QSslCertificate ClassThe QSslCertificate class provides a convenient API for an X509 certificate. More... #include <QSslCertificate> Note: All functions in this class are reentrant. This class was introduced in Qt 4.3. Public Types
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Detailed DescriptionThe QSslCertificate class provides a convenient API for an X509 certificate. QSslCertificate stores an X509 certificate, and is commonly used to verify the identity and store information about the local host, a remotely connected peer, or a trusted third party Certificate Authority. There are many ways to construct a QSslCertificate. The most common way is to call QSslSocket::peerCertificate(), which returns a QSslCertificate object, or QSslSocket::peerCertificateChain(), which returns a list of them. You can also load certificates from a DER (binary) or PEM (Base64) encoded bundle, typically stored as one or more local files, or in a Qt Resource. You can call isNull() to check if your certificate is null. By default, QSslCertificate constructs a null certificate. A null certificate is invalid, but an invalid certificate is not necessarily null. If you want to reset all contents in a certificate, call clear(). After loading a certificate, you can find information about the certificate, its subject, and its issuer, by calling one of the many accessor functions, including version(), serialNumber(), issuerInfo() and subjectInfo(). You can call effectiveDate() and expiryDate() to check when the certificate starts being effective and when it expires. The publicKey() function returns the certificate subject's public key as a QSslKey. You can call issuerInfo() or subjectInfo() to get detailed information about the certificate issuer and its subject. Internally, QSslCertificate is stored as an X509 structure. You can access this handle by calling handle(), but the results are likely to not be portable. See also QSslSocket, QSslKey, QSslCipher, and QSslError. Member Type Documentation
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Constant | Value | Description |
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QSslCertificate::Organization | 0 | "O" The name of the organization. |
QSslCertificate::CommonName | 1 | "CN" The common name; most often this is used to store the host name. |
QSslCertificate::LocalityName | 2 | "L" The locality. |
QSslCertificate::OrganizationalUnitName | 3 | "OU" The organizational unit name. |
QSslCertificate::CountryName | 4 | "C" The country. |
QSslCertificate::StateOrProvinceName | 5 | "ST" The state or province. |
QSslCertificate::DistinguishedNameQualifier | 6 | The distinguished name qualifier |
QSslCertificate::SerialNumber | 7 | The certificate's serial number |
QSslCertificate::EmailAddress | 8 | The email address associated with the certificate |
Constructs a QSslCertificate by reading format encoded data from device and using the first certificate found. You can later call isNull() to see if device contained a certificate, and if this certificate was loaded successfully.
Constructs a QSslCertificate by parsing the format encoded data and using the first available certificate found. You can later call isNull() to see if data contained a certificate, and if this certificate was loaded successfully.
Constructs an identical copy of other.
Destroys the QSslCertificate.
Clears the contents of this certificate, making it a null certificate.
See also isNull().
Returns a cryptographic digest of this certificate. By default, an MD5 digest will be generated, but you can also specify a custom algorithm.
Returns the date-time that the certificate becomes valid, or an empty QDateTime if this is a null certificate.
See also expiryDate().
Returns the date-time that the certificate expires, or an empty QDateTime if this is a null certificate.
See also effectiveDate().
Returns a list containing the X509 extensions of this certificate.
This function was introduced in Qt 5.0.
Searches for and parses all certificates in data that are encoded in the specified format and returns them in a list of certificates.
See also fromDevice().
Searches for and parses all certificates in device that are encoded in the specified format and returns them in a list of certificates.
See also fromData().
Searches all files in the path for certificates encoded in the specified format and returns them in a list. must be a file or a pattern matching one or more files, as specified by syntax.
Example:
foreach (const QSslCertificate &cert, QSslCertificate::fromPath("C:/ssl/certificate.*.pem", QSsl::Pem, QRegExp::Wildcard)) { qDebug() << cert.issuerInfo(QSslCertificate::Organization); }
See also fromData().
Returns a pointer to the native certificate handle, if there is one, or a null pointer otherwise.
You can use this handle, together with the native API, to access extended information about the certificate.
Warning: Use of this function has a high probability of being non-portable, and its return value may vary from platform to platform or change from minor release to minor release.
Returns true if this certificate is blacklisted; otherwise returns false.
See also isNull().
Returns true if this is a null certificate (i.e., a certificate with no contents); otherwise returns false.
By default, QSslCertificate constructs a null certificate.
See also clear().
Returns the issuer information for the subject from the certificate, or an empty string if there is no information for subject in the certificate.
See also subjectInfo().
Returns the issuer information for attribute from the certificate, or an empty string if there is no information for attribute in the certificate.
See also subjectInfo().
Returns a list of the attributes that have values in the issuer information of this certificate. The information associated with a given attribute can be accessed using the issuerInfo() method. Note that this list may include the OIDs for any elements that are not known by the SSL backend.
This function was introduced in Qt 5.0.
See also subjectInfo().
Returns the certificate subject's public key.
Returns the certificate's serial number string in hexadecimal format.
Returns the list of alternative subject names for this certificate. The alternative names typically contain host names, optionally with wildcards, that are valid for this certificate.
These names are tested against the connected peer's host name, if either the subject information for CommonName doesn't define a valid host name, or the subject info name doesn't match the peer's host name.
See also subjectInfo().
Returns the information for the subject, or an empty string if there is no information for subject in the certificate.
See also issuerInfo().
Returns the subject information for attribute, or an empty string if there is no information for attribute in the certificate.
See also issuerInfo().
Returns a list of the attributes that have values in the subject information of this certificate. The information associated with a given attribute can be accessed using the subjectInfo() method. Note that this list may include the OIDs for any elements that are not known by the SSL backend.
This function was introduced in Qt 5.0.
See also subjectInfo().
Returns this certificate converted to a DER (binary) encoded representation.
Returns this certificate converted to a PEM (Base64) encoded representation.
Returns this certificate converted to a human-readable text representation.
This function was introduced in Qt 5.0.
Verifies a certificate chain. The chain to be verified is passed in the certificateChain parameter. The first certificate in the list should be the leaf certificate of the chain to be verified. If hostName is specified then the certificate is also checked to see if it is valid for the specified host name.
Note that the root (CA) certificate should not be included in the list to be verified, this will be looked up automatically either using the CA list specified by QSslSocket::defaultCaCertificates() or, if possible, it will be loaded on demand on Unix.
This function was introduced in Qt 5.0.
Returns the certificate's version string.
Returns true if this certificate is not the same as other; otherwise returns false.
Copies the contents of other into this certificate, making the two certificates identical.
Returns true if this certificate is the same as other; otherwise returns false.