(Node.js) ScMinidriver - Import a Certificate and Private Key to a Smart Card or USB Token

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Demonstrates how to import a certificate and its private key to a key container on a smart card or USB token.

Note: This functionality was introduced in Chilkat v9.5.0.87.

Note: The ScMinidriver functionality is for Windows-only because ScMinidriver DLLs only exist on Windows.

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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() {

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

    var scmd = new chilkat.ScMinidriver();

    // Reader names (smart card readers or USB tokens) can be discovered
    // via List Readers or Find Smart Cards
    var readerName = "SCM Microsystems Inc. SCR33x USB Smart Card Reader 0";
    var success = scmd.AcquireContext(readerName);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(scmd.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // If successful, the name of the currently inserted smart card is available:
    console.log("Card name: " + scmd.CardName);

    // To import a cert + private key, we'll need to be PIN authenticated.
    // For more details about smart card PIN authentication, see the Smart Card PIN Authentication Example
    var pinId = "user";
    var retval = scmd.PinAuthenticate(pinId,"000000");
    if (retval !== 0) {
        console.log("PIN Authentication failed.");
        scmd.DeleteContext();
        return;
    }

    var cert = new chilkat.Cert();

    // Load the cert + private key from a .p12/.pfx
    // We got this .p12 from https://badssl.com/download/
    var password = "badssl.com";
    success = cert.LoadPfxFile("qa_data/pfx/badssl.com-client.p12",password);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(cert.LastErrorText);
        scmd.DeleteContext();
        return;
    }

    // Let's import this certificate as the "signature" key/cert in key container #6.
    var containerIndex = 6;
    var keySpec = "sig";
    success = scmd.ImportCert(cert,containerIndex,keySpec,pinId);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(scmd.LastErrorText);
    }
    else {
        console.log("Successfully imported the cert + private key onto the smart card.");
    }

    // When finished with operations that required authentication, you may if you wish, deauthenticate the session.
    success = scmd.PinDeauthenticate("user");
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(scmd.LastErrorText);
    }

    // Delete the context when finished with the card.
    success = scmd.DeleteContext();
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(scmd.LastErrorText);
    }


}

chilkatExample();