how to convert public key to string using openSSL api?





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I am able to retrieve the public key contents from a cert file using openssl by following the link http://fm4dd.com/openssl/certpubkey.htm



However, it prints the public key to stdout. I want to be able to store it in a string . Is there a way to get it into a char buffer or a string ?



The line PEM_write_bio_PUBKEY(outbio, pkey) prints to stdout.



Searched quite a bit, wasnt able to get what I wanted.



Any help will be appreciated, better if the code sample is provided as I'm running out of time.



Thanks in advance.










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  • The code you link to sets up outbio to be stdout. I'd guess you just need to make a different output BIO instead? e.g. BIO_s_mem

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    Nov 16 '18 at 17:05













  • Thanks, if you could provide some code to do that, would be helpful.

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I am able to retrieve the public key contents from a cert file using openssl by following the link http://fm4dd.com/openssl/certpubkey.htm



However, it prints the public key to stdout. I want to be able to store it in a string . Is there a way to get it into a char buffer or a string ?



The line PEM_write_bio_PUBKEY(outbio, pkey) prints to stdout.



Searched quite a bit, wasnt able to get what I wanted.



Any help will be appreciated, better if the code sample is provided as I'm running out of time.



Thanks in advance.










share|improve this question























  • The code you link to sets up outbio to be stdout. I'd guess you just need to make a different output BIO instead? e.g. BIO_s_mem

    – Rup
    Nov 16 '18 at 17:05













  • Thanks, if you could provide some code to do that, would be helpful.

    – Abbas
    Nov 16 '18 at 17:09














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I am able to retrieve the public key contents from a cert file using openssl by following the link http://fm4dd.com/openssl/certpubkey.htm



However, it prints the public key to stdout. I want to be able to store it in a string . Is there a way to get it into a char buffer or a string ?



The line PEM_write_bio_PUBKEY(outbio, pkey) prints to stdout.



Searched quite a bit, wasnt able to get what I wanted.



Any help will be appreciated, better if the code sample is provided as I'm running out of time.



Thanks in advance.










share|improve this question














I am able to retrieve the public key contents from a cert file using openssl by following the link http://fm4dd.com/openssl/certpubkey.htm



However, it prints the public key to stdout. I want to be able to store it in a string . Is there a way to get it into a char buffer or a string ?



The line PEM_write_bio_PUBKEY(outbio, pkey) prints to stdout.



Searched quite a bit, wasnt able to get what I wanted.



Any help will be appreciated, better if the code sample is provided as I'm running out of time.



Thanks in advance.







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  • The code you link to sets up outbio to be stdout. I'd guess you just need to make a different output BIO instead? e.g. BIO_s_mem

    – Rup
    Nov 16 '18 at 17:05













  • Thanks, if you could provide some code to do that, would be helpful.

    – Abbas
    Nov 16 '18 at 17:09



















  • The code you link to sets up outbio to be stdout. I'd guess you just need to make a different output BIO instead? e.g. BIO_s_mem

    – Rup
    Nov 16 '18 at 17:05













  • Thanks, if you could provide some code to do that, would be helpful.

    – Abbas
    Nov 16 '18 at 17:09

















The code you link to sets up outbio to be stdout. I'd guess you just need to make a different output BIO instead? e.g. BIO_s_mem

– Rup
Nov 16 '18 at 17:05







The code you link to sets up outbio to be stdout. I'd guess you just need to make a different output BIO instead? e.g. BIO_s_mem

– Rup
Nov 16 '18 at 17:05















Thanks, if you could provide some code to do that, would be helpful.

– Abbas
Nov 16 '18 at 17:09





Thanks, if you could provide some code to do that, would be helpful.

– Abbas
Nov 16 '18 at 17:09












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I found a solution finally !
X509 structure to human readable string



Just replaced with EVP_PKEY *key in X509_to_PEM() signature and used PEM_write_bio_PUBKEY(bio, key) instead of PEM_write_bio_X509(bio, cert).



Worked !






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    I found a solution finally !
    X509 structure to human readable string



    Just replaced with EVP_PKEY *key in X509_to_PEM() signature and used PEM_write_bio_PUBKEY(bio, key) instead of PEM_write_bio_X509(bio, cert).



    Worked !






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      I found a solution finally !
      X509 structure to human readable string



      Just replaced with EVP_PKEY *key in X509_to_PEM() signature and used PEM_write_bio_PUBKEY(bio, key) instead of PEM_write_bio_X509(bio, cert).



      Worked !






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        I found a solution finally !
        X509 structure to human readable string



        Just replaced with EVP_PKEY *key in X509_to_PEM() signature and used PEM_write_bio_PUBKEY(bio, key) instead of PEM_write_bio_X509(bio, cert).



        Worked !






        share|improve this answer













        I found a solution finally !
        X509 structure to human readable string



        Just replaced with EVP_PKEY *key in X509_to_PEM() signature and used PEM_write_bio_PUBKEY(bio, key) instead of PEM_write_bio_X509(bio, cert).



        Worked !







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