(Node.js) X509Certificate GetCertHash SHA256

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Shows how to get the SHA256 hash of a certificate.

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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 cert = new chilkat.Cert();

    var success;

    // Load a certificate object with a certificate.
    // The certificate object could have come from any source,
    // or perhaps was obtained from another Chilkat function.
    // The source does not matter.  What matters is that we have
    // a cert object loaded with the certificate..
    success = cert.LoadFromFile("qa_data/certs/cert_test123.cer");
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(cert.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Get the binary DER of the certificae, and compute the SHA256 hash:
    var bdDer = new chilkat.BinData();
    cert.ExportCertDerBd(bdDer);

    // Get the base64 representation of the SHA256 hash.
    var certHash = bdDer.GetHash("sha256","base64");

    console.log("Certificate hash in base64 = " + certHash);

}

chilkatExample();