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| author | Ben McGinnes <[email protected]> | 2018-09-22 19:37:40 +0000 |
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| committer | Ben McGinnes <[email protected]> | 2018-09-22 19:37:40 +0000 |
| commit | 3622576105ae1924d9b40ce0d09bf9a7accc0ed1 (patch) | |
| tree | e10d9d568232fc2ead115781df36246797d2a26a /lang/python/docs/gpgme-python-howto.org | |
| parent | python: Fix a couple of syntax errors. (diff) | |
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docs: python bindings howto
* Confirmed that updates to the tests have significant'y improved that
output.
* Updated some of the additional notes for the section on hkp4py.
** This is in anticipation adding at least import examples using that
module as well. It may also include adding examples of exporting a
key and uploading it to the keyservers.
Tested-by: Ben McGinnes <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Ben McGinnes <[email protected]>
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diff --git a/lang/python/docs/gpgme-python-howto.org b/lang/python/docs/gpgme-python-howto.org index 53ca3a58..4373e0fa 100644 --- a/lang/python/docs/gpgme-python-howto.org +++ b/lang/python/docs/gpgme-python-howto.org @@ -2169,7 +2169,7 @@ support for Python 2.7 as well and is available via PyPI. Since it rewrites the =hkp= protocol prefix as =http= and =hkps= as =https=, the module is able to be used even with servers which do not -support the full scope of keyserver functions. It will work quite +support the full scope of keyserver functions. It also works quite readily when incorporated into a [[#cython][Cython]] generated and compiled version of any code. @@ -2184,6 +2184,24 @@ The hkp4py module returns key data via requests as string literals the retrurned key data must be encoded to UTF-8 when importing that key material using a =gpg.Context().key_import()= method. +For this reason an alternative method has been added to the =search= +function of =hkp4py.KeyServer()= which returns the key in the correct +format as expected by =key_import=. When importing using this module, +it is now possible to import with this: + +#+BEGIN_SRC python -i +for key in keys: + if key.revoked is False: + gpg.Context().key_import(key.key_blob) + else: + pass +#+END_SRC + +Without that recent addition it would have been necessary to encode +the contents of each =hkp4py.KeyServer().search()[i].key= in +=hkp4py.KeyServer().search()= before trying to import it. + + * Copyright and Licensing :PROPERTIES: |