def load_certificate_request(csr, datatype=PEM):
"""
Given a base64-encoded certificate request, with or without the
header/footer, return a request object.
"""
if datatype == PEM:
csr = strip_header(csr)
csr = base64.b64decode(csr)
# A fail-safe so we can always read a CSR. python-nss/NSS will segfault
# otherwise
if not nss.nss_is_initialized():
nss.nss_init_nodb()
return nss.CertificateRequest(csr)
def setUp(self):
nss.nss_init_nodb()
self.csr_der = nss.SecItem(pem, ascii=True)
self.csr = nss.CertificateRequest(self.csr_der)