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RSA Import Private Key

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Shows how to select/import a private key for RSA signing or decryption.

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Ruby
require 'chilkat'

success = false

privKey = Chilkat::CkPrivateKey.new()
password = "secret"
# In all Chilkat methods expecting a path, you pass either absolute or relative paths.
success = privKey.LoadAnyFormatFile("rsaKeys/myTestRsaPrivate.pem",password)
if (success == false)
    print privKey.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

rsa = Chilkat::CkRsa.new()

# Tell the RSA object to use the private key (i.e. import the private key)
rsa.UsePrivateKey(privKey)