Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

Generate RSA Key and return Base64 PKCS8 Private Key

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Demonstrates how to generate a new 2048-bit RSA private key and returns the Base64 encoded PKCS8 representation of the private 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.PrivateKey,
  Chilkat.Rsa;

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

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  rsa: TRsa;
  privKey: TPrivateKey;
  privKeyPkcs8Base64: string;

begin
  success := False;

  rsa := TRsa.Create;

  //  Generate a 2048-bit key.  Chilkat RSA supports
  //  key sizes ranging from 512 bits to 8192 bits.
  privKey := TPrivateKey.Create;
  success := rsa.GenKey(2048,privKey);
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(rsa.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Get the private key in PKCS8 Base64 format
  privKeyPkcs8Base64 := privKey.GetPkcs8ENC('base64');

  //  The key in base64 format will start similar to this:
  //  MIIEvAIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BA...
  WriteLn(privKeyPkcs8Base64);


  rsa.Free;
  privKey.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.