java.io.IOException: Could not find private key header/footer

[afyfe]

Hi, im receiving the above error when trying to read the private key from apple.

i converted the p8 file from apple using

openssl pkcs8 -nocrypt -in AuthKey_4SND569782.p8 -out AuthKeyNEW.pem

When running the code i get:

java.io.IOException: Could not find private key header/footer
        at com.eatthepath.pushy.apns.auth.ApnsSigningKey.loadFromInputStream(ApnsSigningKey.java:151)
        at org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.push.RetryingApnsClient.<init>(RetryingApnsClient.java:52)
        at org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.push.APNSender.<init>(APNSender.java:62)
        at org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.WhisperServerService.run(WhisperServerService.java:315)
        at org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.WhisperServerService.run(WhisperServerService.java:177)
        at io.dropwizard.cli.EnvironmentCommand.run(EnvironmentCommand.java:44)
        at io.dropwizard.cli.ConfiguredCommand.run(ConfiguredCommand.java:87)
        at io.dropwizard.cli.Cli.run(Cli.java:78)
        at io.dropwizard.Application.run(Application.java:94)
        at org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.WhisperServerService.main(WhisperServerService.java:500)

any help really appreciated !
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[jchambers]

Well, if we take a look at ApnsSigningKey#loadFromInputStream, we can see that this exception gets thrown if we can't find a line that contains "BEGIN PRIVATE KEY" and a lone that contains "END PRIVATE KEY":

pushy/pushy/src/main/java/com/eatthepath/pushy/apns/auth/ApnsSigningKey.java

Lines 135 to 152 in da5f8b9

	for (String line; (line = reader.readLine()) != null; ) {
	if (!haveReadHeader) {
	if (line.contains("BEGIN PRIVATE KEY")) {
	haveReadHeader = true;
	}
	} else {
	if (line.contains("END PRIVATE KEY")) {
	haveReadFooter = true;
	break;
	} else {
	privateKeyBuilder.append(line);
	}
	}
	}
	if (!(haveReadHeader && haveReadFooter)) {
	throw new IOException("Could not find private key header/footer");
	}

If you look at your key file, do you see those lines? Also, I'm a little surprised your initial .p8 file isn't already in the expected format. Are you sure you need to use openssl to convert it to a PEM file?