(Go) Find Certificate by Subject CN (Common Name)

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Demonstrates how to find a certificate having the specified subject CN.

Note: Requires Chilkat v10.1.2 or later.

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    certStore := chilkat.NewCertStore()

    // This opens the Current User certificate store on Windows,
    // On MacOS and iOS it opens the default Keychain.
    readOnly := false
    success := certStore.OpenCurrentUserStore(readOnly)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(certStore.LastErrorText())
        certStore.DisposeCertStore()
        return
    }

    // Find the certificate having a Subject CN = "Example ABC".
    json := chilkat.NewJsonObject()
    json.UpdateString("CN","Example ABC")

    cert := chilkat.NewCert()
    success = certStore.FindCert(json,cert)
    if success == true {
        // Show the full distinguished name of the certificate.
        fmt.Println("Found: ", cert.SubjectDN())
    } else {
        fmt.Println("Not found.")
    }


    certStore.DisposeCertStore()
    json.DisposeJsonObject()
    cert.DisposeCert()