(Node.js) RSA Decrypt using PEM

This example demonstrates decryping RSA encrypted data that is base64 encoded. It uses a private key loaded from a PEM file.

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var os = require('os');
if (os.platform() == 'win32') {  
    if (os.arch() == 'ia32') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-win-ia32');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-win64'); 
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'linux') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-arm');
    } else if (os.arch() == 'x86') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-linux32');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-linux64');
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'darwin') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm64') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-mac-m1');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-macosx');
    }
}

function chilkatExample() {

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

    var rsa = new chilkat.Rsa();

    var key = new chilkat.PrivateKey();

    // Load an RSA private key from an unencrypted PEM file:
    // (To load from an encrypted PEM file, call LoadEncryptedPemFile instead.)

    var success = key.LoadPemFile("qa_data/rsa/decryptTest/priv.pem");
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(key.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Make the key available to the RSA object
    success = rsa.ImportPrivateKeyObj(key);
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(rsa.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    var encryptedStr = "pP9XFJEsGgxPNHEgNiLB5H5ksCOXDk/G49BPTog1jKLAhYofV4UTH5k2TOYiqRnDnKs8+8uPoN/IxdiGXvuYG8HRzN0HtkhoZO/AxeyaB9S7eddCUlT0Pl2PEB2yQ9HG5rM7jqYOD6MAM4cuX7hqT8fa8tbzJzmBwdfFDBz94bwQjULHiO+gklIBC4vhkXT4yjuvEjxTAKU6tJeZYkBooJNdS/vE5RZRpuF6bGZU41Qc17qFR+iReBq+9f8IMmw8WR8fMbOCaygOfFS1nw7JVsIMGsAIXS8rUaJ/2DfGPfQx5HCiVtTOreGYRUI3esAQjnvUCnavZyQgs53nl7e2aA==";

    rsa.EncodingMode = "base64";

    var usePrivateKey = true;
    var decryptedStr = rsa.DecryptStringENC(encryptedStr,usePrivateKey);

    console.log("Decrypted:");
    console.log(decryptedStr);

}

chilkatExample();