Node.js

Load Default Certificate from Smart Card or Token

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Chilkat contains internal logic to examine a connected smart card or USB token, and will make decisions based on make/model to successfully interact with the hardware. When faced with a new smartcard or token, the best starting point is to call LoadFromSmartcard with an empty string argument to see what Chilkat discovers. Node.js

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function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    var cert = new chilkat.Cert();

    //  If you know the smart card PIN, it's good to set it prior to loading from the smartcard/USB token.
    cert.SmartCardPin = "12345678";

    //  To let Chilkat discover what smartcard or token is connected, pass an empty string to LoadFromSmartcard.
    //  When testing in this way, it's best to have only a single smartcard or token connected to the system.
    success = cert.LoadFromSmartcard("");
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(cert.LastErrorText);
        console.log("Certificate not loaded.");
        return;
    }

    //  The LastErrorText property on all Chilkat objects will contain 
    //  information even when the method call is successful.
    //  You can examine the LastErrorText to see what Chilkat found and
    //  what decisions were made.
    //  
    //  For example, if a certificate was successfully loaded via LoadFromSmartcard,
    //  but then signing failed, such as w/ Pdf, XmlDSig, CAdES, etc.,
    //  then we would want to examine the LastErrorText from the call to
    //  LoadFromSmartcard to get detailed information about the card.
    console.log(cert.LastErrorText);

    console.log("Found: " + cert.SubjectDN + " serial=" + cert.SerialNumber);

}

chilkatExample();