AzelusLightvale-ComfyUI-ARG-Toolkit/web/docs/ECPublicKey.md

Elliptic Curve Public Key Bytes

Serializes an EC public key.

Source library: cryptography

Overview

This node extracts the public key from an EC private key and serializes it into bytes. Public keys are not secret and can be freely shared. They are used to verify signatures made by the corresponding private key.

Parameters

• key_source: How to obtain the private key.
  • Fresh Key: Generates a new random private key.
  • From Loaded Key: Uses a private key object passed from another node.
• key_type: The EC curve name (same options as ECPrivateKey).
• encoding: The encoding format (PEM or DER).
• formatting: The key format.
  • SubjectPublicKeyInfo (standard): The standard X.509 format.
  • Raw: The raw key point bytes.
• private_key: (Optional) The serialized private key bytes. Required when key_source is "From Private Bytes".
• serialized_key: (Optional) A loaded private key object. Required when key_source is "From Loaded Key".

Outputs

• public_bytes: The serialized public key as a BYTESLIKE object.
• public_key: The public key object (KEYOBJ), which can be passed to verification nodes.

Additional Considerations

• Public keys are safe to distribute. They cannot be used to derive the private key (assuming the curve and implementation are secure).