React Native

Add a Detached Signature with a Separate Private Key

Demonstrates the Chilkat Mime.AddDetachedSignaturePk method, which creates a detached signature using a signer certificate and its separately supplied private key. The first argument is the Cert and the second is the PrivateKey.

Note: The file paths are relative to the application's current working directory. Absolute paths may also be used. Supply the paths appropriate to your own environment.

Background: Sometimes the certificate and its private key live apart — a .cer alongside a PEM key file, for instance — rather than bundled in a single PFX. This method pairs them explicitly for signing, whereas AddDetachedSignature expects a Cert that already provides its key. The result is the same multipart/signed message.

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import { Cert, Mime, PrivateKey } from '@chilkat/react-native'

function chilkatExample() {
  const mime = new Mime();
  try {
    mime.setBodyFromPlainText('This message will be signed.');
  } catch {
    console.log(mime.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Load the certificate and its private key separately.
  const cert = new Cert();
  try {
    cert.loadFromFile('qa_data/signer.cer');
  } catch {
    console.log(cert.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  const privKey = new PrivateKey();
  try {
    privKey.loadPemFile('qa_data/signer_privkey.pem');
  } catch {
    console.log(privKey.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Create a detached signature when the certificate and private key are supplied separately.  The
  // 1st argument is the signer certificate and the 2nd is its private key.
  try {
    mime.addDetachedSignaturePk(cert, privKey);
  } catch {
    console.log(mime.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  try {
    mime.saveMime('qa_output/signed.eml');
  } catch {
    console.log(mime.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  console.log('Detached signature added.');
}