jose/docs/functions/key_export.exportPKCS8.md

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Function: exportPKCS8

exportPKCS8(key): Promise<string>

Exports a runtime-specific private key representation (KeyObject or CryptoKey) to an PEM-encoded PKCS8 string format.

example Usage

const pkcs8Pem = await exportPKCS8(privateKey)

console.log(pkcs8Pem)

example ESM import

import { exportPKCS8 } from 'jose'

example CJS import

const { exportPKCS8 } = require('jose')

example Deno import

import { exportPKCS8 } from 'https://deno.land/x/jose@v3.20.3/index.ts'

Parameters

Name Type Description
key KeyLike Key representation to transform to an PEM-encoded PKCS8 string format.

Returns

Promise<string>