Swift

Generate an Ed25519 Key Pair

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Demonstrates how to generate a new Ed25519 public/private key pair.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.83 or greater.

Swift

func chilkatTest() {
    var success: Bool = false

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

    let eddsa = CkoEdDSA()!
    let prng = CkoPrng()!
    let privKey = CkoPrivateKey()!

    // Generates a new eddsa key and stores it in privKey.
    success = eddsa.genEd25519Key(prng: prng, privKey: privKey)
    if success == false {
        print("\(eddsa.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    // Examine the ed25519 key in JWK format;
    var jwk: String? = privKey.getJwk()

    let json = CkoJsonObject()!
    json.load(json: jwk)
    json.emitCompact = false
    print("\(json.emit()!)")

    // Sample output:
    // {
    //   "kty": "OKP",
    //   "crv": "Ed25519",
    //   "x": "SE2Kne5xt51z1eciMH2T2ftDQp96Gl6FhY6zSQujiP0",
    //   "d": "O-eRXewadF0sNyB0U9omcnt8Qg2ZmeK3WSXPYgqe570",
    //   "use": "sig"
    // }

    // In the above JWK, x is the public key, y is the private key.
    // Both are 32 bytes and are base64-url encoded.

}