React Native Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Get EC Public Key from EC Private Key

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Demonstrates how to get an EC public key from an EC private key. React Native

import { PrivateKey, PublicKey } from '@chilkat/react-native'

function chilkatExample() {
  // We have an ECC private key...
  // The contents of the private key PEM file look like this:

  // 	-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
  // 	MIGHAgEAMBMGByqGSM49AgEGCCqGSM49AwEHBG0wawIBAQQg3J8q/24D1sEKGdP9
  // 	72MGYElLGpw/a56Y3t6pfON3uhShRANCAATlSmoizyhAwoYZAOuFBATl07/1RR54
  // 	a1Dzfm16grxJe666AGKR+bSs24hk7TEpaeCTvT8YOOM3l+xKFg7zq6Q9
  // 	-----END PRIVATE KEY-----

  const privKey = new PrivateKey();
  try {
    privKey.loadPemFile('qa_data/ecc/secp256r1-key-pkcs8.pem');
  } catch {
    console.log(privKey.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Get the public key.
  const pubKey = new PublicKey();
  privKey.toPublicKey(pubKey);

  // Save the public key to a PEM file.
  try {
    pubKey.savePemFile(false, 'qa_data/ecc/secp256r1-pubkey.pem');
  } catch {
    console.log(pubKey.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // The contents of the ECC public key PEM file look like this:

  // 	-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
  // 	MIIBSzCCAQMGByqGSM49AgEwgfcCAQEwLAYHKoZIzj0BAQIhAP////8AAAABAAAA
  // 	AAAAAAAAAAAA////////////////MFsEIP////8AAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA////
  // 	///////////8BCBaxjXYqjqT57PrvVV2mIa8ZR0GsMxTsPY7zjw+J9JgSwMVAMSd
  // 	NgiG5wSTamZ44ROdJreBn36QBEEEaxfR8uEsQkf4vOblY6RA8ncDfYEt6zOg9KE5
  // 	RdiYwpZP40Li/hp/m47n60p8D54WK84zV2sxXs7LtkBoN79R9QIhAP////8AAAAA
  // 	//////////+85vqtpxeehPO5ysL8YyVRAgEBA0IABOVKaiLPKEDChhkA64UEBOXT
  // 	v/VFHnhrUPN+bXqCvEl7rroAYpH5tKzbiGTtMSlp4JO9Pxg44zeX7EoWDvOrpD0=
  // 	-----END PUBLIC KEY-----

  console.log('Success.');
}