Ruby

Serialize a PFX to an Encoded String

Demonstrates Pfx.ToEncodedString, which serializes the current PFX contents and returns the PKCS#12 bytes encoded as text using a named encoding.

Background. Common encodings are base64 and hex. This is convenient when the PKCS#12 data must be stored or transmitted as printable text.

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require 'chilkat'

success = false

pfx = Chilkat::CkPfx.new()

#  The file path is relative to the application's current working directory.  An absolute path
#  may also be used.  Supply the path appropriate to your own environment.
#  The PFX password should come from a secure source rather than being hard-coded.
password = "myPfxPassword"
success = pfx.LoadPfxFile("qa_data/identity.pfx",password)
if (success == false)
    print pfx.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

#  Serialize the PFX contents using the given output password and return the PKCS#12 bytes encoded as
#  text.  Common encodings include base64 and hex.
outputPassword = "myOutputPassword"
encoded = pfx.toEncodedString(outputPassword,"base64")
if (pfx.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false)
    print pfx.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

print encoded + "\n";