Generate a new age identity — age

Creates a fresh X25519 identity (key pair). The secret key is generated in C and never returned to R; to persist it, pass path so it is written directly to a key file in the standard age format.

Usage

age_keygen(path = NULL, overwrite = FALSE)

Arguments

path: Optional file path. If given, the identity is written as a key file (# created: / # public key: / AGE-SECRET-KEY-1...) and the object is returned invisibly. If NULL (default), nothing is written.
overwrite: If FALSE (default) and path already exists, error rather than clobbering an existing key.

Value

An age_identity object. Its print method shows only the public key; the secret is never printed.

Examples

id <- age_keygen()
id
#> <age_identity>
#>   public key: age1gtv6jj6paw5gryaj2708my9u5qq3afdf8hxwnj478gaxf963lywq8nf3p0 
age_pubkey(id)
#> [1] "age1gtv6jj6paw5gryaj2708my9u5qq3afdf8hxwnj478gaxf963lywq8nf3p0"