(MFC) Verify JWT with EdDSA / Ed25519 Signature

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.84 or greater.

Demonstrates how to verify a JWT that was signed using an Ed25519 private key.

This example verifies the EdDSA signature. It also does the following:

• Checks to see if the time constraints ("nbf" and "exp") are valid.
• Recovers the original JOSE header.
• Recovers the original data.

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See Also: Using MFC CString in Chilkat

#include <CkPublicKey.h>
#include <CkJwt.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkString strOut;

    // Demonstrates how to verify a JWT with an EdDSA/Ed25519 Signature
    // *** Requires Chilkat v9.5.0.84 or greater.

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

    // Use this Ed25519 public key for verification

    const char *jsonPubKey = "{\"kty\": \"OKP\",\"alg\": \"EdDSA\",\"crv\": \"Ed25519\",\"x\": \"11qYAYKxCrfVS_7TyWQHOg7hcvPapiMlrwIaaPcHURo\"}";

    CkPublicKey pubKey;
    bool success = pubKey.LoadFromString(jsonPubKey);
    if (success == false) {
        strOut.append(pubKey.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    CkJwt jwt;
    const char *token = "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSJ9.RXhhbXBsZSBvZiBFZDI1NTE5IHNpZ25pbmc.hgyY0il_MGCjP0JzlnLWG1PPOt7-09PGcvMg3AIbQR6dWbhijcNR4ki4iylGjg5BhVsPt9g7sVvpAr_MuM0KAg";

    // First verify the signature.
    bool sigVerified = jwt.VerifyJwtPk(token,pubKey);
    strOut.append("verified: ");
    strOut.appendInt(sigVerified);
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    if (sigVerified == false) {
        strOut.append(jwt.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    // Let's see if the time constraints, if any, are valid.
    // The above JWT was created on the afternoon of 16-May-2016, with an expiration of 1 hour.
    // If the current system time is before the "nbf" time, or after the "exp" time,
    // then IsTimeValid will return false/0.
    // Also, we'll allow a leeway of 60 seconds to account for any clock skew.
    // Note: If the token has no "nbf" or "exp" claim fields, then IsTimeValid is always true.
    int leeway = 60;
    bool bTimeValid = jwt.IsTimeValid(token,leeway);
    strOut.append("time constraints valid: ");
    strOut.appendInt(bTimeValid);
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    // Recover the original data (the payload).
    const char *payload = jwt.getPayload(token);
    strOut.append(payload);
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    // Recover the original JOSE header in the same way:
    const char *joseHeader = jwt.getHeader(token);
    strOut.append(joseHeader);
    strOut.append("\r\n");


    SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());

    }