Source code for keystone.common.jwt_utils

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from cryptography.hazmat.backends import default_backend
from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric import ec
from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import serialization




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def create_jws_keypair(private_key_path, public_key_path):
    """Create an ECDSA key pair using an secp256r1, or NIST P-256, curve.

    :param private_key_path: location to save the private key
    :param public_key_path: location to save the public key

    """
    private_key = ec.generate_private_key(ec.SECP256R1(), default_backend())

    with open(private_key_path, 'wb') as f:
        f.write(
            private_key.private_bytes(
                encoding=serialization.Encoding.PEM,
                format=serialization.PrivateFormat.PKCS8,
                encryption_algorithm=serialization.NoEncryption()
            )
        )

    public_key = private_key.public_key()
    with open(public_key_path, 'wb') as f:
        f.write(
            public_key.public_bytes(
                encoding=serialization.Encoding.PEM,
                format=serialization.PublicFormat.SubjectPublicKeyInfo
            )
        )