OpenSSL::PKey.read

(::String | ::IO pem, ?::String password) -> ::OpenSSL::PKey::PKey

OpenSSL::PKey.read(string [, pwd ]) → PKey

OpenSSL::PKey.read(io [, pwd ]) → PKey

ext/openssl/ossl_pkey.c View on GitHub ↗

static VALUE
ossl_pkey_new_from_data(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
{
    EVP_PKEY *pkey;
    BIO *bio;
    VALUE data, pass;

    rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "11", &data, &pass);
    bio = ossl_obj2bio(&data);
    pkey = ossl_pkey_read_generic(bio, ossl_pem_passwd_value(pass));
    BIO_free(bio);
    if (!pkey)
        ossl_raise(ePKeyError, "Could not parse PKey");
    return ossl_pkey_new(pkey);
}

Reads a DER or PEM encoded string from string or io and returns an instance of the appropriate PKey class.

Parameters

string is a DER- or PEM-encoded string containing an arbitrary private or public key.
io is an instance of IO containing a DER- or PEM-encoded arbitrary private or public key.
pwd is an optional password in case string or io is an encrypted PEM resource.

See also .new_raw_public_key .new_raw_private_key also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0

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