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Load a Private Key from a PEM File

Demonstrates the Chilkat PrivateKey.LoadPemFile method, which loads a private key from a PEM file. The only argument is the file path. It cannot load a password-protected key — use LoadEncryptedPemFile for that.

Note: The file path is relative to the application's current working directory. Absolute paths may also be used. Supply the path to your own key file.

Background: The file-based counterpart to LoadPem, for the common case where the key lives in a .pem file. Like LoadPem it handles only unencrypted PEM; if the file is encrypted the load fails, signaling that you need the password-aware loader. When the exact on-disk format is uncertain, LoadAnyFormatFile auto-detects it.

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load ./chilkat.dll

set success 0

#  Demonstrates the PrivateKey.LoadPemFile method, which loads a private key from a PEM file.  The
#  only argument is the file path.  It cannot load a password-protected key -- use
#  LoadEncryptedPemFile for that.

set privKey [new_CkPrivateKey]

set success [CkPrivateKey_LoadPemFile $privKey "qa_data/private_unencrypted.pem"]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkPrivateKey_lastErrorText $privKey]
    delete_CkPrivateKey $privKey
    exit
}

puts "Loaded a [CkPrivateKey_keyType $privKey] private key."

delete_CkPrivateKey $privKey