React Native

Sign a Byte Array to Create a Detached Signature in a Byte Array

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Signs data contained in a byte array to produce a detached signature (also in a byte array). Also shows how to verify the signature. React Native

import { Cert, Crypt2, FileAccess } from '@chilkat/react-native'

async function chilkatExample() {
  // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
  // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

  const cert = new Cert();
  try {
    cert.loadPfxFile('qa_data/pfx/cert_test123.pfx', 'test123');
  } catch {
    console.log(cert.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  const fac = new FileAccess();

  const fileBytes = fac.readEntireFile('qa_data/pdf/sample.pdf');
  if (!fac.lastMethodSuccess) {
    console.log(fac.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  const crypt = new Crypt2();

  crypt.setSigningCert(cert);

  // We can sign any type of file.
  // The result is a detached signature (a signature that does not contain the data being signed).

  const sigBytes = await crypt.signBytesAsync(fileBytes);
  if (!crypt.lastMethodSuccess) {
    console.log(crypt.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  try {
    fac.writeEntireFile('qa_output/sample.pdf.p7s', sigBytes);
  } catch {
    console.log(fac.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // We can verify the detached signature like this
  let verified = true;
  try {
    crypt.verifyBytes(fileBytes, sigBytes);
  } catch {
    verified = false;
  }
  if (!verified) {
    console.log(crypt.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  console.log(`Verified = ${verified}`);
}