X509Certificate.GetKeyAlgorithm Method

Definition

Returns the key algorithm information for this X.509v3 certificate as a string.

C#
public virtual string GetKeyAlgorithm();

Returns

The key algorithm information for this X.509 certificate as a string.

Exceptions

The certificate context is invalid.

Examples

The following example uses the GetKeyAlgorithm method to get a certificate's key algorithm in string format and displays it to the console.

C#
using System;
using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;

public class X509
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        // The path to the certificate.
        string Certificate =  "Certificate.cer";

        // Load the certificate into an X509Certificate object.
        X509Certificate cert = X509Certificate.CreateFromCertFile(Certificate);

        // Get the value.
        string results = cert.GetKeyAlgorithm();

        // Display the value to the console.
        Console.WriteLine(results);
    }
}

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 1.3, 1.4, 1.6, 2.0, 2.1