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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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NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var 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.
    var jwk = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    success = jwk.UpdateString("kty","EC");
    success = jwk.UpdateString("crv","P-256");
    success = jwk.UpdateString("x","...");
    success = jwk.UpdateString("y","...");
    success = jwk.UpdateString("d","...");

    var eccKey = new chilkat.PrivateKey();
    success = eccKey.LoadJwk(jwk.Emit());
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(eccKey.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    var jwt = new chilkat.Jwt();

    // Build the JOSE header
    var jose = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    success = jose.AppendString("format","compact");
    success = jose.AppendString("alg","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"
    // 	}

    var claims = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    claims.AppendString("jti","555D9123");
    claims.AppendString("email","your_email@example.com");

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

    // Set the "not process before" timestamp to now minus 60 seconds
    success = claims.AddIntAt(-1,"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,"exp",curDateTime+3600);

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

    // Produce the smallest possible JWT:
    jwt.AutoCompact = true;

    // Create the JWT token.  This is where the RSA signature is created.
    var jwt_token = jwt.CreateJwtPk(jose.Emit(),claims.Emit(),eccKey);

    console.log(jwt_token);

    // Send the HTTPS GET with the jwt_token used for Authorization.
    var http = new chilkat.Http();
    http.AuthToken = jwt_token;
    var responseStr = http.QuickGetStr("https://bitzlato.com/api/auth/whoami");
    if (http.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
        console.log(http.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    console.log("status code = " + http.LastStatus);
    console.log(responseStr);

}

chilkatExample();