(Node.js) Generate an RSA Key and Get as Base64 DER

Demonstrates how to generate a 2048-bit RSA key and return the public and private parts as unencrypted Base64 encoded DER.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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var os = require('os');
if (os.platform() == 'win32') {  
  var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-win64'); 
} else if (os.platform() == 'linux') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-linux-arm');
    } else if (os.arch() == 'arm64') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-linux-arm64');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-linux-x64');
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'darwin') {
  var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-mac-universal');
}

function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

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

    var rsa = new chilkat.Rsa();

    // Generate a 2048-bit key.
    var privKey = new chilkat.PrivateKey();
    success = rsa.GenKey(2048,privKey);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(rsa.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Get the public part of the key.
    var pubKey = new chilkat.PublicKey();
    privKey.ToPublicKey(pubKey);

    // There are two possible formats for representing the RSA public key 
    // in ASN.1 (DER).  The possible formats are PKCS1 and PKCS8.
    // We can get either by setting bChoosePkcs1 to true or false.
    var bChoosePkcs1 = true;
    var pubKeyBase64Der = pubKey.GetEncoded(bChoosePkcs1,"base64");
    console.log("Public Key Base64 DER:");
    console.log(pubKeyBase64Der);

    // Get the private key as Base64 DER:
    // We can get PKCS1 or PKCS8, but with different methods:
    var privKeyPkcs1 = privKey.GetPkcs1ENC("base64");
    console.log("Private Key PKCS1 Base64 DER:");
    console.log(privKeyPkcs1);

    var privKeyPkcs8 = privKey.GetPkcs8ENC("base64");
    console.log("Private Key PKCS8 Base64 DER:");
    console.log(privKeyPkcs8);

}

chilkatExample();