[#EVP_PKEY_set_type]
= EVP_PKEY_set_type
:mrdocs:

Assign the algorithm type of an empty EVP_PKEY by NID / EVP_PKEY_* id.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<openssl/evp.h>`

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

== Return Value

1 on success, or 0 on error.

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *pkey*
| Key object to type (typically freshly EVP_PKEY_new()'d).
| *type*
| Key type identifier (for example EVP_PKEY_RSA).
|===


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