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38 lines
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE dita PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Composite//EN" "ditabase.dtd">
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<dita xml:lang="en-GB">
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<topic id="topic_j3h_5my_5db">
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<title>Get Key</title>
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<body>
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<p>An alternative method of getting a single key via its fingerprint is available
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directly within a Context with Context().get_key. This is the preferred method of selecting
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a key in order to modify it, sign or certify it and for obtaining relevant data about a
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single key as a part of other functions; when verifying a signature made by that key, for
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instance.</p>
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<p>By default this method will select public keys, but it can select secret keys as well.</p>
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<p>This first example demonstrates selecting the current key of Werner Koch, which is due to
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expire at the end of 2018:</p>
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<p>
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<codeblock id="getkey-1" outputclass="language-python">import gpg
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fingerprint = "80615870F5BAD690333686D0F2AD85AC1E42B367"
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key = gpg.Context().get_key(fingerprint)
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</codeblock>
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</p>
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<p>Whereas this example demonstrates selecting the author's current key with the secret key
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word argument set to True:</p>
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<p>
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<codeblock id="getkey-2" outputclass="language-python">import gpg
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fingerprint = "DB4724E6FA4286C92B4E55C4321E4E2373590E5D"
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key = gpg.Context().get_key(fingerprint, secret=True)
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</codeblock>
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</p>
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<p>It is, of course, quite possible to select expired, disabled and revoked keys with this
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function, but only to effectively display information about those keys.</p>
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<p>It is also possible to use both unicode or string literals and byte literals with the
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fingerprint when getting a key in this way.</p>
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</body>
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</topic>
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</dita>
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