Go Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Get EC Public Key from EC Private Key

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Demonstrates how to get an EC public key from an EC private key. Go

    success := false

    //  We have an ECC private key...
    //  The contents of the private key PEM file look like this:

    //  	-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
    //  	MIGHAgEAMBMGByqGSM49AgEGCCqGSM49AwEHBG0wawIBAQQg3J8q/24D1sEKGdP9
    //  	72MGYElLGpw/a56Y3t6pfON3uhShRANCAATlSmoizyhAwoYZAOuFBATl07/1RR54
    //  	a1Dzfm16grxJe666AGKR+bSs24hk7TEpaeCTvT8YOOM3l+xKFg7zq6Q9
    //  	-----END PRIVATE KEY-----

    privKey := chilkat.NewPrivateKey()
    success = privKey.LoadPemFile("qa_data/ecc/secp256r1-key-pkcs8.pem")
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(privKey.LastErrorText())
        privKey.DisposePrivateKey()
        return
    }

    //  Get the public key.
    pubKey := chilkat.NewPublicKey()
    privKey.ToPublicKey(pubKey)

    //  Save the public key to a PEM file.
    success = pubKey.SavePemFile(false,"qa_data/ecc/secp256r1-pubkey.pem")
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(pubKey.LastErrorText())
        privKey.DisposePrivateKey()
        pubKey.DisposePublicKey()
        return
    }

    //  The contents of the ECC public key PEM file look like this:

    //  	-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
    //  	MIIBSzCCAQMGByqGSM49AgEwgfcCAQEwLAYHKoZIzj0BAQIhAP////8AAAABAAAA
    //  	AAAAAAAAAAAA////////////////MFsEIP////8AAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA////
    //  	///////////8BCBaxjXYqjqT57PrvVV2mIa8ZR0GsMxTsPY7zjw+J9JgSwMVAMSd
    //  	NgiG5wSTamZ44ROdJreBn36QBEEEaxfR8uEsQkf4vOblY6RA8ncDfYEt6zOg9KE5
    //  	RdiYwpZP40Li/hp/m47n60p8D54WK84zV2sxXs7LtkBoN79R9QIhAP////8AAAAA
    //  	//////////+85vqtpxeehPO5ysL8YyVRAgEBA0IABOVKaiLPKEDChhkA64UEBOXT
    //  	v/VFHnhrUPN+bXqCvEl7rroAYpH5tKzbiGTtMSlp4JO9Pxg44zeX7EoWDvOrpD0=
    //  	-----END PUBLIC KEY-----

    fmt.Println("Success.")

    privKey.DisposePrivateKey()
    pubKey.DisposePublicKey()