Chilkat2-Python

Export a Private Key as XML

Demonstrates the Chilkat PrivateKey.GetXml method, which exports the key in Chilkat-compatible XML (for example an RSAKeyValue element). It takes no arguments; the XML is not encrypted.

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: The XML key format belongs to the .NET/XML-DSIG world, where keys are represented as XML elements. Exporting to it is what you do to hand a key to .NET code or a system built around XML signatures — the inverse of LoadXml. It is plaintext, so the exported XML must be protected like any unencrypted key.

Chilkat Chilkat2-Python Downloads

Download Chilkat for Chilkat2-Python

Chilkat2-Python

import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

# Load a private key to export.
privKey = chilkat2.PrivateKey()
success = privKey.LoadPemFile("qa_data/private.pem")
if (success == False):
    print(privKey.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Export in Chilkat-compatible XML (for example an RSAKeyValue element).  The XML is not
# encrypted.
xml = privKey.GetXml()
if (privKey.LastMethodSuccess == False):
    print(privKey.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

print(xml)