CryptoKey: extractable property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

Secure context: This feature is available only in secure contexts (HTTPS), in some or all supporting browsers.

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

The read-only extractable property of the CryptoKey interface indicates whether or not the key may be extracted using SubtleCrypto.exportKey() or SubtleCrypto.wrapKey().

If the key cannot be exported, exportKey() or wrapKey() will throw an exception if used to extract it.

Value

A boolean value that is true if the key can be exported and false if not.

Examples

In this example, the Export button is disabled, and no listener added, if the key cannot be exported.

js
// Export the given key and write it into the "exported-key" space.
async function exportCryptoKey(key) {
  const exported = await window.crypto.subtle.exportKey("raw", key);
  const exportedKeyBuffer = new Uint8Array(exported);

  const exportKeyOutput = document.querySelector(".exported-key");
  exportKeyOutput.textContent = `[${exportedKeyBuffer}]`;
}

// Enable or disable the exportButton if the key is extractable or not
function setExportButton(key) {
  const exportButton = document.querySelector(".raw");

  // Disable the button if the key is not extractable
  exportButton.disabled = !key.extractable;
  if (key.extractable) {
    // Add an event listener to extract the key
    exportButton.addEventListener("click", () => {
      exportCryptoKey(key);
    });
  }
}

// Generate an encrypt/decrypt secret key,
// then enable and set up an event listener on the "Export" button.
window.crypto.subtle
  .generateKey(
    {
      name: "AES-GCM",
      length: 256,
    },
    true,
    ["encrypt", "decrypt"],
  )
  .then(setExportButton(key));

Specifications

Specification
Web Cryptography API
# dom-cryptokey-extractable

Browser compatibility

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desktopmobileserver
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
Deno
Node.js
extractable

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