React Native Requires Chilkat v10.1.2+

Sign a File to Create a .p7s (Detached Signature)

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_LANGUAGE_ example to create a detached signature file (.p7s) for any type file. The signature can be verified by calling VerifyP7S and passing the original filename and the .p7s filename. React Native

import { Cert, CertStore, Crypt2, JsonObject } from '@chilkat/react-native'

async function chilkatExample() {
  // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
  // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

  const crypt = new Crypt2();

  // Use a digital certificate and private key from a PFX file (.pfx or .p12).
  const signingCertSubject = 'Acme Inc';
  const pfxFilename = '/Users/chilkat/testData/pfx/acme.pfx';
  const pfxPassword = 'test123';

  const certStore = new CertStore();
  try {
    certStore.loadPfxFile(pfxFilename, pfxPassword);
  } catch {
    console.log(certStore.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  const jsonCN = new JsonObject();
  jsonCN.updateString('CN', signingCertSubject);

  const cert = new Cert();
  try {
    certStore.findCert(jsonCN, cert);
  } catch {
    console.log('Failed to find certificate by subject common name.');
    return;
  }

  // Tell the crypt component to use this cert.
  crypt.setSigningCert(cert);

  // We can sign any type of file, creating a .p7s as output:
  const inFile = '/Users/chilkat/testData/pdf/sample.pdf';
  const sigFile = '/Users/chilkat/testData/p7s/sample.p7s';

  try {
    await crypt.createP7SAsync(inFile, sigFile);
  } catch {
    console.log(crypt.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  try {
    crypt.verifyP7S(inFile, sigFile);
  } catch {
    console.log(crypt.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  console.log('Success!');
}