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setPrivateKey

method ECDH.prototype.setPrivateKey
Jump to headingECDH.prototype.setPrivateKey(privateKey: ArrayBufferView): void

Sets the EC Diffie-Hellman private key. If encoding is provided, privateKey is expected to be a string; otherwise privateKey is expected to be a Buffer, TypedArray, or DataView.

If privateKey is not valid for the curve specified when the ECDH object was created, an error is thrown. Upon setting the private key, the associated public point (key) is also generated and set in the ECDH object.

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Jump to headingprivateKey: ArrayBufferView

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void
Jump to headingECDH.prototype.setPrivateKey(
privateKey: string,
): void
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