PemToCertificate()

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Parses a PEM-encoded certificate string into a Java X509Certificate object.

Requires Extension: Crypto Extension

PemToCertificate( pem=string );

Returns: any

Argument Description
pem
string, required 		edit

PEM-encoded certificate string

Examples

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// Convert a PEM-encoded certificate string into a Java X509Certificate object
// Useful when you need to pass the certificate to Java APIs
keyPair = GenerateKeyPair( "RSA-2048" );
certPem = GenerateSelfSignedCertificate(
	keyPair = keyPair,
	subject = "CN=localhost"
);

certObj = PemToCertificate( certPem );
// certObj is a java.security.cert.X509Certificate

// Convert back to PEM with CertificateToPem()
pem = CertificateToPem( certObj );
// pem starts with "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----"

See also