#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;

# generate public/private Crypt::OpenPGP keys.
# encrypt some data
# decrypt some data

use Crypt::OpenPGP;

my $size  = 1024;
my $ident = 'Me <me@example.com>';
my $pass  = 'my passphrase';
my $public_file  = 'public.pgp';
my $private_file = 'private.pgp';

my $keychain = Crypt::OpenPGP->new;

my ($public, $private) = $keychain->keygen (
                                             Type => 'RSA',
                                             Size      => $size,
                                             Identity  => $ident,
                                             Passphrase  => $pass,
                                             Verbosity => 1,
                                           ) or die $keychain->errstr(
+);
my $public_str = $public->save;
my $private_str = $private->save;

print "Public encrypting_key: ".$public->encrypting_key ."\n";
print "Private encrypting_key: ".$private->encrypting_key ."\n";

open( PUB, '>', $public_file ) or die $!;
  print PUB $public_str;
close(PUB);

open( PRIV, '>', $private_file ) or die $!;
  print PRIV $private_str;
close(PRIV);

my $pgp = Crypt::OpenPGP->new( PubRing => $public_file );
my $cyphertext = $pgp->encrypt ( Data    => 'Encrypt This',
                                 Recipients => $ident,
                                 Armour     => 1,
                               ) || die $pgp->errstr();
print $cyphertext;

$pgp = new Crypt::OpenPGP( SecRing => $private_file );
my $plaintext = $pgp->decrypt (
                               Data => $cyphertext,
                               Passphrase => $pass,
                              ) || die $pgp->errstr();

print "plaintext: $plaintext\n";
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The user id is typically the email address for which the PGP key was generated. Here's the code I use, which targets someone for whom I have a PGP public key block and an email address:

sub encrypt {
    my($proto, $target, $data) = @_;
    my $id = $target->email;
    my $key = $target->pgp_key;
    my $ring = Crypt::OpenPGP::KeyRing->new(Data => $key)
            or $proto->error("new user KeyRing failed");
    my $pgp = Crypt::OpenPGP->new(PubRing => $ring)
            or $proto->error("new Context failed");
    my $kb = $ring->find_keyblock_by_uid($id)
            or $proto->error("find user keyblock failed", $ring);
    my $alg = $kb->preferred_sk_alg;
    $pgp->encrypt(
        Data => $data,
        Recipients => [ $id ],
        Armour => 1,
        ($alg ? (Cipher => $alg) : ()), # use default if no preference
+ located
    );
}
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Note that this is also using Crypt::OpenPGP - finding and using preferred SK algorithm to get an appropriate encryption mechanism.

Hugo