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RSA Decrypt using PEM

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This example demonstrates decryping RSA encrypted data that is base64 encoded. It uses a private key loaded from a PEM file.

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Node.js
NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    var rsa = new chilkat.Rsa();

    var key = new chilkat.PrivateKey();

    // Load an RSA private key from an unencrypted PEM file:
    // (To load from an encrypted PEM file, call LoadEncryptedPemFile instead.)

    success = key.LoadPemFile("qa_data/rsa/decryptTest/priv.pem");
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(key.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Make the key available to the RSA object
    success = rsa.UsePrivateKey(key);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(rsa.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    var encryptedStr = "pP9XFJEsGgxPNHEgNiLB5H5ksCOXDk/G49BPTog1jKLAhYofV4UTH5k2TOYiqRnDnKs8+8uPoN/IxdiGXvuYG8HRzN0HtkhoZO/AxeyaB9S7eddCUlT0Pl2PEB2yQ9HG5rM7jqYOD6MAM4cuX7hqT8fa8tbzJzmBwdfFDBz94bwQjULHiO+gklIBC4vhkXT4yjuvEjxTAKU6tJeZYkBooJNdS/vE5RZRpuF6bGZU41Qc17qFR+iReBq+9f8IMmw8WR8fMbOCaygOfFS1nw7JVsIMGsAIXS8rUaJ/2DfGPfQx5HCiVtTOreGYRUI3esAQjnvUCnavZyQgs53nl7e2aA==";

    rsa.EncodingMode = "base64";

    var usePrivateKey = true;
    var decryptedStr = rsa.DecryptStringENC(encryptedStr,usePrivateKey);

    console.log("Decrypted:");
    console.log(decryptedStr);

}

chilkatExample();