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Get a .pfx/.p12 Safe Bag Attribute

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Demonstrates how to get the value of a private key or certificate safe bag attribute. Safe bag attributes are associated with a key or certificate. They are attributes stored in the .p12/.pfx alongside a key or certificate.

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llSuccess = .F.

loPfx = createobject("CkPfx")

llSuccess = loPfx.LoadPfxFile("qa_data/pfx/test_ecdsa_secret.pfx","secret")
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loPfx.LastErrorText
    release loPfx
    return
endif

loJson = createobject("CkJsonObject")
loPfx.GetLastJsonData(loJson)

loJson.EmitCompact = .F.
? loJson.Emit()

//  The last JSON data provides information about the what is contained in the PFX.  It was collected in the call to LoadPfxFile.
//  For example:

//  {
//    "authenticatedSafe": {
//      "contentInfo": [
//        {
//          "type": "Data",
//          "safeBag": [
//            {
//              "type": "pkcs8ShroudedKeyBag",
//              "attrs": {
//                "localKeyId": "16777216",
//                "keyContainerName": "{B99EB9E7-6AF7-42AF-A43A-D4B2225B7605}",
//                "msStorageProvider": "Microsoft Software Key Storage Provider"
//              }
//            }
//          ]
//        },
//        {
//          "type": "EncryptedData",
//          "safeBag": [
//            {
//              "type": "certBag",
//              "attrs": {
//                "localKeyId": "16777216"
//              },
//              "subject": "EE",
//              "serialNumber": "1a9da86df17ad411bb413b2aa724fe56fc71242d"
//            },
//            {
//              "type": "certBag",
//              "subject": "CA",
//              "serialNumber": "02742228acbf3dd2e71f403abd8281ab6d70d490"
//            }
//          ]
//        }
//      ]
//    }
//  }

//  Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
//  Generate Parsing Code from JSON

//  In the above JSON, we can see the .pfx contains one private key (a pkcs8ShroudedKeyBag) and two certificates (each in a certBag).
//  The certificates in a .pfx/.p12 are typicaly a single certificate with associated private key, along with the other certificates
//  in the chain of authentication.

//  We can see that the private key has 3 safebag attributes: localKeyId, keyContainerName, and msStorageProvider.
//  The certificate associated with the private key contains one safebag attribute: localKeyId.
//  Notice the localKeyId is the same.  The localKeyId helps associate the private key that corresponds to the given certificate.

//  Let's demonstrate the GetSafeBagAttr method:

//  Get each of the private key safebag attributes:
llGetPrivateKeyAttr = .T.
lnPrivateKeyIdx = 0
? "---- private key safebag attributes ----"
? loPfx.GetSafeBagAttr(llGetPrivateKeyAttr,lnPrivateKeyIdx,"localKeyId")
? loPfx.GetSafeBagAttr(llGetPrivateKeyAttr,lnPrivateKeyIdx,"keyContainerName")
? loPfx.GetSafeBagAttr(llGetPrivateKeyAttr,lnPrivateKeyIdx,"storageProvider")

//  Get the localKeyId attribute for the 1st certificate.
llGetPrivateKeyAttr = .F.
? "---- cert safebag attributes ----"
? loPfx.GetSafeBagAttr(llGetPrivateKeyAttr,0,"localKeyId")


release loPfx
release loJson