(Node.js) Backup Windows Current User / Personal Certificates to a .zip

Demonstrates how to backup the certificates in the Windows registry-based Current User certificate store (in the "Personal" Logical Store as seen in certmgr.msc), to a zip archive. Certificates having an exportable private key are exported to .pfx files. Certificates with no private key, or with a non-exportable private key, are exported to .cer files.

Obviously, this example only runs on Windows computers.

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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() {

    var certStore = new chilkat.CertStore();

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

    var pfxPassword = "secret";

    var allSuccess = true;
    var numSuccess = 0;

    // entry: ZipEntry
    var entry;
    var zip = new chilkat.Zip();
    zip.NewZip("qa_output/personalCerts.zip");

    var certData = new chilkat.BinData();
    var sbFilename = new chilkat.StringBuilder();

    // Iterate over the certificates in the Current User store.
    var numCerts = certStore.NumCertificates;
    var i = 0;
    while (i < numCerts) {
        // cert: Cert
        var cert = certStore.GetCertificate(i);
        console.log("DN = " + cert.SubjectDN);

        sbFilename.SetString("cert");
        sbFilename.AppendInt(i+1);

        var bHasPrivateKey = cert.HasPrivateKey();
        if ((bHasPrivateKey == true) && (cert.PrivateKeyExportable == true)) {
            // Export to a .pfx
            success = cert.ExportToPfxBd(pfxPassword,true,certData);
            if (success == true) {
                sbFilename.Append(".pfx");
                entry = zip.AppendBd(sbFilename.GetAsString(),certData);

            }

        }
        else {
            // Export to a .cer
            success = cert.ExportCertDerBd(certData);
            if (success == true) {
                sbFilename.Append(".cer");
                entry = zip.AppendBd(sbFilename.GetAsString(),certData);

            }

        }

        if (success !== true) {
            allSuccess = false;
        }
        else {
            numSuccess = numSuccess+1;
        }

        i = i+1;
    }

    if (numSuccess > 0) {
        success = zip.WriteZipAndClose();
        if (success !== true) {
            console.log(zip.LastErrorText);
            allSuccess = false;
        }

    }

    console.log("All success = " + allSuccess);

}

chilkatExample();