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Load a Private Key from BinData (Any Format)

Demonstrates the Chilkat PrivateKey.LoadAnyFormat method, which loads a private key by inspecting the bytes in a BinData. The first argument is the BinData and the second is the password (used if the detected key is encrypted).

Note: The file path is relative to the application's current working directory. Absolute paths may also be used. Supply the path to your own key file.

Background: When you have key bytes in memory but do not know their exact format — downloaded, decrypted, or pulled from a database — this figures it out for you, recognizing PKCS #1/#8 DER, encrypted PKCS #8, PEM, JWK, Chilkat XML, Microsoft formats, and more. It removes the guesswork of choosing a specific loader, at the small cost of the detection step. Supply the password so it can decrypt an encrypted key without a second call.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$success = $false

#  Demonstrates the PrivateKey.LoadAnyFormat method, which loads a private key by inspecting the
#  bytes in a BinData.  The 1st argument is the BinData and the 2nd is the password (used if the
#  detected key is encrypted).

$bd = New-Object Chilkat.BinData
$success = $bd.LoadFile("qa_data/some_private_key")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($bd.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$privKey = New-Object Chilkat.PrivateKey

#  The key password is not hard-coded in a real application; obtain it from an interactive
#  prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
$password = "myKeyPassword"

#  Chilkat auto-detects the representation: PKCS #1/#8 DER, encrypted PKCS #8, PEM, JWK,
#  Chilkat XML, Microsoft formats, and more.
$success = $privKey.LoadAnyFormat($bd,$password)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($privKey.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("Loaded a " + $privKey.KeyType + " private key.")