<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>3.1.3 X509Req objects </title> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="3.1.3 X509Req objects "> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="pyOpenSSL"> <META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> <META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="global"> <link rel="STYLESHEET" href="pyOpenSSL.css"> <LINK REL="next" href="openssl-x509store.html"> <LINK REL="previous" href="openssl-x509name.html"> <LINK REL="up" href="openssl-crypto.html"> <LINK REL="next" href="openssl-x509store.html"> </head> <body> <DIV CLASS="navigation"> <table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td><A href="openssl-x509name.html"><img src="previous.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Previous Page" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="openssl-crypto.html"><img src="up.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Up One Level" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="openssl-x509store.html"><img src="next.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Next Page" width="32"></A></td> <td align="center" width="100%">Python OpenSSL Manual</td> <td><A href="contents.html"><img src="contents.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Contents" width="32"></A></td> <td><img src="blank.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="" width="32"></td> <td><img src="blank.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="" width="32"></td> </tr></table> <b class="navlabel">Previous:</b> <a class="sectref" href="openssl-x509name.html">3.1.2 X509Name objects</A> <b class="navlabel">Up:</b> <a class="sectref" href="openssl-crypto.html">3.1 crypto </A> <b class="navlabel">Next:</b> <a class="sectref" href="openssl-x509store.html">3.1.4 X509Store objects</A> <br><hr> </DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H3><A NAME="SECTION000413000000000000000"> </A> <BR> 3.1.3 X509Req objects </H3> <P> <EM><EM>X509Req objects have the following methods: </EM></EM> <P><dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-58'><tt class='method'>get_pubkey</tt></a></b>() <dd> Return a PKey object representing the public key of the certificate request. </dl> <P><dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-59'><tt class='method'>get_subject</tt></a></b>() <dd> Return a <EM>borrowed reference to a X509Name object representing the subject of the certificate. When the corresponding X509 or X509Req object is destroyed, this object will be invalid! </dl></EM> <P> <dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-60'><tt class='method'>set_pubkey</tt></a></b>(<var>pkey</var>) <dd> Set the public key of the certificate request to <var>pkey</var>. </dl> <P> <dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-61'><tt class='method'>sign</tt></a></b>(<var>pkey, digest</var>) <dd> Sign the certificate request, using the key <var>pkey</var> and the message digest algorithm identified by the string <var>digest</var>. </dl> <P> <dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-62'><tt class='method'>verify</tt></a></b>(<var>pkey</var>) <dd> Verify a certificate request using the public key <var>pkey</var>. </dl> <P> <DIV CLASS="navigation"> <p><hr> <table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td><A href="openssl-x509name.html"><img src="previous.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Previous Page" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="openssl-crypto.html"><img src="up.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Up One Level" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="openssl-x509store.html"><img src="next.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Next Page" width="32"></A></td> <td align="center" width="100%">Python OpenSSL Manual</td> <td><A href="contents.html"><img src="contents.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Contents" width="32"></A></td> <td><img src="blank.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="" width="32"></td> <td><img src="blank.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="" width="32"></td> </tr></table> <b class="navlabel">Previous:</b> <a class="sectref" href="openssl-x509name.html">3.1.2 X509Name objects</A> <b class="navlabel">Up:</b> <a class="sectref" href="openssl-crypto.html">3.1 crypto </A> <b class="navlabel">Next:</b> <a class="sectref" href="openssl-x509store.html">3.1.4 X509Store objects</A> <hr> <span class="release-info">Release 0.6.</span> </DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> </BODY> </HTML>