jose/docs/key/export/functions/exportPKCS8.md

Function: exportPKCS8()

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▸ exportPKCS8(key): Promise<string>

Exports a private CryptoKey or KeyObject to a PEM-encoded PKCS8 string format.

This function is exported (as a named export) from the main 'jose' module entry point as well as from its subpath export 'jose/key/export'.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
key	CryptoKey | KeyObject	Key to export to a PEM-encoded PKCS8 string format.

Returns

Promise<string>

Example

const pkcs8Pem = await jose.exportPKCS8(privateKey)

console.log(pkcs8Pem)