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Create PKCS1 RSA Signature with PEM Private Key

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Demonstrates how to load a private key from a PEM file and create a PKCS1 RSA digital signature.

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

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

  const pkey = new PrivateKey();

  // Load the private key from an RSA PEM file:
  try {
    pkey.loadPemFile('pvkey2_rsa.pem');
  } catch {
    console.log(pkey.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  const rsa = new Rsa();

  // Import the private key into the RSA object:
  try {
    rsa.usePrivateKey(pkey);
  } catch {
    console.log(rsa.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Get the signature as hex.
  rsa.encodingMode = 'hex';

  const strData = 'This is the string to be signed.';

  // Sign the string using the sha-1 hash algorithm.
  // Other valid choices are "md2", "md5", "sha256",
  // "sha384", and "sha512".
  const hexSig = rsa.signStringENC(strData, 'sha-1');

  console.log(hexSig);

  console.log('Success!');
}