Class: PrivateKey

Hierarchy

• PrivateKey

Index

Constructors

• constructor

Methods

• getPublicKey
• getType
• isValid
• sign
• toElliptic
• toLegacyString
• toString
• fromElliptic
• fromString

Constructors

constructor

+ new PrivateKey(key: Key, ec: EC): PrivateKey

Parameters:

Name	Type
key	Key
ec	EC

Returns: PrivateKey

Methods

getPublicKey

▸ getPublicKey(): PublicKey

Returns: PublicKey

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getType

▸ getType(): KeyType

Returns: KeyType

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isValid

▸ isValid(): boolean

Returns: boolean

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sign

▸ sign(data: BNInput, shouldHash: boolean, encoding: BufferEncoding): Signature

Parameters:

Name	Type	Default
data	BNInput	-
shouldHash	boolean	true
encoding	BufferEncoding	"utf8"

Returns: Signature

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toElliptic

▸ toElliptic(): EC.KeyPair

Returns: EC.KeyPair

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toLegacyString

▸ toLegacyString(): string

Returns: string

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toString

▸ toString(): string

Returns: string

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Static fromElliptic

▸ fromElliptic(privKey: EC.KeyPair, keyType: KeyType, ec?: EC): PrivateKey

Parameters:

Name	Type
privKey	EC.KeyPair
keyType	KeyType
ec?	EC

Returns: PrivateKey

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Static fromString

▸ fromString(keyString: string, ec?: EC): PrivateKey

Parameters:

Name	Type
keyString	string
ec?	EC

Returns: PrivateKey