scmd));
        CkScMinidriver_Dispose(scmd);
        return;
    }

    // If successful, the name of the currently inserted smart card is available:
    printf("Card name: %s\n",CkScMinidriver_cardName(scmd));

    // To import a cert + private key, we'll need to be PIN authenticated.
    // For more details about smart card PIN authentication, see the Smart Card PIN Authentication Example
    pinId = "user";
    retval = CkScMinidriver_PinAuthenticate(scmd,pinId,"000000");
    if (retval != 0) {
        printf("PIN Authentication failed.\n");
        CkScMinidriver_DeleteContext(scmd);
        CkScMinidriver_Dispose(scmd);
        return;
    }

    cert = CkCert_Create();

    // Load the cert + private key from a .p12/.pfx
    // We got this .p12 from https://badssl.com/download/
    password = "badssl.com";
    success = CkCert_LoadPfxFile(cert,"qa_data/pfx/badssl.com-client.p12",password);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkCert_lastErrorText(cert));
        CkScMinidriver_DeleteContext(scmd);
        CkScMinidriver_Dispose(scmd);
        CkCert_Dispose(cert);
        return;
    }

    // Let's import this certificate as the "signature" key/cert in key container #6.
    containerIndex = 6;
    keySpec = "sig";
    success = CkScMinidriver_ImportCert(scmd,cert,containerIndex,keySpec,pinId);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkScMinidriver_lastErrorText(scmd));
    }
    else {
        printf("Successfully imported the cert + private key onto the smart card.\n");
    }

    // When finished with operations that required authentication, you may if you wish, deauthenticate the session.
    success = CkScMinidriver_PinDeauthenticate(scmd,"user");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkScMinidriver_lastErrorText(scmd));
    }

    // Delete the context when finished with the card.
    success = CkScMinidriver_DeleteContext(scmd);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkScMinidriver_lastErrorText(scmd));
    }



    CkScMinidriver_Dispose(scmd);
    CkCert_Dispose(cert);

    }