Assign a low‐level key object of type to an EVP_PKEY (deprecated).

Synopsis

Declared in <openssl/evp.h>

[[deprecated]]
int
EVP_PKEY_assign(
    EVP_PKEY* pkey,
    int type,
    void* key);
Warning

Deprecated. Use of this entity is allowed but discouraged.

Return Value

1 on success, or 0 on failure.

Parameters

Name

Description

pkey

Destination key wrapper; previous key material is freed.

type

Key type NID such as EVP_PKEY_RSA or EVP_PKEY_EC.

key

Type‐specific key pointer (for example RSA *) that pkey will own.

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