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diff --git a/doc/gpgme-python-howto.texi b/doc/gpgme-python-howto.texi index 85a8dcfd..e78c6f85 100644 --- a/doc/gpgme-python-howto.texi +++ b/doc/gpgme-python-howto.texi @@ -2265,7 +2265,7 @@ support for Python 2.7 as well and is available via PyPI. Since it rewrites the @samp{hkp} protocol prefix as @samp{http} and @samp{hkps} as @samp{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 @ref{C plus Python plus SWIG plus Cython, , Cython} generated and compiled version of any code. @@ -2281,6 +2281,23 @@ 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 @samp{gpg.Context().key_import()} method. +For this reason an alternative method has been added to the @samp{search} +function of @samp{hkp4py.KeyServer()} which returns the key in the correct +format as expected by @samp{key_import}. When importing using this module, +it is now possible to import with this: + +@example +for key in keys: + if key.revoked is False: + gpg.Context().key_import(key.key_blob) + else: + pass +@end example + +Without that recent addition it would have been necessary to encode +the contents of each @samp{hkp4py.KeyServer().search()[i].key} in +@samp{hkp4py.KeyServer().search()} before trying to import it. + @node Copyright and Licensing @chapter Copyright and Licensing |