key
{Object | string | Buffer}key
: {string | Buffer} The key material, either in PEM or DER format.format
: {string} Must be'pem'
or'der'
. Default:'pem'
.type
: {string} Must be'pkcs1'
,'pkcs8'
or'sec1'
. This option is required only if theformat
is'der'
and ignored if it is'pem'
.passphrase
: {string | Buffer} The passphrase to use for decryption.
- Returns: {KeyObject}
Creates and returns a new key object containing a private key. If key
is a
string or Buffer
, format
is assumed to be 'pem'
; otherwise, key
must be an object with the properties described above.
If the private key is encrypted, a passphrase
must be specified. The length
of the passphrase is limited to 1024 bytes.