React Native

Duplicate OpensSSL to Create Signature using Cert and Key Files

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This example duplicates the following:

openssl smime –sign -in something.xml -out something.der -signer mycert.crt -inkey cert.key -outform der –nodetach

Note: Although "smime" is the OpenSSL command, it's not actually producing S/MIME. The arguments "-outform der -binary" indicates that the output is binary DER (i.e. the PKCS7 binary signature). The input can be any type of file: XML, PDF, JPG, ... *anything*...

React Native

import { BinData, Cert, Crypt2, PrivateKey } 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();

  // Load the cert and private key from separate files.
  const cert = new Cert();
  try {
    cert.loadFromFile('myCert.crt');
  } catch {
    console.log(cert.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  const bd = new BinData();
  bd.loadFile('cert.key');
  const privkey = new PrivateKey();
  // Load from any format private key.
  // If the file does not need a password, the 2nd arg is ignored.
  try {
    privkey.loadAnyFormat(bd, 'password_if_needed');
  } catch {
    console.log(privkey.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  try {
    crypt.setSigningCert2(cert, privkey);
  } catch {
    console.log(crypt.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Create the opaque signature (PKCS7 binary DER that contains both the signature and original file data).
  try {
    await crypt.createP7MAsync('qa_data/infile.anything', 'qa_output/outfile.der');
  } catch {
    console.log(crypt.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  console.log('Success.');
}