Chilkat2-Python

Set the DKIM Signing Private Key

Demonstrates the Chilkat Dkim.SetDkimPrivateKey method, which supplies the RSA private key used by DkimSign. The only argument is a PrivateKey object. The source key may be destroyed after this returns, and the configured key can be reused for multiple signatures.

Note: The file paths are relative to the application's current working directory. Absolute paths may also be used. Supply the paths appropriate to your own environment.

Background: DKIM proves a message really came from its domain by signing it with a private key that only the domain owner holds; recipients verify with the matching public key published in the domain's DNS. This method loads that private half into the Dkim object once, so a mail server can sign every outgoing message without re-reading the key each time. Because the key is the domain's signing secret, it should be protected like any other private key and never committed to source.

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import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

# Demonstrates the Dkim.SetDkimPrivateKey method, which supplies the RSA private key used by
# DkimSign.  The only argument is a PrivateKey object.

dkim = chilkat2.Dkim()

# Load the RSA private key that corresponds to the public key published in the domain's DNS.
privKey = chilkat2.PrivateKey()
success = privKey.LoadPemFile("qa_data/dkim_private.pem")
if (success == False):
    print(privKey.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Copy the key into the Dkim object.  The PrivateKey object may be destroyed afterward, and the
# configured key can be reused for multiple signatures.
success = dkim.SetDkimPrivateKey(privKey)
if (success == False):
    print(dkim.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

print("DKIM private key configured.")