ERROR InvalidAsn1Error: encoding too long

Question

shivam1747 opened this issue 5 years ago · 3 comments

keyData = '-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\n' + my private key + '\n-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----';
key = new NodeRSA({b:2048});

encrypt(text){
key.importKey(keyData, 'pkcs1');
encrypted = this.key.encrypt(plainText, 'base64');
}

Pops out an error : ERROR InvalidAsn1Error: encoding too long

Answer 1 · 2022-09-12T20:53:34.000Z

Did you end up finding the solution for it ? I am currently experiencing the same error message.

Answer 2 · 2023-01-20T20:31:17.000Z

Any update about this problem?

Answer 3 · 2024-03-11T23:49:23.000Z

check you don't have \ns in the key