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PKCS11 Find all Private Keys

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Demonstrates how to list all private keys on an HSM.

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Chilkat2 Perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Chilkat2;

# This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

# Note: Chilkat's PKCS11 implementation runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and other supported operating systems.

my $pkcs11 = Chilkat2::Pkcs11->new;

# Use the PKCS11 driver (.dll, .so, .dylib) for your particular HSM.
# (The format of the path will change with the operating system.  Obviously, "C:/" is not used on non-Windows systems.
$pkcs11->SharedLibPath('C:/Program Files (x86)/Gemalto/IDGo 800 PKCS#11/IDPrimePKCS1164.dll');

# Establish a logged-on session.
# Use your actual PIN here.
my $pin = '0000';
my $userType = 1;
my $success = $pkcs11->QuickSession($userType, $pin);
if (!$success) {
    print $pkcs11->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

# Note: A logged-on session is required to list private keys.

my $json = Chilkat2::JsonObject->new;
$json->EmitCompact(0);

$success = $pkcs11->FindAllKeys('private', $json);
if (!$success) {
    print $pkcs11->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

print $json->Emit(), "\n";

# Sample output, with parsing code below..

# {
#   "keys": [
#     {
#       "handle": 74842125,
#       "id": "0001020304",
#       "key_type": "RSA",
#       "label": "Chilkat Software, Inc.",
#       "modulus": "twVRf6O ... Rwa1ebFY0=",
#       "exponent": "AAEAAQ=="
#     },
#     {
#       "handle": 18415630,
#       "id": "010203040A0B0C0D0E0F",
#       "key_type": "RSA",
#       "label": "ehealth private key",
#       "modulus": "qdKjhOwA1 ... A4MtX8BYgHmLw==",
#       "exponent": "AAEAAQ=="
#     },
#     {
#       "handle": 3735567,
#       "id": "D531B4B8F308489DA58350596178845973A4562E",
#       "key_type": "RSA",
#       "label": "d531b4b8-f308-489d-a583-505961788459",
#       "modulus": "r0MmXRKBP ... HAd1kUPsNyzcQ==",
#       "exponent": "AAEAAQ=="
#     },
#     {
#       "handle": 238092304,
#       "id": "0A0B0C0D01020304",
#       "key_type": "RSA",
#       "label": "MySshKey",
#       "modulus": "ykFHcfBFOq ... rfXBK/6g9t+S6UjJ1kUQ==",
#       "exponent": "AAEAAQ=="
#     },
#     {
#       "handle": 49348625,
#       "id": "48656C6C6F",
#       "key_type": "RSA",
#       "label": "2048-bit RSA key for testing",
#       "modulus": "vReVaJzXZYIOB ... kamD/8iNvhAKlKbQ==",
#       "exponent": "AAEAAQ=="
#     }
#   ]
# }

# Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
# Generate Parsing Code from JSON

my $handle = 0;
my $id = '';
my $key_type = '';
my $label = '';
my $modulus = '';
my $exponent = '';

my $i = 0;
my $count_i = $json->SizeOfArray('keys');
while ($i < $count_i) {
    $json->I($i);
    $handle = $json->IntOf('keys[i].handle');
    $id = $json->StringOf('keys[i].id');
    $key_type = $json->StringOf('keys[i].key_type');
    $label = $json->StringOf('keys[i].label');
    $modulus = $json->StringOf('keys[i].modulus');
    $exponent = $json->StringOf('keys[i].exponent');
    $i = $i + 1;
}

$pkcs11->Logout();
$pkcs11->CloseSession();