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Java Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Convert PFX to JWK Set

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Demonstrates how to convert a PFX (.pfx or .p12) to a JWK Set (a JSON Web Key Set).

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import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.JavaKeyStore;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.JsonObject;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Pfx;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.StringBuilder;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
        // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

        Pfx pfx = new Pfx();

        try {
            pfx.loadPfxFile("qa_data/pfx/myEccCert.p12", "MY_ECC_PFX_PASSWORD");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // To get the contents of the PFX in JWK Set form, we must first convert
        // to a Java KeyStore object:
        // The alias will become the key id ("kid") the the JWK Set.
        // The password is an input argument that becomes the password for the JavaKeyStore.
        String alias = "my_ecc_key";
        String password = "secret123";
        JavaKeyStore jks = new JavaKeyStore();
        try {
            pfx.toJksObj(alias, password, jks);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        StringBuilder sbJwkSet = new StringBuilder();
        // The ToJwkSet method writes to sbJwkSet.
        try {
            jks.toJwkSet(password, sbJwkSet);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        JsonObject jwkSet = new JsonObject();
        jwkSet.loadSb(sbJwkSet);
        jwkSet.setEmitCompact(false);

        System.out.println(jwkSet.emit());

        // The output is:
        // (Line breaks in the "x5c" base64 data were added for readability)
        // {
        //   "keys": [
        //     {
        //       "kty": "EC",
        //       "crv": "P-384",
        //       "x": "uB62JGMJKXnp1PNsOOIYKGhrzfLev3O-UuthL6UzEqNNDTd8dEYMUQP_DTS3qk98",
        //       "y": "gyQEFxdmZUsPF0fFokkZZ1cV6z7QD3MsPvSjrBzB0GUB3r8CLnDK_F4pF2Q995hr",
        //       "d": "ugTy2ZpuQqv1uQyLSgz1SPRvngzrd5vLyzU2ICaJd25zZRIxxlNR-uFo9UWC6llt",
        //       "kid": "my_ecc_key",
        //       "x5c": [
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        //       ]
        //     }
        //   ]
        // }
        //
    }
}