(Python) Encrypt using Cert to produce -----BEGIN PKCS7----- ... -----END PKCS7-----

Demonstrates how to encrypt using a certificate to produce output such as:

-----BEGIN PKCS7-----
MIIHPwYJKoZIhvcNAQcEoIIHMDCCBywC ...
...
...
-----END PKCS7-----

The certificate to be used is not your own, but the certificate of the intended recipient of the message.

Chilkat Python Downloads

install with pip
pip3 install chilkat
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import sys
import chilkat

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

crypt = chilkat.CkCrypt2()

#  Specify the encryption to be used.
#  "pki" indicates "Public Key Infrastructure" and will create a PKCS7 encrypted (enveloped) message.
crypt.put_CryptAlgorithm("pki")
crypt.put_Pkcs7CryptAlg("aes")
crypt.put_KeyLength(128)
crypt.put_OaepHash("sha256")
crypt.put_OaepPadding(True)

#  A certificate is needed as the encryption key..
cert = chilkat.CkCert()
success = cert.LoadFromFile("qa_data/certs/testCert.pem")
if (success != True):
    print(cert.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

#  Tell the crypt object to use the certificate.
crypt.SetEncryptCert(cert)

toBeEncrypted = "This string is to be encrypted."

#  Get the result in multi-line BASE64 MIME format.
crypt.put_EncodingMode("base64_mime")

encryptedStr = crypt.encryptStringENC(toBeEncrypted)
if (success != True):
    print(crypt.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

#  Make a "-----BEGIN PKCS7-----" ... "-----END PKCS7-----" sandwich...
sb = chilkat.CkStringBuilder()
sb.AppendLine("-----BEGIN PKCS7-----",True)
sb.Append(encryptedStr)
sb.AppendLine("-----END PKCS7-----",True)

outStr = sb.getAsString()

print(outStr)

#  Sample output:

#  -----BEGIN PKCS7-----
#  MIICYQYJKoZIhvcNAQcDoIICUjCCAk4CAQAxggH5MIIB9QIBADCBsTCBmzELMAkGA1UEBhMCR0Ix
#  GzAZBgNVBAgTEkdyZWF0ZXIgTWFuY2hlc3RlcjEQMA4GA1UEBxMHU2FsZm9yZDEaMBgGA1UEChMR
#  Q09NT0RPIENBIExpbWl0ZWQxQTA/BgNVBAMTOENPTU9ETyBTSEEtMjU2IENsaWVudCBBdXRoZW50
#  aWNhdGlvbiBhbmQgU2VjdXJlIEVtYWlsIENBAhEAuBl4qE2MODB05C5h53M5UDA4BgkqhkiG9w0B
#  AQcwK6APMA0GCWCGSAFlAwQCAQUAoRgwFgYJKoZIhvcNAQEIMAkGBSsOAwIaBQAEggEAyZejlE37
#  awl0bCWVbOCqf9yLSN17mZRamG8FHDh3nNu11G0+oyJtsPDEnSKsQig0V67MZ+hcWV+uf4ytcjyx
#  H0gs5uex+LwkB+c3ZTOt18IYWFtRilg1HFy1ZN3t0D2QbxYy+i1TXOOwp3gAHL45vRCJ0FbKyQ36
#  pKl0XLe+lRvp2EiJCKVjxtX8VcZOKT4xkG7yOARaCQceth6pA58Dg0yzAz7w4nD2UgAlNzrXG69X
#  e+7e7yfBv47RRqFiQqDpCn+fM/PmFbUyqBppMwc64yP+fJek8VyJw2/UaXWWM4iSKSflk90tiHwf
#  loEU3It4arnSv94fZQo0v129aBqpWzBMBgkqhkiG9w0BBwEwHQYJYIZIAWUDBAECBBCohUgm5qX+
#  TE6PxtPCmWi8gCBgbNg39emAB+AqLozm+vSLjZOGfg3M52gccKUJ8tg8XQ==
#  -----END PKCS7-----