""" No crypto operation is done on keys. They are thus represented as ASCII armored PEM. """ from OpenSSL import crypto def gen_key(key_type=crypto.TYPE_RSA, bits=1024): """ Generate and return a new RSA key. """ key = crypto.PKey() key.generate_key(key_type, bits) return crypto.dump_privatekey(crypto.FILETYPE_PEM, key) def strip_key(pem): """ Return only the b64 part of the ASCII armored PEM. """ key = crypto.load_privatekey(crypto.FILETYPE_PEM, pem) public_pem = crypto.dump_publickey(crypto.FILETYPE_PEM, key) return public_pem.replace(b"\n", b"").split(b"-----")[2]