jose/docs/functions/key_export.exportPKCS8.md

Function: exportPKCS8

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▸ exportPKCS8(key): Promise<string>

Exports a runtime-specific private key representation (KeyObject or CryptoKey) to a PEM-encoded PKCS8 string format.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
key	KeyLike	Key representation to transform to a PEM-encoded PKCS8 string format.

Returns

Promise<string>

Example

const pkcs8Pem = await jose.exportPKCS8(privateKey)

console.log(pkcs8Pem)