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Decrypt S/MIME using a Certificate with Private Key Access

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Loads a CMS/PKCS #7 encrypted S/MIME message and decrypts it back to the original MIME content.

DecryptUsingCert takes a single certificate that already has access to its associated private key, for example a certificate loaded from a PFX.

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. A public-only certificate is insufficient for decryption. The certificate passed to DecryptUsingCert must be linked to its private key, as happens when it is loaded from a PFX/P12 file.

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const std = @import("std");
const chilkat = @import("chilkat");

pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
    const alloc = init.arena.allocator();

    const mime = try chilkat.Mime.init();
    defer mime.deinit();
    mime.loadMimeFile("qa_data/encrypted.eml") catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try mime.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    // Decrypt using a certificate that already provides access to its private key (for example loaded
    // from a PFX).  The only argument is the certificate.
    const pfx_password = "myPfxPassword";
    const cert = try chilkat.Cert.init();
    defer cert.deinit();
    cert.loadPfxFile("qa_data/recipient.pfx", pfx_password) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try cert.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    mime.decryptUsingCert(cert) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try mime.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    const body = mime.getBodyDecoded(alloc) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try mime.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{body});
}