Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

Load a PuTTY Public Key

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Demonstrates how to load a PuTTY public key. Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

program ChilkatDemo;

// Demonstrates using the Chilkat Pascal wrapper via the C bridge DLL.
// Builds as a console application under Lazarus (FPC) or Delphi.

{$IFDEF FPC}
  {$MODE DELPHI}
{$ENDIF}
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  {$IFDEF UNIX}
  cthreads,
  {$ENDIF}
  SysUtils,
  CkDllLoader,
  Chilkat.SshKey;

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

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  puttyKey: TSshKey;
  pubKeyText: string;
  openSshPubKeyStr: string;
  xmlPubKeyStr: string;

begin
  success := False;

  //  Load a PuTTY public key.
  puttyKey := TSshKey.Create;
  pubKeyText := puttyKey.LoadText('qa_data/ppk/putty_public.pem');

  //  The pubKeyText contains this content:

  //  	---- BEGIN SSH2 PUBLIC KEY ----
  //  	Comment: "rsa-key-20170126"
  //  	AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAQEAx+52s7vvaZ8rT2UdFZWlSUVDHDQ+5ZRFvgRW
  //  	6nm2sO1c9WqNg7u2PQL4jeKSDX2XWcMnpleALz2x8Rr4rMy5E1iZzvWov8VtFd8l
  //  	fa9HOkgEeJB3VFuYR3NlnD3eyCoYJYPVpHJHrIeui2WZs5vQ76HDe+th8+z5Ald4
  //  	zPw3p2c6ZJpBrkSBM67hWokoBDi23c7NhszDHhJBrv+B98cQxnagI1PUKqN7E8Vg
  //  	bNtBI8beIMHyI69up9G1AXSEi0cGIjYNx9RNUPau1mRk/SvfqxgWkAjM005lj7hc
  //  	bOsjbdKK3T2NtrKTaYjEiXlEXcj1iGuApsD/m73pYaEJB3Nd7w==
  //  	---- END SSH2 PUBLIC KEY ----

  success := puttyKey.FromRfc4716PublicKey(pubKeyText);
  if (success <> True) then
    begin
      WriteLn(puttyKey.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  If desired, convert to other public key formats:
  openSshPubKeyStr := puttyKey.ToOpenSshPublicKey();
  WriteLn(openSshPubKeyStr);

  //  openSshPubKeyStr contains:
  //  ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAQEAx+52s7vvaZ8rT2UdFZWlSUVDHDQ+5ZRFvgRW6nm2sO1c9WqNg7u2PQL4jeKSDX2XWcMnpleALz2x8Rr4rMy5E1iZzvWov8VtFd8lfa9HOkgEeJB3VFuYR3NlnD3eyCoYJYPVpHJHrIeui2WZs5vQ76HDe+th8+z5Ald4zPw3p2c6ZJpBrkSBM67hWokoBDi23c7NhszDHhJBrv+B98cQxnagI1PUKqN7E8VgbNtBI8beIMHyI69up9G1AXSEi0cGIjYNx9RNUPau1mRk/SvfqxgWkAjM005lj7hcbOsjbdKK3T2NtrKTaYjEiXlEXcj1iGuApsD/m73pYaEJB3Nd7w== rsa-key-20170126

  //  Convert to an XML format:
  xmlPubKeyStr := puttyKey.ToXml();
  WriteLn(xmlPubKeyStr);

  //  xmlPubKeyStr contains:
  //  <RSAPublicKey>
  //      <Modulus>x+52s7vvaZ8rT2UdFZWlSUVDHDQ+5ZRFvgRW6nm2sO1c9WqNg7u2PQL4jeKSDX2XWcMnpleALz2x8Rr4rMy5E1iZzvWov8VtFd8lfa9HOkgEeJB3VFuYR3NlnD3eyCoYJYPVpHJHrIeui2WZs5vQ76HDe+th8+z5Ald4zPw3p2c6ZJpBrkSBM67hWokoBDi23c7NhszDHhJBrv+B98cQxnagI1PUKqN7E8VgbNtBI8beIMHyI69up9G1AXSEi0cGIjYNx9RNUPau1mRk/SvfqxgWkAjM005lj7hcbOsjbdKK3T2NtrKTaYjEiXlEXcj1iGuApsD/m73pYaEJB3Nd7w==</Modulus>
  //      <Exponent>JQ==</Exponent>
  //  </RSAPublicKey>
  //  
  //  


  puttyKey.Free;

end;

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

begin

  try
    RunDemo;
  except
    on E: Exception do
      WriteLn('Unhandled exception: ', E.ClassName, ': ', E.Message);
  end;

  WriteLn;
  {$IFDEF MSWINDOWS}
  WriteLn('Press Enter to exit...');
  ReadLn;
  {$ENDIF}
end.