(Node.js) Find Certificate for Email Address in Current-User Certificate Store (Windows-Only)

This is a Windows-only example to find a certificate for a given email address in the current-user certificate store (located in the Windows Registry).

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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 is a Windows-only example because it lists the certificates
    // stored in the Windows Current User Certificate Store located in the
    // Windows Registry.

    var certStore = new chilkat.CertStore();

    var readOnly = true;
    var success = certStore.OpenCurrentUserStore(readOnly);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(certStore.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    var emailAddr = "support@chilkatsoft.com";
    // cert: Cert
    var cert = certStore.FindCertBySubjectE(emailAddr);
    if (certStore.LastMethodSuccess !== true) {
        console.log("No certificate found for " + emailAddr);
        return;
    }

    console.log("Found: " + cert.SubjectDN);

    // It should be case-insensitive, however it was found not to be.
    // The case-insensitive search is fixed starting in Chilkat v9.5.0.65.
    emailAddr = "SUPPORT@chilkatsoft.com";
    cert = certStore.FindCertBySubjectE(emailAddr);
    if (certStore.LastMethodSuccess !== true) {
        console.log("No certificate found for " + emailAddr);
        return;
    }

    console.log("Found: " + cert.SubjectDN);


}

chilkatExample();