KeyPassphrase Property

The passphrase for the key's secret key (if any).

Syntax

 ppop.getKeyPassphrase(index, [callback])
 ppop.setKeyPassphrase(index,  keyPassphrase, [callback])

Default Value

""

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 the getKeyPassphrase([callback]) method is defined as:

function(err, data){ }

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

'data' is the value returned by the method.

The callback for the setKeyPassphrase([callback]) 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

The passphrase for the key's secret key (if any). This must be specified before operations requiring the secret key are attempted. The passphrase may be supplied in this property or through the KeyPassphrase event, which will fire when a passphrase is required.

The passphrase is required when using the following methods in KeyMgr:

• AddUserId
• SignUserId
• ChangeExpirationDate
• ChangePassphrase

When using the OpenPGP class, or an email-based class, the following methods require a passphrase for the key:

• Decrypt
• Sign
• SignAndEncrypt

The index parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the KeyCount property.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

String