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RSA Sign utf-8 Byte Representation of String

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Demontstrates how to sign the utf-8 byte representation of a string.

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Node.js
NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

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

    // Load an RSA private key for signing.
    var privKey = new chilkat.PrivateKey();
    success = privKey.LoadEncryptedPemFile("qa_data/pem/rsa_passwd.pem","passwd");
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(privKey.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    var rsa = new chilkat.Rsa();
    success = rsa.UsePrivateKey(privKey);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(rsa.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    var originalData = "This is the string to be hashed an RSA signed.";

    // Indicate that we want the utf-8 byte representation of the string to be signed
    rsa.Charset = "utf-8";

    // We want the RSA signature in base64 format
    rsa.EncodingMode = "base64";

    var sigBase64 = rsa.SignStringENC(originalData,"sha256");
    console.log(sigBase64);

}

chilkatExample();