key_import.importPKCS8.md

Function: importPKCS8

▸ importPKCS8(pkcs8, alg, options?): Promise<KeyLike>

Imports an PEM-encoded PKCS8 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.

example Usage

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

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
pkcs8	string	-
alg	string	JSON Web Algorithm identifier to be used with the imported key.
options?	PEMImportOptions	-

Returns

Promise<KeyLike>