google-p12-pem

What is google-p12-pem?

The google-p12-pem npm package is used to convert Google .p12 or PFX files to the PEM format. This is particularly useful when dealing with authentication in Google Cloud Platform services, as it allows developers to transform the private key obtained from Google into a format that can be used with various authentication libraries.

What are google-p12-pem's main functionalities?

Convert P12 to PEM

This feature allows you to convert a .p12 or PFX file to PEM format. The code sample demonstrates how to use the `getPem` function provided by the package to perform the conversion. The function takes the path to the .p12 file and a callback function that receives an error or the resulting PEM.

const { getPem } = require('google-p12-pem');
getPem('/path/to/key.p12', (err, pem) => {
  if (err) {
    console.error('Error converting P12 to PEM', err);
    return;
  }
  console.log(pem);
});

Convert P12 to PEM with Promise

This feature is similar to the previous one but uses Promises instead of callbacks. It allows for better integration with modern asynchronous JavaScript code, such as async/await syntax.

const { getPem } = require('google-p12-pem');
getPem('/path/to/key.p12').then(pem => {
  console.log(pem);
}).catch(err => {
  console.error('Error converting P12 to PEM', err);
});

Other packages similar to google-p12-pem

node-forge

node-forge is a JavaScript implementation of various network security protocols. It includes functionality for creating, converting, and managing private keys and certificates in different formats, including PEM. It is more comprehensive than google-p12-pem, as it covers a wider range of cryptographic operations.

pem

pem is an npm package that provides a set of tools for managing and creating SSL certificates and keys. It can create private keys and CSRs, create certificates, read certificates, and more. It is similar to google-p12-pem in that it can handle PEM files, but it offers a broader set of features related to certificate management.

README

google-p12-pem: Node.js Client

Convert Google .p12 keys to .pem keys.

A comprehensive list of changes in each version may be found in the CHANGELOG.

• google-p12-pem Node.js Client API Reference

• github.com/googleapis/google-p12-pem

Read more about the client libraries for Cloud APIs, including the older Google APIs Client Libraries, in Client Libraries Explained.

Table of contents:

• Quickstart

  • Installing the client library
  • Using the client library

• Samples

• Versioning

• Contributing

• License

Quickstart

Installing the client library

npm install google-p12-pem

Using the client library

const {getPem} = require('google-p12-pem');

/**
 * Given a p12 file, convert it to the PEM format.
 * @param {string} pathToCert The relative path to a p12 file.
 */
async function quickstart() {
  // TODO(developer): provide the path to your cert
  // const pathToCert = 'path/to/cert.p12';

  const pem = await getPem(pathToCert);
  console.log('The converted PEM:');
  console.log(pem);
}

quickstart();

CLI style

gp12-pem myfile.p12 > output.pem

Samples

Samples are in the samples/ directory. Each sample's README.md has instructions for running its sample.

Sample	Source Code	Try it
Quickstart	source code

The google-p12-pem Node.js Client API Reference documentation also contains samples.

Supported Node.js Versions

Our client libraries follow the Node.js release schedule. Libraries are compatible with all current active and maintenance versions of Node.js. If you are using an end-of-life version of Node.js, we recommend that you update as soon as possible to an actively supported LTS version.

Google's client libraries support legacy versions of Node.js runtimes on a best-efforts basis with the following warnings:

• Legacy versions are not tested in continuous integration.
• Some security patches and features cannot be backported.
• Dependencies cannot be kept up-to-date.

Client libraries targeting some end-of-life versions of Node.js are available, and can be installed through npm dist-tags. The dist-tags follow the naming convention legacy-(version). For example, npm install google-p12-pem@legacy-8 installs client libraries for versions compatible with Node.js 8.

Versioning

This library follows Semantic Versioning.

This library is considered to be General Availability (GA). This means it is stable; the code surface will not change in backwards-incompatible ways unless absolutely necessary (e.g. because of critical security issues) or with an extensive deprecation period. Issues and requests against GA libraries are addressed with the highest priority.

More Information: Google Cloud Platform Launch Stages

Contributing

Contributions welcome! See the Contributing Guide.

Please note that this README.md, the samples/README.md, and a variety of configuration files in this repository (including .nycrc and tsconfig.json) are generated from a central template. To edit one of these files, make an edit to its templates in directory.

License

Apache Version 2.0

See LICENSE

Changelog

3.1.4 (2022-04-11)

Bug Fixes

• deps: force fixed version of node-forge (#403) (f375cca), closes #397