Merge pull request #249 from dbinetti/master

Update FAQ to clarify Python2/3 differences

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/docs/faq.rst b/docs/faq.rst
index 59a6cb6..a5eb139 100644
--- a/docs/faq.rst
+++ b/docs/faq.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ extract the public or private keys from a x509 certificate in PEM format.
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
+    # Python 2
     from cryptography.x509 import load_pem_x509_certificate
     from cryptography.hazmat.backends import default_backend
 
@@ -17,6 +18,18 @@ extract the public or private keys from a x509 certificate in PEM format.
     public_key = cert_obj.public_key()
     private_key = cert_obj.private_key()
 
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    # Python 3
+    from cryptography.x509 import load_pem_x509_certificate
+    from cryptography.hazmat.backends import default_backend
+
+    cert_str = "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----MIIDETCCAfm...".encode()
+    cert_obj = load_pem_x509_certificate(cert_str, default_backend())
+    public_key = cert_obj.public_key()
+    private_key = cert_obj.private_key()
+
+
 I'm using Google App Engine and can't install `cryptography`, what can I do?
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