key_import.importPKCS8.md

Function: importPKCS8

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

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

Type parameters

Name	Type
T	extends KeyLike = KeyLike

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
pkcs8	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.
options?	PEMImportOptions	-

Returns

Promise<T>

Example

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