[#EVP_PKEY_assign]
= EVP_PKEY_assign
:mrdocs:

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

== Synopsis

Declared in `<openssl/evp.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
[[deprecated]]
int
EVP_PKEY_assign(
    xref:EVP_PKEY.adoc[EVP_PKEY]* pkey,
    int type,
    void* key);
----

[WARNING]
====
https://en.cppreference.com/cpp/language/attributes/deprecated[Deprecated^]. Use of this entity is allowed but discouraged.
====
== Return Value

1 on success, or 0 on failure.

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| 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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