(Node.js) Encrypt / Decrypt Secure Strings

Demonstrates how to use the EncryptSecureENC and DecryptSecureENC methods to encrypt/decrypt secure strings. These methods were added in Chilkat v9.5.0.71 (released January 2018).

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var os = require('os');
if (os.platform() == 'win32') {  
  var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-win64'); 
} else if (os.platform() == 'linux') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-linux-arm');
    } else if (os.arch() == 'arm64') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-linux-arm64');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-linux-x64');
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'darwin') {
  var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-mac-universal');
}

function chilkatExample() {

    // This example requires the Chilkat Crypt API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Unlock Chilkat Crypt for sample code.

    // Load the secure string with some text.
    var secStr1 = new chilkat.SecureString();
    var success = secStr1.LoadFile("qa_data/txt/helloWorld.txt","utf-8");
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log("Failed to load helloWorld.txt");
        return;
    }

    var crypt = new chilkat.Crypt2();

    crypt.CryptAlgorithm = "aes";
    crypt.CipherMode = "cbc";
    crypt.KeyLength = 128;
    crypt.SetEncodedKey("000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F","hex");
    crypt.SetEncodedIV("000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F","hex");
    crypt.EncodingMode = "base64";

    // Return the base64 encoded encrypted contents of secStr1.
    var encryptedStr = crypt.EncryptSecureENC(secStr1);
    console.log("Encrypted string: " + encryptedStr);

    // Output:
    // Encrypted string: qiq+IFhcjTkEIkZyf31V/g==

    // Decrypt to secStr2:
    var secStr2 = new chilkat.SecureString();
    crypt.DecryptSecureENC(encryptedStr,secStr2);

    // Access the contents of secStr2
    console.log("Decrypted string: " + secStr2.Access());

    // Output:
    // Decrypted string: Hello World!

}

chilkatExample();