kotlin-node/node.crypto/createPrivateKey

createPrivateKey

external fun createPrivateKey(key: PrivateKeyInput): KeyObject(source)
external fun createPrivateKey(key: String): KeyObject(source)
external fun createPrivateKey(key: Buffer): KeyObject(source)
external fun createPrivateKey(key: JsonWebKeyInput): KeyObject(source)

Creates and returns a new key object containing a private key. If key is a string or Buffer, format is assumed to be 'pem'; otherwise, key must be an object with the properties described above.

If the private key is encrypted, a passphrase must be specified. The length of the passphrase is limited to 1024 bytes.

Since

v11.6.0