extractPublicKeyHex() function

This API is provided as a beta preview for developers and may change based on feedback that we receive. Do not use this API in a production environment.

Converts the publicKey of a VerificationMethod to hex encoding (publicKeyHex), with no 0x prefix. Secp256k1 public keys are compressed.

Signature:

export declare function extractPublicKeyHex(
  pk: _ExtendedVerificationMethod,
  convert?: boolean,
): {
  publicKeyHex: string
  keyType: string | undefined
}

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
pk	_ExtendedVerificationMethod	the VerificationMethod to be converted
convert	boolean	(Optional) when this flag is set to true, Ed25519 keys are converted to their X25519 pairs

**Returns:**

{ publicKeyHex: string; keyType: string | undefined; }

the hex encoding of the public key along with the inferred key type

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