method

crypto.webcrypto.SubtleCrypto.generateKey

algorithm: EcKeyGenParams | RsaHashedKeyGenParams,

extractable: boolean,

keyUsages: KeyUsage[]

): Promise<CryptoKeyPair>;

algorithm: AesKeyGenParams | HmacKeyGenParams | KmacKeyGenParams | Pbkdf2Params,

extractable: boolean,

keyUsages: KeyUsage[]

): Promise<CryptoKey>;

algorithm: AlgorithmIdentifier,

extractable: boolean,

keyUsages: KeyUsage[]

): Promise<CryptoKey | CryptoKeyPair>;

Referenced types

interface EcKeyGenParams

name: string
namedCurve: string

interface RsaHashedKeyGenParams

hash: AlgorithmIdentifier
modulusLength: number
name: string
publicExponent: NonSharedUint8Array

type KeyUsage =

| 'decapsulateBits'

| 'decapsulateKey'

| 'decrypt'

| 'deriveBits'

| 'deriveKey'

| 'encapsulateBits'

| 'encapsulateKey'

| 'encrypt'

| 'sign'

| 'unwrapKey'

| 'verify'

| 'wrapKey'

interface CryptoKeyPair

interface AesKeyGenParams

length: number
name: string

interface HmacKeyGenParams

interface KmacKeyGenParams

length?: number
name: string

interface Pbkdf2Params

hash: AlgorithmIdentifier
iterations: number
name: string
salt: BufferSource

interface CryptoKey

readonly algorithm: KeyAlgorithm
readonly extractable: boolean
readonly type: KeyType
readonly usages: KeyUsage[]

type AlgorithmIdentifier = Algorithm | string