type

The read-only type property indicates which kind of key is represented by the object. It can have the following values:

• "secret": This key is a secret key for use with a symmetric algorithm.
• "private": This key is the private half of an asymmetric algorithm's key pair.
• "public": This key is the public half of an asymmetric algorithm's key pair.

Value

One of the following strings: "secret", "private", or "public".