Swift Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

RSA Encrypt and Decrypt Strings

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_LANGUAGE_ sample code to RSA public-key encrypt and decrypt strings using public and private keys. Swift

func chilkatTest() {
    var success: Bool = false

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

    let rsa = CkoRsa()!

    //  This example also generates the public and private
    //  keys to be used in the RSA encryption.
    //  Normally, you would generate a key pair once,
    //  and distribute the public key to your partner.
    //  Anything encrypted with the public key can be
    //  decrypted with the private key.  The reverse is 
    //  also true: anything encrypted using the private
    //  key can be decrypted using the public key.

    //  Generate a 2048-bit key.  Chilkat RSA supports
    //  key sizes ranging from 512 bits to 4096 bits.
    let privKey = CkoPrivateKey()!
    success = rsa.genKey(numBits: 2048, privKey: privKey)
    if success == false {
        print("\(rsa.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    let pubKey = CkoPublicKey()!
    privKey.toPublicKey(pubKey: pubKey)

    var plainText: String? = "Encrypting and decrypting should be easy!"

    //  Start with a new RSA object to demonstrate that all we
    //  need are the keys previously exported:
    let rsaEncryptor = CkoRsa()!

    //  Encrypted output is always binary.  In this case, we want
    //  to encode the encrypted bytes in a printable string.
    //  Our choices are "hex", "base64", "url", "quoted-printable".
    rsaEncryptor.encodingMode = "hex"

    //  We'll encrypt with the public key and decrypt with the private
    //  key.
    success = rsaEncryptor.usePublicKey(pubKey: pubKey)

    var usePrivateKey: Bool = false
    var encryptedStr: String? = rsaEncryptor.encryptStringENC(str: plainText, bUsePrivateKey: usePrivateKey)
    print("\(encryptedStr!)")

    //  Now decrypt:
    let rsaDecryptor = CkoRsa()!

    rsaDecryptor.encodingMode = "hex"
    success = rsaDecryptor.usePrivateKey(privKey: privKey)

    usePrivateKey = true
    var decryptedStr: String? = rsaDecryptor.decryptStringENC(str: encryptedStr, bUsePrivateKey: usePrivateKey)

    print("\(decryptedStr!)")

}