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PKCS11 Login / Logout

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Sample code showing how to login and logout of a PKCS11 session. A session becomes authenticated when Login is called, and returns to the unauthenticated state when Logout is called. A smart card's PIN is passed to the Login method.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.88 or later.

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const std = @import("std");
const chilkat = @import("chilkat");

pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
    const alloc = init.arena.allocator();

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

    // Note: Chilkat's PKCS11 implementation runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and other supported operating systems.

    const pkcs11 = try chilkat.Pkcs11.init();
    defer pkcs11.deinit();

    // Set your shared lib path -- either a full path to the DLL, .so, or .dylib,
    // or just the filename if the driver is in a location that can be automatically found. (Such as in C:\Windows\System32)
    pkcs11.setSharedLibPath("aetpkss1.dll");

    pkcs11.initialize() catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try pkcs11.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    // Pass -1 for the slotID to open a session on the first non-empty slot.
    const slot_id = -1;

    // Open a session.
    const read_write = true;
    pkcs11.openSession(slot_id, read_write) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try pkcs11.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    // Make it an authenticated session by calling Login.
    // The smart card PIN is passed to the Login method.
    // The user type can be one of three choices:
    // 0 - Security Officer
    // 1 - Normal User
    // 2 - Context Specific.
    // You'll likely always login as the Normal User.
    const user_type = 1;
    const pin = "0000";
    pkcs11.login(user_type, pin) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try pkcs11.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        try pkcs11.closeSession();
        return;
    };

    // Do what is needed with the authenticated session...
    // ...
    // ...

    // Revert to an unauthenticated session by calling Logout.
    pkcs11.logout() catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try pkcs11.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        try pkcs11.closeSession();
        return;
    };

    // When finished, close the session.
    // It is important to close the session (memory leaks will occur if the session is not properly closed).
    pkcs11.closeSession() catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try pkcs11.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    std.debug.print("PKCS11 Login and Logout successfully demonstrated.\n", .{});
}