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bitzlato.com whoami

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Demonstrates sending a request to the bitzlato.com whoami endpoint using an ES256 JWT token for authentication.

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#include <CkJsonObjectW.h>
#include <CkPrivateKeyW.h>
#include <CkJwtW.h>
#include <CkHttpW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    //  Use the following ECC key loaded from JWK format.
    CkJsonObjectW jwk;
    success = jwk.UpdateString(L"kty",L"EC");
    success = jwk.UpdateString(L"crv",L"P-256");
    success = jwk.UpdateString(L"x",L"...");
    success = jwk.UpdateString(L"y",L"...");
    success = jwk.UpdateString(L"d",L"...");

    CkPrivateKeyW eccKey;
    success = eccKey.LoadJwk(jwk.emit());
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",eccKey.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    CkJwtW jwt;

    // Build the JOSE header
    CkJsonObjectW jose;
    success = jose.AppendString(L"format",L"compact");
    success = jose.AppendString(L"alg",L"ES256");

    // Now build the JWT claims (also known as the payload)

    // Our JWT claims will contain members as shown here:

    // 	{
    // 	  "email":"your_email@example.com",
    // 	  "aud":"usr",
    // 	  "iat":"1588286154",
    // 	  "jti":"555D9123"
    // 	}

    CkJsonObjectW claims;
    claims.AppendString(L"jti",L"555D9123");
    claims.AppendString(L"email",L"your_email@example.com");

    // Set the timestamp of when the JWT was created to now minus 60 seconds
    int curDateTime = jwt.GenNumericDate(-60);
    success = claims.AddIntAt(-1,L"iat",curDateTime);

    // Set the "not process before" timestamp to now minus 60 seconds
    success = claims.AddIntAt(-1,L"nbf",curDateTime);

    // Set the timestamp defining an expiration time (end time) for the token
    // to be now + 1 hour (3600 seconds)
    success = claims.AddIntAt(-1,L"exp",curDateTime + 3600);

    claims.AppendString(L"aud",L"usr");

    // Produce the smallest possible JWT:
    jwt.put_AutoCompact(true);

    // Create the JWT token.  This is where the RSA signature is created.
    const wchar_t *jwt_token = jwt.createJwtPk(jose.emit(),claims.emit(),eccKey);

    wprintf(L"%s\n",jwt_token);

    // Send the HTTPS GET with the jwt_token used for Authorization.
    CkHttpW http;
    http.put_AuthToken(jwt_token);
    const wchar_t *responseStr = http.quickGetStr(L"https://bitzlato.com/api/auth/whoami");
    if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",http.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"status code = %d\n",http.get_LastStatus());
    wprintf(L"%s\n",responseStr);
    }