(Swift 2) Get an EC Key in Raw Hex Format

Demonstrates how to get the private and public key parts of an EC (ECDSA) key in lowercase hex formmat.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.83 or greater.

Chilkat Downloads for the Swift Programming Language MAC OS X (Cocoa) Objective-C/Swift Libs iOS Objective-C/Swift Libs

func chilkatTest() {
    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    // Load an EC key from some format..
    let privKey = CkoPrivateKey()

    // This loads an ECDSA key from an unencrypted PEM file (no password required).
    var success: Bool = privKey.LoadAnyFormatFile("qa_data/ecc/openssl_ecc_privKey.pem", password: "")
    if success == false {
        print("\(privKey.LastErrorText)")
        return
    }

    // The key type should be "ecc" to indicate an EC key.
    print("key type = \(privKey.KeyType)")

    // What is the size of the private key in bits?
    print("size in bits = \(privKey.BitLength.intValue)")

    // Get the private and public EC key parts in raw hex format:
    let sbPubKeyHex = CkoStringBuilder()
    var privKeyHex: String? = privKey.GetRawHex(sbPubKeyHex)

    // If the private key size in bits is 256, then we should have a 32-byte key (a 64 character hex string).
    print("private key = \(privKeyHex!)")

    // The public key is composed of the "x" and "y" parts, and is composed like this:  04||HEX(x)||HEX(y)
    print("public key = \(sbPubKeyHex.GetAsString())")

    // Sample output:
    // key type = ecc
    // size in bits = 256
    // private key = ced36f2ba3332be439f79143d69937fc52494cd38e45243c3ea05db183919f1b
    // public key = 045b4edcd501831740895f5907feabb71587076a6314d9d5141f9f8c33a478b8ce08b8dfd2a091eb6355803d7e729876c790bc0b176f2015f3bb103813753f676a

}