IPWorks OpenPGP 2020 Node.js Edition

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DeleteKey Method

Deletes the specified key.

Syntax

keymgr.deleteKey(userId, [callback])

Callback

The 'callback' parameter specifies a function which will be called when the operation completes (or an error is encountered). If the 'callback' parameter is not specified, then the method will block and will not return until the operation completes (or an error is encountered).

The callback for this method is defined as:

function(err){ }

'err' is the error that occurred. If there was no error, then 'err' is 'null'.

'err' has 2 properties which hold detailed information:

err.code
err.message

Remarks

This method deletes the key specified by UserId from the current keyring. Below is a table of the type of Ids that may be specified to identify the key:

Id Type Example
UserId FirstName LastName <user@mail.com>
UserId (name only) FirstName LastName
UserId (first name only) FirstName
UserId (email only) user@mail.com
Short KeyId 89C9D7B1
Long KeyId F7B7D49C89C9D7B1

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IPWorks OpenPGP 2020 Node.js Edition - Version 20.0 [Build 8249]