<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>3.1.9 NetscapeSPKI objects </title> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="3.1.9 NetscapeSPKI objects "> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="pyOpenSSL"> <META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> <META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="global"> <link rel="STYLESHEET" href="pyOpenSSL.css"> <LINK REL="previous" href="openssl-509ext.html"> <LINK REL="up" href="openssl-crypto.html"> <LINK REL="next" href="openssl-rand.html"> </head> <body> <DIV CLASS="navigation"> <table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td><A href="openssl-509ext.html"><img src="previous.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Previous Page" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="openssl-crypto.html"><img src="up.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Up One Level" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="openssl-rand.html"><img src="next.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Next Page" width="32"></A></td> <td align="center" width="100%">Python OpenSSL Manual</td> <td><A href="contents.html"><img src="contents.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Contents" width="32"></A></td> <td><img src="blank.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="" width="32"></td> <td><img src="blank.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="" width="32"></td> </tr></table> <b class="navlabel">Previous:</b> <a class="sectref" href="openssl-509ext.html">3.1.8 X509Extension objects</A> <b class="navlabel">Up:</b> <a class="sectref" href="openssl-crypto.html">3.1 crypto </A> <b class="navlabel">Next:</b> <a class="sectref" href="openssl-rand.html">3.2 rand </A> <br><hr> </DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H3><A NAME="SECTION000419000000000000000"> </A> <BR> 3.1.9 NetscapeSPKI objects </H3> <P> NetscapeSPKI objects have the following methods: <P> <dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-86'><tt class='method'>b64_encode</tt></a></b>() <dd> Return a base64-encoded string representation of the object. </dl> <P> <dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-87'><tt class='method'>get_pubkey</tt></a></b>() <dd> Return the public key of object. </dl> <P> <dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-88'><tt class='method'>set_pubkey</tt></a></b>(<var>key</var>) <dd> Set the public key of the object to <var>key</var>. </dl> <P> <dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-89'><tt class='method'>sign</tt></a></b>(<var>key, digest_name</var>) <dd> Sign the NetscapeSPKI object using the given <var>key</var> and <var>digest_name</var>. <var>digest_name</var> must be a string describing a digest algorithm supported by OpenSSL (by EVP_get_digestbyname, specifically). For example, <tt class="constant">"md5"</tt> or <tt class="constant">"sha1"</tt>. </dl> <P> <dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-90'><tt class='method'>verify</tt></a></b>(<var>key</var>) <dd> Verify the NetscapeSPKI object using the given <var>key</var>. </dl> <P> <DIV CLASS="navigation"> <p><hr> <table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td><A href="openssl-509ext.html"><img src="previous.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Previous Page" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="openssl-crypto.html"><img src="up.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Up One Level" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="openssl-rand.html"><img src="next.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Next Page" width="32"></A></td> <td align="center" width="100%">Python OpenSSL Manual</td> <td><A href="contents.html"><img src="contents.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Contents" width="32"></A></td> <td><img src="blank.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="" width="32"></td> <td><img src="blank.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="" width="32"></td> </tr></table> <b class="navlabel">Previous:</b> <a class="sectref" href="openssl-509ext.html">3.1.8 X509Extension objects</A> <b class="navlabel">Up:</b> <a class="sectref" href="openssl-crypto.html">3.1 crypto </A> <b class="navlabel">Next:</b> <a class="sectref" href="openssl-rand.html">3.2 rand </A> <hr> <span class="release-info">Release 0.9.</span> </DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> </BODY> </HTML>