export_private

KeyManager.export_private(**kwargs) → bytes[source]

Serialize the cryptography private key instance loaded into KeyManager into storable bytes.

This method requires that you’ve instantiated KeyManager with the private key. It will raise a EncryptionError exception if the private_key instance attribute is empty.

Example:

>>> km = KeyManager.load_keyfile('id_ed25519')
>>> print(km.export_private().decode())
-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
MC4CAQAwBQYDK2VwBCIEIOeLS2XOcQz11VUnzh6KIZaNtT10YfzHv779zjm95XSy
-----END PRIVATE KEY-----
Parameters

  • format (Format) – Override some or all of the default format/encoding for the keys. Dict Keys: private_format,public_format,private_encoding,public_encoding

  • format – If passed a Format instance, then this instance will be used for serialization instead of merging defaults from default_formats

Return bytes key

The serialized key.