(C#) Load a CSR and Examine the Contents

Demonstrates how to load a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) and examine the contents.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.65 or greater.

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// Note: Requires Chilkat v9.5.0.65 or greater.

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

Chilkat.Csr csr = new Chilkat.Csr();

// Load a CSR PEM file.  The file should contain content that looks like this:
// 
// 	-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----
// 	MIIC6jCCAdICAQAwgaQxITAfBgNVBAMMGG15c3ViZG9tYWluLm15ZG9tYWluLmNv
// 	bTELMAkGA1UEBhMCR0IxDjAMBgNVBAgMBVlvcmtzMQ0wCwYDVQQHDARZb3JrMSEw
// 	HwYDVQQKDBhJbnRlcm5ldCBXaWRnaXRzIFB0eSBMdGQxCzAJBgNVBAsMAklUMSMw
// 	IQYJKoZIhvcNAQkBFhRzdXBwb3J0QG15ZG9tYWluLmNvbTCCASIwDQYJKoZIhvcN
// 	AQEBBQADggEPADCCAQoCggEBALnQ0un/wF8whk+gPuiAlf3qvx14jgAOV6Erm6EB
// 	H7WACPCpnKcm/8KP+7uoPiwRQaENhMeCgf45vcivl2p6aAn/spLXyEkXyw2d8wFb
// 	YYAGRkiz4Xf7ASJiKuwcOtORz+sSDzgtdfokHfXU1cYeFE2yQhSdLUY5fMn425+g
// 	KoEEsRSjSDe6AKru4+4iGNrLKd8pB9IA5/jOE139IkWlB9r5fEPD5bUTsgqXk9eb
// 	68O0gc712V2eZK07N24lDmFC4bIMTD4csDWocR5hFHXj7NX7c8sOBDcpEb9mPIk4
// 	elxubnhkfnjhOi4J3lDHcT/0ALnbLhf9LnaiKqs+5VcVZvECAwEAAaAAMA0GCSqG
// 	SIb3DQEBBQUAA4IBAQC0AETLIcP3foh5nbu2hVFS8uCUNZ5hEIR1eXmYZmZoBQq2
// 	26ZAoT4CZwixlggC+n7WvAXJ5Pzxpl4wLV4loTiQzaKPX1w0ERo5ZRwLy0n56oG2
// 	6QG+WTViT1C8rlgtVwkCFNOXr0kSSRs8FdaPllqKxK1hxYSL7zwNpumsk39F2cDt
// 	vhcekvH0V3BuGrQFm3dKN/0azW6GOod9+Vq4VzSyOe3kp15oxLBsZOFOu/REujcw
// 	Tzu2jt1asQKUm60CZ9wNHpYepR0Ww40uP1slbehEaFDa6V8b60/tlHHmBbJ4/fy5
// 	hJnYCvjzFz4O9VtT+JtP9ldRHWV3KpZ8ne3AjD+F
// 	-----END CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----

Chilkat.FileAccess fac = new Chilkat.FileAccess();
string csrPem = fac.ReadEntireTextFile("qa_data/csr/csr1.pem","utf-8");

bool success = csr.LoadCsrPem(csrPem);
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(csr.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Examine the contents.
// If the CSR does not contain a field, the property will
// contain an empty string.

Debug.WriteLine("Common Name: " + csr.CommonName);

// Country Name (2 letter code)
Debug.WriteLine("Country: " + csr.Country);

// State or Province Name (full name)
Debug.WriteLine("State: " + csr.State);

// Locality Name (eg, city)
Debug.WriteLine("Locality: " + csr.Locality);

// Organization Name (eg, company)
Debug.WriteLine("Company: " + csr.Company);

// Organizational Unit Name (eg, secion/division)
Debug.WriteLine("Company Division: " + csr.CompanyDivision);

Debug.WriteLine("Email Address: " + csr.EmailAddress);