Node.js

Backup Windows Current User / Personal Certificates to a .zip

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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.

Node.js

NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    var certStore = new chilkat.CertStore();

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

    var pfxPassword = "secret";

    var allSuccess = true;
    var numSuccess = 0;

    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 cert = new chilkat.Cert();
    var numCerts = certStore.NumCertificates;
    var i = 0;
    while (i < numCerts) {
        certStore.GetCert(i,cert);
        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");
                zip.AddBd(sbFilename.GetAsString(),certData);
            }

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