React Native Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

RSA Encrypt String to Encoded Result and Reverse

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Demonstrates how to RSA encrypt a string to a base64 encoded result, and the reverse. React Native

import { PrivateKey, PublicKey, Rsa } from '@chilkat/react-native'

function chilkatExample() {
  let success = false;

  // The RSA public key is used for encryption, and the private key for decryption.

  // The public key's role is to make encryption accessible to anyone while ensuring that
  // only the private key holder can decrypt the messages.
  // The public key is designed to be widely distributed so anyone can use it to encrypt messages
  // intended for the owner of the private key.

  // Load our 2048-bit RSA public key.
  const pubKey = new PublicKey();
  // In all Chilkat methods expecting a path, you pass either absolute or relative paths.
  success = true;
  try {
    pubKey.loadFromFile('rsaKeys/myTestRsaPublic.pem');
  } catch {
    success = false;
  }
  if (!success) {
    console.log(pubKey.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  const rsa = new Rsa();

  // Tell RSA to use the public key.
  rsa.usePublicKey(pubKey);

  // RSA encryption is for small amounts of data, on the order of 200 bytes or less.
  // The maximum number of bytes that can be RSA encrypted depends
  // on the RSA key size and padding scheme (OAEP padding vs PKCS#1 v1.5 padding).
  // For specific limits, see: RSA Encryption Maximum Number of Bytes

  // Encrypt the utf-8 byte representation of the string.
  rsa.charset = 'utf-8';
  rsa.encodingMode = 'base64';

  // Be Careful when Using non-us-ascii String Literals in Source Code
  const encryptedB64 = rsa.encryptStringENC('Élève français dîne à côté d’un café où l’on sert déjà du gâteau au chocolat et des éclairs délicieux', false);

  // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  // Let's decrypt, which requires the matching private key...

  // Load the matching 2048-bit RSA private key.
  const privKey = new PrivateKey();
  const password = 'secret';
  success = true;
  try {
    privKey.loadAnyFormatFile('rsaKeys/myTestRsaPrivate.pem', password);
  } catch {
    success = false;
  }
  if (!success) {
    console.log(privKey.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Tell the RSA object to use the private key.
  rsa.usePrivateKey(privKey);

  // Indicate that after decrypting the resultant decrypted bytes contains the utf-8 byte representation of the text.
  rsa.charset = 'utf-8';
  rsa.encodingMode = 'base64';
  const originalText = rsa.decryptStringENC(encryptedB64, true);
  if (!success) {
    console.log(rsa.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  console.log(`Original text = ${originalText}`);
  console.log('Success.');
}