Unicode C++

Find Certificate by Subject CN (Common Name)

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Demonstrates how to find a certificate having the specified subject CN.

Note: Requires Chilkat v10.1.2 or later.

Unicode C++

#include <CkCertStoreW.h>
#include <CkJsonObjectW.h>
#include <CkCertW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    CkCertStoreW certStore;

    // This opens the Current User certificate store on Windows,
    // On MacOS and iOS it opens the default Keychain.
    bool readOnly = false;
    success = certStore.OpenCurrentUserStore(readOnly);
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",certStore.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // Find the certificate having a Subject CN = "Example ABC".
    CkJsonObjectW json;
    json.UpdateString(L"CN",L"Example ABC");

    CkCertW cert;
    success = certStore.FindCert(json,cert);
    if (success == true) {
        // Show the full distinguished name of the certificate.
        wprintf(L"Found: %s\n",cert.subjectDN());
    }
    else {
        wprintf(L"Not found.\n");
    }
    }