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Add Private Key and Certificate to a PEM

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Demonstrates how to add certificates and private keys to a PEM.

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function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

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

    // The Chilkat PEM class was introduced in v9.5.0.49.  
    // It requires the bundle to be unlocked, as shown above.
    var pem = new chilkat.Pem();

    // Add the private key found in alice.key to this PEM.
    // 
    var privKey = new chilkat.PrivateKey();

    success = privKey.LoadAnyFormatFile("qa_data/alice.key","");
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(privKey.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Add it to the PEM:
    success = pem.AddPrivateKey(privKey);

    // Add the certificate found in alice.crt to this PEM.
    // 
    var cert = new chilkat.Cert();

    success = cert.LoadFromFile("qa_data/alice.crt");
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(cert.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Add it to the PEM:
    var includeCertChain = false;
    success = pem.AddCert(cert,includeCertChain);

    // Write the PEM containing the private key and certificate.
    // The private key will be output in PKCS8 encrypted form.
    // Certificates are never encrypted.

    // This is the password that will be required to open and access the private key
    // from the PEM we're about to write..
    var password = "secret";
    var extendedAttrs = false;
    var noKeys = false;
    var noCerts = false;
    var noCaCerts = false;
    var encryptAlg = "aes128";

    var pemStr = pem.ToPemEx(extendedAttrs,noKeys,noCerts,noCaCerts,encryptAlg,password);
    console.log(pemStr);

}

chilkatExample();