Visual Basic 6.0

Get an Ed25519 Key in Raw Hex Format

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Demonstrates how to get the private and public key parts of an Ed25519 key in lowercase hex formmat.

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

Visual Basic 6.0

Dim success As Long
success = 0

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

' Load an Ed25519 key from some format..
Dim privKey As New PrivateKey

' This loads an Ed25519 key from an unencrypted PEM file (no password required).
success = privKey.LoadAnyFormatFile("qa_data/eddsa/ed25519.pem","")
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print privKey.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' The key type should be "ed25519" to indicate an Ed25519 key.
Debug.Print "key type = " & privKey.KeyType

' What is the size of the private key in bits?  (should always be 256 bits for Ed25519)
Debug.Print "size in bits = " & privKey.BitLength

' Get the private and public key parts in raw hex format:
Dim sbPubKeyHex As New ChilkatStringBuilder
Dim privKeyHex As String
privKeyHex = privKey.GetRawHex(sbPubKeyHex)

' We should have a 32-byte private key (a 64 character hex string).
Debug.Print "private key = " & privKeyHex

' We should have a 32-byte public key (a 64 character hex string).
Debug.Print "public key = " & sbPubKeyHex.GetAsString()

' Sample output:
' key type = ed25519
' size in bits = 256
' private key = d4ee72dbf913584ad5b6d8f1f769f8ad3afe7c28cbf1d4fbe097a88f44755842
' public key = 19bf44096984cdfe8541bac167dc3b96c85086aa30b6b6cb0c5c38ad703166e1