validate-pfx

A Node.js utility to check if a .pfx or .p12 certificate is valid.

This project was forked from https://github.com/talesmgodois/pfx-load. Thanks Tales!

Installation

npm install validate-pfx

Description

This package provides a simple way to validate .pfx (Personal Information Exchange) or .p12 (PKCS #12) certificate files. It helps you verify if a certificate is valid and can be used for authentication or signing purposes.

Features

• Validate .pfx and .p12 certificate files
• Check certificate expiration
• Verify certificate integrity
• Confirm password protection

Usage

import { validatePfx } from 'validate-pfx';

// Example with file path
const result = validatePfx({
  pfxPath: '/path/to/certificate.pfx',
  password: 'your-certificate-password'
});

console.log(result);
// { isPfxOutdated: true|false, isPasswordOrPfxInvalid: true|false,  willWork: true|false }

API

validatePfx(options)

Validates a .pfx or .p12 certificate.

Options

• pfxPath (string): Path to the .pfx or .p12 file
• password (string): Password for the certificate

Either pfxPath and password must be provided.

Returns

An object containing:

• isPfxOutdated (boolean): Whether the certificate expiration date have reached
• isPasswordOrPfxInvalid (boolean): If password is correct and certificate is valid
• willWork (boolean): if certificate is valid and password is correct

Development

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Run in development mode
npm run dev

# Build the project
npm run build

License

ISC

Author

Alessandro Tegla