OpenSSL - Neither PUB key nor PRIV key:: nested asn1 error

Question

I am trying to initialize OpenSSL::PKey::RSA using a public key, and it is not working.

Following is the key pair:

-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
MI         


        

Answer 1

Following this link http://skim.la/2012/01/16/rsa-public-key-interoperability-between-ruby-and-android/ I had more success this way.

require 'openssl'
require 'base64'

public_key = "MIIBCgKCAQEA20O377QEiZvPsj14LKl2xO23iirJB5WDTVjeab1cIOJu1vbV+Pdwl1Bov8m896ZG4K0S/qvfJcdHLovr2WJ+o2maK1XZCNy8lA" +
  "zIPzZrj/yDZAB2GSjR3in1lQRQPtWjIOdB8Cy2FGybEstIkpf8MD3XMWp5g8BtdOv43ekjBuTiGGLlPRG0+IiazjHlWjyl6DU9x9m2Jxks0H6YZud6zf4s9Q6" +
  "9vPUYgOZXWs7IghxqrVGE5mWxoRudsDFhLYP706+IrSxGOf5fE0/8fjtzj/eJayCLmkUWq/xsts5tBAbwsX5xKdk8iD0OU2qOEbVuiYmehEiJnvO2vyd+t76C" +
  "xwIDAQAB"

rsa_public_key = OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.new(Base64.decode64(public_key))