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function importPKCS8
import { importPKCS8 } from "https://deno.land/x/jose@v4.12.1/index.ts";

Imports a PEM-encoded PKCS#8 string as a runtime-specific private key representation (KeyObject or CryptoKey). See Algorithm Key Requirements to learn about key to algorithm requirements and mapping. Encrypted keys are not supported.

Examples

Usage

const algorithm = 'ES256'
const pkcs8 = `-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
MIGHAgEAMBMGByqGSM49AgEGCCqGSM49AwEHBG0wawIBAQQgiyvo0X+VQ0yIrOaN
nlrnUclopnvuuMfoc8HHly3505OhRANCAAQWUcdZ8uTSAsFuwtNy4KtsKqgeqYxg
l6kwL5D4N3pEGYGIDjV69Sw0zAt43480WqJv7HCL0mQnyqFmSrxj8jMa
-----END PRIVATE KEY-----`
const ecPrivateKey = await jose.importPKCS8(pkcs8, algorithm)

Parameters

pkcs8: string

PEM-encoded PKCS#8 string

alg: string

(Only effective in Web Crypto API runtimes) JSON Web Algorithm identifier to be used with the imported key, its presence is only enforced in Web Crypto API runtimes.

optional
options: PEMImportOptions