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@probot/get-private-key
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Get private key from a path, environment variables, or a `*.pem` file in the current working directory
Get private key from a file path, environment variables, or a
*.pem
file in the current working directory
Finds a private key through various user-(un)specified methods. Order of precedence:
PRIVATE_KEY
environment variable or explicit env.PRIVATE_KEY
option. The private key can optionally be base64 encoded.PRIVATE_KEY_PATH
environment variable or explicit env.PRIVATE_KEY_PATH
option.pem
extension in current working dirSupports both PKCS1 (i.e -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
) and PKCS8 (i.e -----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
).
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Node |
Install with
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const probot = new Probot({
appId: 123,
privateKey: getPrivateKey(),
});
name | type | description |
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options.filepath
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string |
Pass a path to a
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options.cwd
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string |
Defaults to
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options.env
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object |
Defaults to
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FAQs
Get private key from a path, environment variables, or a `*.pem` file in the current working directory
The npm package @probot/get-private-key receives a total of 36,074 weekly downloads. As such, @probot/get-private-key popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @probot/get-private-key demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 0 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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