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Get the Server Certificate, Certificate Chain, and Root CA Certificate

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Demonstrates how to get the HTTP server certificate, its certificate chain, and the root CA certificate.

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Delphi DLL
uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Http, CertChain, Cert;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Boolean;
http: HCkHttp;
sslCert: HCkCert;
certChain: HCkCertChain;
cert: HCkCert;
i: Integer;
numCerts: Integer;
caCert: HCkCert;

begin
success := False;

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

http := CkHttp_Create();

// We're getting the SSL/TLS certificate, so make sure to connect to the SSL/TLS port (443).
sslCert := CkCert_Create();
success := CkHttp_GetServerCert(http,'apple.com',443,sslCert);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkHttp__lastErrorText(http));
    Exit;
  end;

certChain := CkCertChain_Create();
success := CkCert_BuildCertChain(sslCert,certChain);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkCert__lastErrorText(sslCert));
    Exit;
  end;

cert := CkCert_Create();
i := 0;
numCerts := CkCertChain_getNumCerts(certChain);
while i < numCerts do
  begin
    CkCertChain_CertAt(certChain,i,cert);
    Memo1.Lines.Add('SubjectDN ' + IntToStr(i) + ': ' + CkCert__subjectDN(cert));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('IssuerDN ' + IntToStr(i) + ': ' + CkCert__issuerDN(cert));
    i := i + 1;
  end;

// If the certificate chain reaches the root CA cert, then the last cert in the chain
// is the root CA cert.
if (CkCertChain_getReachesRoot(certChain) = True) then
  begin
    caCert := CkCert_Create();
    CkCertChain_CertAt(certChain,numCerts - 1,caCert);
    Memo1.Lines.Add('CA Root Cert: ' + CkCert__subjectDN(caCert));
  end;

CkHttp_Dispose(http);
CkCert_Dispose(sslCert);
CkCertChain_Dispose(certChain);
CkCert_Dispose(cert);
    CkCert_Dispose(caCert);

end;