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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use strict;
use warnings;
use Chilkat2;

my $pfx = Chilkat2::Pfx->new;

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

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

print 'Loaded ', $pfx->NumCerts, " certificate(s).\n";