Web5 SDK Documentation/web5.sdk.crypto/Crypto/publicKeyToBytes

publicKeyToBytes

fun publicKeyToBytes(publicKey: Jwk): ByteArray

Converts a Jwk public key into its byte array representation.

Return

A ByteArray representing the byte-level information of the provided public key.

Example

val publicKeyBytes = publicKeyToBytes(myJwkPublicKey)

Note

This function assumes that the provided Jwk contains valid curve and algorithm information. Malformed or invalid Jwk objects may result in exceptions or unexpected behavior.

Throws

IllegalArgumentException If the algorithm or curve in Jwk is not supported or invalid.

Parameters

publicKey

A Jwk object representing the public key to be converted.