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PKCS11 Find Certificate with Key Usage on Smart Card or USB Token

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Demonstrates how to find and return the 1st certificate on a smart card or USB token with a desired intended key usage.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.91 or later.

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llSuccess = .F.

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

// Note: Chilkat's PKCS11 implementation runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and other supported operating systems.

loPkcs11 = createobject("CkPkcs11")

loPkcs11.SharedLibPath = "aetpkss1.dll"

llSuccess = loPkcs11.Initialize()
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loPkcs11.LastErrorText
    release loPkcs11
    return
endif

// Pass -1 for the slotID to open a session on the first non-empty slot.
lnSlotID = -1

// Open a session.
llReadWrite = .T.
llSuccess = loPkcs11.OpenSession(lnSlotID,llReadWrite)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loPkcs11.LastErrorText
    release loPkcs11
    return
endif

// Make it an authenticated session by calling Login.
// 
// If we don't authenticate, then we won't be able to see the private keys, and thus
// we won't know which certificates have an associated private key stored on the smart card.

// The smart card PIN is passed to the Login method.
// userType 1 indicates a "Normal User".
lnUserType = 1
lcPin = "0000"
llSuccess = loPkcs11.Login(lnUserType,lcPin)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loPkcs11.LastErrorText
    llSuccess = loPkcs11.CloseSession()
    release loPkcs11
    return
endif

// --------------------------------------------------------------------------

loCert = createobject("CkCert")

// Find a certificate with an intended key usage.
// Possible key usages to find are:
// 
// DigitalSignature
// NonRepudiation
// KeyEncipherment
// DataEncipherment
// CertificateSigning
// CrlSigning
// 
// To find a cert having any one of several usages, pass a comma-separated list of usages:
llSuccess = loPkcs11.FindCert("keyUsage","NonRepudiation,DigitalSignature",loCert)
if (llSuccess = .T.) then
    ? "Cert with private key: " + loCert.SubjectCN
else
    ? "No certificates having the intended key usage were found."
endif

// --------------------------------------------------------------------------

// Revert to an unauthenticated session by calling Logout.
llSuccess = loPkcs11.Logout()
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loPkcs11.LastErrorText
    llSuccess = loPkcs11.CloseSession()
    release loPkcs11
    release loCert
    return
endif

// When finished, close the session.
// It is important to close the session (memory leaks will occur if the session is not properly closed).
llSuccess = loPkcs11.CloseSession()
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loPkcs11.LastErrorText
    release loPkcs11
    release loCert
    return
endif

? "Success."


release loPkcs11
release loCert