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Name

UTF-8 String Representation of Distinguished Names

https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2253

Constructors​

new Name()​

new Name(data, extraNames): Name

Creates a new instance

Parameters​

• data: string | BufferSource | JsonNameParams | Name

• extraNames: IdOrName = {}

Extra identifiers for name customization

Returns​

Name

Example​

const text = "URL=http://some.url.com, IP=192.168.0.1, GUID={8ee13e53-2c1c-42bb-8df7-39927c0bdbb6}";
const name = new x509.Name(text, {
  "Email": "1.2.3.4.5.1",
  "IP": "1.2.3.4.5.2",
  "GUID": "1.2.3.4.5.3",
});

Methods​

getField()​

getField(idOrName): string[]

Returns a list of string values filtered by specified id or name

Parameters​

• idOrName: string

ObjectIdentifier or string name

Returns​

string[]

Returns a list of strings. Returns an empty list if there are not any values for specified id/name.

getThumbprint()​

getThumbprint(crypto)​

getThumbprint(crypto?): Promise<ArrayBuffer>

Returns a SHA-1 thumbprint

Parameters​

• crypto?: Crypto

Crypto provider. Default is from CryptoProvider

Returns​

Promise<ArrayBuffer>

getThumbprint(algorithm, crypto)​

getThumbprint(algorithm, crypto?): Promise<ArrayBuffer>

Returns a thumbprint for specified mechanism

Parameters​

• algorithm: AlgorithmIdentifier

Hash algorithm

• crypto?: Crypto

Crypto provider. Default is from CryptoProvider

Returns​

Promise<ArrayBuffer>

toArrayBuffer()​

toArrayBuffer(): ArrayBuffer

Returns Name in DER encoded format

Returns​

ArrayBuffer

toJSON()​

toJSON(): JsonName

Returns a JSON representation of the Name

Returns​

JsonName

toString()​

toString(): string

Returns string serialized Name

Returns​

string

isASCII()​

static isASCII(text): boolean

Returns true if text is ASCII otherwise false

Parameters​

• text: string

Text

Returns​

boolean

isPrintableString()​

static isPrintableString(text): boolean

Checks if a given string is a printable string. A printable string contains only printable ASCII characters.

Parameters​

• text: string

The string to be checked.

Returns​

boolean

True if the string is a printable string, false otherwise.