(C) Find Certificate by Serial Number

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Demonstrates how to find a certificate having the specified hexadecimal serial number.

Note: Requires Chilkat v10.1.2 or later.

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#include <C_CkCertStore.h>
#include <C_CkJsonObject.h>
#include <C_CkCert.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkCertStore certStore;
    const char *argNotUsed;
    BOOL success;
    const char *hexSerial;
    HCkJsonObject json;
    HCkCert cert;

    certStore = CkCertStore_Create();

    // This example will search the certs on connected USB tokens and smartcards.
    argNotUsed = "";
    success = CkCertStore_OpenSmartcard(certStore,argNotUsed);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkCertStore_lastErrorText(certStore));
        CkCertStore_Dispose(certStore);
        return;
    }

    // Find the certificate having a serial number = "48FC93B46055948D36A7C98A89D69416".
    hexSerial = "48FC93B46055948D36A7C98A89D69416";
    json = CkJsonObject_Create();
    CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,"serial",hexSerial);

    cert = CkCert_Create();
    success = CkCertStore_FindCert(certStore,json,cert);
    if (success == TRUE) {
        // Show the serial number and subject CN
        printf("Found: %s, %s\n",CkCert_serialNumber(cert),CkCert_subjectCN(cert));
    }
    else {
        printf("Not found.\n");
    }



    CkCertStore_Dispose(certStore);
    CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
    CkCert_Dispose(cert);

    }