The x509.issuer is an inbuilt application programming interface of class X509Certificate within the crypto module which is used to get the issuer identification included in this certificate.
Syntax:
const x509.issuer
Parameters: This property does not accept any arguments as a parameter.
Return Value: This property returns the issuer identification included in this certificate.
How to generate a Public certificate?
Public certificate: Open notepad and copy-paste the following key and save the file as public-cert.pem
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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-----END CERTIFICATE-----
Example 1:
index.js
const {X509Certificate} = require('crypto')
const fs = require('fs')
const x509 = new X509Certificate(fs.readFileSync('public-cert.pem'));
const value = x509.issuer
console.log("issuer :- " + value)
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Run the index.js file using the following command:
node index.js
Output:
issuer :- C=IN
ST=Westbengal
L=Kolkata
O=Panco, Inc.
CN=Rohit Prasad
emailAddress=rofofof@gmail.com
Example 2:
index.js
const {X509Certificate} = require('crypto')
const fs = require('fs')
console.log("issuer :- " +
(new X509Certificate(fs.readFileSync('public-cert.pem'))).issuer)
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Run the index.js file using the following command:
node index.js
Output:
issuer :- C=IN
ST=Westbengal
L=Kolkata
O=Panco, Inc.
CN=Rohit Prasad
emailAddress=rofofof@gmail.com
Reference: https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v15.x/docs/api/crypto.html#crypto_x509_issuer
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Last Updated :
31 Mar, 2021
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