Unicode C

Export a Public Key as PEM

Demonstrates the Chilkat PublicKey.GetPem method, which returns the public key in PEM format. The only argument selects the underlying DER representation: true prefers the traditional PKCS #1 form (RSA), false uses the SubjectPublicKeyInfo form.

Note: The file paths are relative to the application's current working directory. Absolute paths may also be used. Supply the paths appropriate to your own environment.

Background: PEM is the most portable way to share a public key — the Base64 text block most tooling reads. The boolean picks the encoding: false produces the modern, algorithm-independent PUBLIC KEY (SubjectPublicKeyInfo), which is the usual choice; true produces the older RSA-specific RSA PUBLIC KEY for tools that require it. A public key is not sensitive, so the PEM can be distributed openly.

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#include <C_CkPublicKeyW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkPublicKeyW pubKey;
    BOOL preferPkcs1;
    const wchar_t *pem;

    success = FALSE;

    //  Load a public key to export.  LoadFromFile inspects the content, so it accepts DER, PEM, XML,
    //  JWK, and other supported representations.
    pubKey = CkPublicKeyW_Create();
    success = CkPublicKeyW_LoadFromFile(pubKey,L"qa_data/public.pem");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkPublicKeyW_lastErrorText(pubKey));
        CkPublicKeyW_Dispose(pubKey);
        return;
    }

    //  Export the public key in PEM format.  The argument selects the underlying DER representation:
    //  TRUE prefers the traditional PKCS #1 form (RSA), FALSE uses the SubjectPublicKeyInfo form.
    preferPkcs1 = FALSE;
    pem = CkPublicKeyW_getPem(pubKey,preferPkcs1);
    if (CkPublicKeyW_getLastMethodSuccess(pubKey) == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkPublicKeyW_lastErrorText(pubKey));
        CkPublicKeyW_Dispose(pubKey);
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"%s\n",pem);


    CkPublicKeyW_Dispose(pubKey);

    }