Perl

Load a PFX from an Encoded String

Demonstrates Pfx.LoadPfxEncoded, which decodes text using a named binary encoding (such as base64) and loads the resulting bytes as a PFX / PKCS#12 container.

Background. This is useful when the PKCS#12 data has been transported or stored as printable text, such as base64.

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Perl

use chilkat();

$success = 0;

$pfx = chilkat::CkPfx->new();

#  The PFX password should come from a secure source rather than being hard-coded.
$password = "myPfxPassword";

#  Decode the base64 text into PFX / PKCS#12 bytes and load them.  Common encodings include base64
#  and hex.
$encodedPfx = "MIIKrAIBAzCCCm...base64-encoded-pfx...";
$success = $pfx->LoadPfxEncoded($encodedPfx,"base64",$password);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $pfx->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print "Loaded " . $pfx->get_NumCerts() . " certificate(s)." . "\r\n";