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KeyObject.from - crypto - Node documentation
method KeyObject.from

Usage in Deno

import { KeyObject } from "node:crypto";
KeyObject.from(key: webcrypto.CryptoKey): KeyObject

Example: Converting a CryptoKey instance to a KeyObject:

const { KeyObject } = await import('node:crypto');
const { subtle } = globalThis.crypto;

const key = await subtle.generateKey({
  name: 'HMAC',
  hash: 'SHA-256',
  length: 256,
}, true, ['sign', 'verify']);

const keyObject = KeyObject.from(key);
console.log(keyObject.symmetricKeySize);
// Prints: 32 (symmetric key size in bytes)

Parameters

Return Type

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