How to create a pair private/public keys using Node.js crypto?

Question

I have to generate two keys (private and public) to encrypt a text with the public and let the user with the private key decrypt the text.

Is it possible with the mo

Answer 1

Use the crypto module from npm to generate KeyPair.

var crypto = require('crypto');

var prime_length = 60;
var diffHell = crypto.createDiffieHellman(prime_length);

diffHell.generateKeys('base64');
console.log("Public Key : " ,diffHell.getPublicKey('base64'));
console.log("Private Key : " ,diffHell.getPrivateKey('base64'));

console.log("Public Key : " ,diffHell.getPublicKey('hex'));
console.log("Private Key : " ,diffHell.getPrivateKey('hex'));

Above is a example snippet. To know more checkout documentation http://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html