Perl

Load a Private Key from XML Text

Demonstrates the Chilkat PrivateKey.LoadXml method, which loads a private key from XML text. The only argument is the XML string. Supported roots include RSAKeyValue, DSAKeyValue, ECCKeyValue, and Ed25519KeyValue.

Background: XML key representations such as RSAKeyValue come from the .NET/XML-DSIG world, where keys are exchanged as XML elements. This loads that form — the inverse of GetXml — which is handy for interoperating with .NET code or systems built around XML signatures. It is a plaintext format, so protect the XML like any unencrypted key material.

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use chilkat();

$success = 0;

#  Demonstrates the PrivateKey.LoadXml method, which loads a private key from XML text.  The only
#  argument is the XML string.  Supported roots include RSAKeyValue, DSAKeyValue, ECCKeyValue,
#  and Ed25519KeyValue.

$privKey = chilkat::CkPrivateKey->new();

#  The XML text of a private key (for example as produced by GetXml).
$xmlText = "<RSAKeyValue><Modulus>...</Modulus><Exponent>AQAB</Exponent>...</RSAKeyValue>";

$success = $privKey->LoadXml($xmlText);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $privKey->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print "Loaded a " . $privKey->keyType() . " private key." . "\r\n";