= zmq_curve_public(3)


== NAME
zmq_curve_public - derive the public key from a private key


== SYNOPSIS
*int zmq_curve_public (char *z85_public_key, char *z85_secret_key);*


== DESCRIPTION
The _zmq_curve_public()_ function shall derive the public key from a
private key. The caller provides two buffers, each at least 41 octets
large. In z85_secret_key the caller shall provide the private key, and
the function will store the public key in z85_public_key. The keys are
encoded using xref:zmq_z85_encode.adoc[zmq_z85_encode].


== RETURN VALUE
The _zmq_curve_public()_ function shall return 0 if successful, else it
shall return `-1` and set 'errno' to one of the values defined below.


== ERRORS
*ENOTSUP*::
The libzmq library was not built with cryptographic support (libsodium).


== EXAMPLE
.Deriving the public key from a CURVE private key
----
char public_key [41];
char secret_key [41];
int rc = zmq_curve_keypair (public_key, secret_key);
assert (rc == 0);
char derived_public[41];
rc = zmq_curve_public (derived_public, secret_key);
assert (rc == 0);
assert (!strcmp (derived_public, public_key));
----


== SEE ALSO
* xref:zmq_z85_encode.adoc[zmq_z85_encode]
* xref:zmq_z85_decode.adoc[zmq_z85_decode]
* xref:zmq_curve_keypair.adoc[zmq_curve_keypair]
* xref:zmq_curve.adoc[zmq_curve]


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