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ScMinidriver - Delete Smart Card Key Container

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Demonstrates how to delete the contents of a key container on a smart card (or USB token). CkPython

import sys
import chilkat

success = False

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

#  Chilkat recommends the following free tool for interactively examining the contents of your smart card
#  through the ScMinidriver interface:  MGTEK Tool for Minidriver enabled Smart Cards

#  Let's first look at our smart card..
#  Here's the view of the card we happen to be using: a Gemalto (Thales) IDPrime MD T=0 smart card.

#  

scmd = chilkat.CkScMinidriver()

#  First we need to acquire a context to the smart card in the reader where it is inserted.
#  Reader names (smart card readers or USB tokens) can be discovered
#  via List Readers or Find Smart Cards
readerName = "Alcor Micro USB Smart Card Reader 0"
success = scmd.AcquireContext(readerName)
if (success == False):
    print(scmd.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

#  If successful, the name of the currently inserted smart card is available:
print("Card name: " + scmd.cardName())

#  To delete the contents of a key container, we'll need to be PIN authenticated..

#  For more details about smart card PIN authentication, see the Smart Card PIN Authentication Example
pinId = "user"
retval = scmd.PinAuthenticate(pinId,"0000")
if (retval != 0):
    print("PIN Authentication failed.")
    scmd.DeleteContext()
    sys.exit()

#  Let's delete the contents of key container #7
#  This deletes both keys (signature key and "key exchange" key) that might be present in the key container.
#  (It is not possible to delete just one or the other.)
success = scmd.DeleteKeyContainer(7)
if (success == False):
    print(scmd.lastErrorText())
    scmd.DeleteContext()
    sys.exit()

scmd.DeleteContext()
print("Successfully delete the contents of key container #7")