Decode Public Keys with the Flow CLI
How to decode Flow public keys from the command line
The Flow CLI provides a command to decode encoded public account keys.
flow keys decode <rlp|pem> <encoded public key>
Example Usage
Decode RLP Encoded Public Key
> flow keys decode rlp f847b84084d716c14b051ad6b001624f738f5d302636e6b07cc75e4530af7776a4368a2b586dbefc0564ee28384c2696f178cbed52e62811bcc9ecb59568c996d342db2402038203e8
Public Key 84d716c1...bcc9ecb59568c996d342db24
Signature algorithm ECDSA_P256
Hash algorithm SHA3_256
Weight 1000
Revoked false
Decode PEM Encoded Public Key From File
> flow keys decode pem --from-file key.pem
Public Key d479b3c...c4615360039a6660a366a95f
Signature algorithm ECDSA_P256
Hash algorithm UNKNOWN
Revoked false
Arguments
Encoding
- Valid inputs:
rlp,pem
First argument specifies a valid encoding of the public key provided.
Optional: Public Key
- Name:
encoded public key - Valid inputs: valid encoded key content
Optional second argument provides content of the encoded public key.
If this argument is omitted the --from-file must be used instead.
Flags
From File
- Flag:
--from-file - Valid inputs: valid filepath
Provide file with the encoded public key.
Filter
- Flag:
--filter - Short Flag:
-x - Valid inputs: a case-sensitive name of the result property.
Specify any property name from the result you want to return as the only value.
Output
- Flag:
--output - Short Flag:
-o - Valid inputs:
json,inline
Specify the format of the command results.
Save
- Flag:
--save - Short Flag:
-s - Valid inputs: a path in the current filesystem.
Specify the filename where you want the result to be saved