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# Encrypt Asymmetric

Encrypt Asymmetric will use a Public Key to encrypt the data that can only be decrypted with the corresponding Private Key.

Action available for the following operating systems:

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### Parameters

* **Data Type** *\<numeric> -* Select a File or Text to be Encrypted.
  * 1 - Text UTF-16 LE
  * 2 - Text ANSI/Binary
  * 3 - Text UTF-8
* **Source** *\<String> -* Select a Text, Variable or control to be Encrypted.
* **Target** - Select a Variable or Control
* **Result Encoding** *\<numeric>*
  * 1 - None (Binary)
  * 2 - Base 64
* **Algorithm** *\<numeric> -* Select the algorithm to be used:
  * 1- RSA PKCS1 Padding
  * 2- RSA OAEP Padding
* **Key** *\<string> -* Fill with a String, Control or Variable. **PublicKey** must be provided in X509Encoded format encoded in Base64 (with no headers/footers).

{% hint style="info" %}
For more information see Android documentation:\
<https://developer.android.com/reference/java/security/spec/X509EncodedKeySpec>
{% endhint %}

* **Key Size** *\<numeric> -* Default value: 2048