.\" -*- mode: troff; coding: utf-8 -*-
.\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man v6.0.2 (Pod::Simple 3.47)
.\"
.\" Standard preamble:
.\" ========================================================================
.de Sp \" Vertical space (when we can't use .PP)
.if t .sp .5v
.if n .sp
..
.de Vb \" Begin verbatim text
.ft CW
.nf
.ne \\$1
..
.de Ve \" End verbatim text
.ft R
.fi
..
.\" \*(C` and \*(C' are quotes in nroff, nothing in troff, for use with C<>.
.ie n \{\
.    ds C` ""
.    ds C' ""
'br\}
.el\{\
.    ds C`
.    ds C'
'br\}
.\"
.\" Escape single quotes in literal strings from groff's Unicode transform.
.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq
.el       .ds Aq '
.\"
.\" If the F register is >0, we'll generate index entries on stderr for
.\" titles (.TH), headers (.SH), subsections (.SS), items (.Ip), and index
.\" entries marked with X<> in POD.  Of course, you'll have to process the
.\" output yourself in some meaningful fashion.
.\"
.\" Avoid warning from groff about undefined register 'F'.
.de IX
..
.nr rF 0
.if \n(.g .if rF .nr rF 1
.if (\n(rF:(\n(.g==0)) \{\
.    if \nF \{\
.        de IX
.        tm Index:\\$1\t\\n%\t"\\$2"
..
.        if !\nF==2 \{\
.            nr % 0
.            nr F 2
.        \}
.    \}
.\}
.rr rF
.\"
.\" Required to disable full justification in groff 1.23.0.
.if n .ds AD l
.\" ========================================================================
.\"
.IX Title "EVP_PKEY_ENCRYPT 3ossl"
.TH EVP_PKEY_ENCRYPT 3ossl 2026-06-09 3.5.7 OpenSSL
.\" For nroff, turn off justification.  Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
.\" way too many mistakes in technical documents.
.if n .ad l
.nh
.SH NAME
EVP_PKEY_encrypt_init_ex,
EVP_PKEY_encrypt_init, EVP_PKEY_encrypt \- encrypt using a public key algorithm
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 1
\& #include <openssl/evp.h>
\&
\& int EVP_PKEY_encrypt_init(EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx);
\& int EVP_PKEY_encrypt_init_ex(EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx, const OSSL_PARAM params[]);
\& int EVP_PKEY_encrypt(EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx,
\&                      unsigned char *out, size_t *outlen,
\&                      const unsigned char *in, size_t inlen);
.Ve
.SH DESCRIPTION
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
The \fBEVP_PKEY_encrypt_init()\fR function initializes a public key algorithm
context using key \fBpkey\fR for an encryption operation.
.PP
The \fBEVP_PKEY_encrypt_init_ex()\fR function initializes a public key algorithm
context using key \fBpkey\fR for an encryption operation and sets the
algorithm specific \fBparams\fR.
.PP
The \fBEVP_PKEY_encrypt()\fR function performs a public key encryption operation
using \fBctx\fR. The data to be encrypted is specified using the \fBin\fR and
\&\fBinlen\fR parameters. If \fBout\fR is \fBNULL\fR then the maximum size of the output
buffer is written to the \fBoutlen\fR parameter. If \fBout\fR is not \fBNULL\fR then
before the call the \fBoutlen\fR parameter should contain the length of the
\&\fBout\fR buffer, if the call is successful the encrypted data is written to
\&\fBout\fR and the amount of data written to \fBoutlen\fR.
.SH NOTES
.IX Header "NOTES"
After the call to \fBEVP_PKEY_encrypt_init()\fR algorithm specific control
operations can be performed to set any appropriate parameters for the
operation.  These operations can be included in the \fBEVP_PKEY_encrypt_init_ex()\fR
call.
.PP
The function \fBEVP_PKEY_encrypt()\fR can be called more than once on the same
context if several operations are performed using the same parameters.
.SH "RETURN VALUES"
.IX Header "RETURN VALUES"
\&\fBEVP_PKEY_encrypt_init()\fR, \fBEVP_PKEY_encrypt_init_ex()\fR and \fBEVP_PKEY_encrypt()\fR
return 1 for success and 0 or a negative value for failure. In particular a
return value of \-2 indicates the operation is not supported by the public key
algorithm.
.SH EXAMPLES
.IX Header "EXAMPLES"
Encrypt data using OAEP (for RSA keys). See also \fBPEM_read_PUBKEY\fR\|(3) or
\&\fBd2i_X509\fR\|(3) for means to load a public key. You may also simply
set \*(Aqeng = NULL;\*(Aq to start with the default OpenSSL RSA implementation:
.PP
.Vb 3
\& #include <openssl/evp.h>
\& #include <openssl/rsa.h>
\& #include <openssl/engine.h>
\&
\& EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx;
\& ENGINE *eng;
\& unsigned char *out, *in;
\& size_t outlen, inlen;
\& EVP_PKEY *key;
\&
\& /*
\&  * NB: assumes eng, key, in, inlen are already set up,
\&  * and that key is an RSA public key
\&  */
\& ctx = EVP_PKEY_CTX_new(key, eng);
\& if (!ctx)
\&     /* Error occurred */
\& if (EVP_PKEY_encrypt_init(ctx) <= 0)
\&     /* Error */
\& if (EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_rsa_padding(ctx, RSA_PKCS1_OAEP_PADDING) <= 0)
\&     /* Error */
\&
\& /* Determine buffer length */
\& if (EVP_PKEY_encrypt(ctx, NULL, &outlen, in, inlen) <= 0)
\&     /* Error */
\&
\& out = OPENSSL_malloc(outlen);
\&
\& if (!out)
\&     /* malloc failure */
\&
\& if (EVP_PKEY_encrypt(ctx, out, &outlen, in, inlen) <= 0)
\&     /* Error */
\&
\& /* Encrypted data is outlen bytes written to buffer out */
.Ve
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
\&\fBd2i_X509\fR\|(3),
\&\fBENGINE_by_id\fR\|(3),
\&\fBEVP_PKEY_CTX_new\fR\|(3),
\&\fBEVP_PKEY_decrypt\fR\|(3),
\&\fBEVP_PKEY_sign\fR\|(3),
\&\fBEVP_PKEY_verify\fR\|(3),
\&\fBEVP_PKEY_verify_recover\fR\|(3),
\&\fBEVP_PKEY_derive\fR\|(3)
.SH HISTORY
.IX Header "HISTORY"
These functions were added in OpenSSL 1.0.0.
.SH COPYRIGHT
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
Copyright 2006\-2021 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
.PP
Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use
this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
