@probot/get-private-key

Get private key from a file path, environment variables, or a *.pem file in the current working directory

Finds a private key through various user-(un)specified methods. Order of precedence:

1. Explicit file path option
2. PRIVATE_KEY environment variable or explicit env.PRIVATE_KEY option. The private key can optionally be base64 encoded.
3. PRIVATE_KEY_PATH environment variable or explicit env.PRIVATE_KEY_PATH option
4. Any file w/ .pem extension in current working dir

Supports both PKCS1 (i.e -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----) and PKCS8 (i.e -----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----).

Usage

Browsers	@probot/get-private-key is not compatible with browser usage
Node	Install with npm install @probot/get-private-key import { Probot } from "probot"; import { getPrivateKey } from "@probot/get-private-key"; Important As we use conditional exports, you will need to adapt your tsconfig.json by setting "moduleResolution": "node16", "module": "node16". See the TypeScript docs on package.json "exports". See this helpful guide on transitioning to ESM from @sindresorhus

const probot = new Probot({
  appId: 123,
  privateKey: getPrivateKey(),
});

Options

name	type	description
options.filepath	string	Pass a path to a *.pem file. A relative path will be resolved to the current working directory (which you can set with the cwd option) const privateKey = getPrivateKey({ filepath: "private-key.pem", });
options.cwd	string	Defaults to process.cwd(). Used to resolve the filepath option and used as folder to find *.pem files. const privateKey = getPrivateKey({ cwd: "/app/current", });
options.env	object	Defaults to process.env. Pass env.PRIVATE_KEY or env.PRIVATE_KEY_PATH to workaround reading environment variables const privateKey = getPrivateKey({ env: { PRIVATE_KEY: "-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\n...", }, });

LICENSE

ISC