Chilkat2-Python

Get RSA Key Modulus from .cer or .key

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Demonstrates how to get the RSA key modulus from either the certificate (.cer) or RSA key (.key). OpenSSL commands to do the same would be:

openssl x509 -inform DER -in "test.cer"  -modulus -noout 

or

openssl pkcs8 -inform DER -in​ "test.key"​ -outform PEM -passin pass:"12345​678a​"
   | openssl rsa -inform PEM -modulus -noout 

Chilkat2-Python

import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

privKey = chilkat2.PrivateKey()

password = "12345678a"
success = privKey.LoadPkcs8EncryptedFile("qa_data/certs/test_12345678a.key",password)
if (success == False):
    print(privKey.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

xml = chilkat2.Xml()
xml.LoadXml(privKey.GetXml())

# The XML contains the parts of the key in base64.
print("Private Key XML:")
print(xml.GetXml())

# We can get the base64 modulus like this:
modulus = xml.GetChildContent("Modulus")
print("base64 modulus = " + modulus)

# To convert to hex:
binDat = chilkat2.BinData()
binDat.AppendEncoded(modulus,"base64")
hexModulus = binDat.GetEncoded("hex")
print("hex modulus = " + hexModulus)

# Now get the modulus from the cert:
cert = chilkat2.Cert()

success = cert.LoadFromFile("qa_data/certs/test_12345678a.cer")
if (success == False):
    print(cert.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# The cert contains the public key, which is composed of the
# modulus + exponent (for RSA keys).
pubKey = chilkat2.PublicKey()
cert.GetPublicKey(pubKey)

xml.LoadXml(pubKey.GetXml())
print("Public Key XML:")
print(xml.GetXml())

# Proceed in the same way as before....
modulus = xml.GetChildContent("Modulus")
print("base64 modulus = " + modulus)

# To convert to hex:
binDat.Clear()
binDat.AppendEncoded(modulus,"base64")
hexModulus = binDat.GetEncoded("hex")
print("hex modulus = " + hexModulus)