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x/jose/key/import.ts>importPKCS8

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function importPKCS8
import { importPKCS8 } from "https://deno.land/x/jose@v4.14.0/key/import.ts";

Imports a PEM-encoded PKCS#8 string as a runtime-specific private key representation (KeyObject or CryptoKey).

Type Parameters

optional
T extends KeyLike = KeyLike

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. See Algorithm Key Requirements.

optional
options: PEMImportOptions

Returns

Promise<T>