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Name

gnutls_x509_privkey_import — API function

Synopsis

#include <gnutls/x509.h>
int gnutls_x509_privkey_import( gnutls_x509_privkey_t key,
  const gnutls_datum_t * data,
  gnutls_x509_crt_fmt_t format);
 

ARGUMENTS

gnutls_x509_privkey_t key

The structure to store the parsed key

const gnutls_datum_t * data

The DER or PEM encoded certificate.

gnutls_x509_crt_fmt_t format

One of DER or PEM

DESCRIPTION

This function will convert the given DER or PEM encoded key to the native gnutls_x509_privkey_t format. The output will be stored in key .

If the key is PEM encoded it should have a header that contains "PRIVATE KEY". Note that this function falls back to PKCS 8 decoding without password, if the default format fails to import.

RETURNS

On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-gnutls@gnu.org>.

General guidelines for reporting bugs: http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/

GnuTLS home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for gnutls is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and gnutls programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info gnutls

should give you access to the complete manual. As an alternative you may obtain the manual from:

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