The CryptoKey class represents a cryptographic key. Keys can be loaded and saved like any other Resource.
They can be used to generate a self-signed X509Certificate via Crypto.generate_self_signed_certificate() and as private key in StreamPeerTLS.accept_stream() along with the appropriate certificate.
Returns true
if this CryptoKey only has the public part, and not the private one.
Loads a key from path
. If public_only
is true
, only the public key will be loaded.
Note: path
should be a "*.pub" file if public_only
is true
, a "*.key" file otherwise.
Loads a key from the given string_key
. If public_only
is true
, only the public key will be loaded.
Saves a key to the given path
. If public_only
is true
, only the public key will be saved.
Note: path
should be a "*.pub" file if public_only
is true
, a "*.key" file otherwise.
Returns a string containing the key in PEM format. If public_only
is true
, only the public key will be included.