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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2016 g10 Code GmbH
+# Copyright (C) 2004,2008 Igor Belyi <belyi@users.sourceforge.net>
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# Sample of export and import of keys
+# It uses keys for joe+pyme@example.org generated by genkey.py script
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function, unicode_literals
+del absolute_import, print_function, unicode_literals
+
+import sys
+import os
+import pyme
+
+user = "joe+pyme@example.org"
+
+with pyme.Context(armor=True) as c, pyme.Data() as expkey:
+    print(" - Export %s's public keys - " % user)
+    c.op_export(user, 0, expkey)
+
+    # print out exported data to see how it looks in armor.
+    expkey.seek(0, os.SEEK_SET)
+    expstring = expkey.read()
+    if expstring:
+        sys.stdout.buffer.write(expstring)
+    else:
+        sys.exit("No %s's keys to export!" % user)
+
+# delete keys to ensure that they came from our imported data.  Note
+# that if joe's key has private part as well we can only delete both
+# of them.
+with pyme.Context() as c:
+    # Note: We must not modify the key store during iteration,
+    # therfore, we explicitly make a list.
+    keys = list(c.keylist(user))
+
+    for k in keys:
+        c.op_delete(k, True)
+
+with pyme.Context() as c:
+    print(" - Import exported keys - ")
+    c.op_import(expstring)
+    result = c.op_import_result()
+    if result:
+        print(result)
+    else:
+        sys.exit(" - No import result - ")