(Chilkat2-Python) Generate an RSA Key and Get as Base64 DER

Demonstrates how to generate a 2048-bit RSA key and return the public and private parts as unencrypted Base64 encoded DER.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

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

rsa = chilkat2.Rsa()

# Generate a 2048-bit key.
privKey = chilkat2.PrivateKey()
success = rsa.GenKey(2048,privKey)
if (success == False):
    print(rsa.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Get the public part of the key.
pubKey = chilkat2.PublicKey()
privKey.ToPublicKey(pubKey)

# There are two possible formats for representing the RSA public key 
# in ASN.1 (DER).  The possible formats are PKCS1 and PKCS8.
# We can get either by setting bChoosePkcs1 to True or False.
bChoosePkcs1 = True
pubKeyBase64Der = pubKey.GetEncoded(bChoosePkcs1,"base64")
print("Public Key Base64 DER:")
print(pubKeyBase64Der)

# Get the private key as Base64 DER:
# We can get PKCS1 or PKCS8, but with different methods:
privKeyPkcs1 = privKey.GetPkcs1ENC("base64")
print("Private Key PKCS1 Base64 DER:")
print(privKeyPkcs1)

privKeyPkcs8 = privKey.GetPkcs8ENC("base64")
print("Private Key PKCS8 Base64 DER:")
print(privKeyPkcs8)