Rust

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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let pfx = chilkat::Pfx::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.
let password = "myPfxPassword".to_string();
if pfx.load_pfx_file("qa_data/identity.pfx", &password).is_err() {
    println!("{}", pfx.last_error_text());
    return;
}

// Serialize the PFX contents using the given output password and return the PKCS#12 bytes encoded as
// text.  Common encodings include base64 and hex.
let output_password = "myOutputPassword".to_string();
let Ok(encoded) = pfx.to_encoded_string(&output_password, "base64") else {
    println!("{}", pfx.last_error_text());
    return;
};

println!("{}", encoded);