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Validate JWS with Multiple Signatures using the General JSON Serialization Format

See more JSON Web Signatures (JWS) Examples

Validates and recovers data and headers from a JSON Web Signature (JWS) containing 3 signatures.

Note: Chilkat supports all of the following JWS algorithms:

   +--------------+-------------------------------+--------------------+
   | "alg" Param  | Digital Signature or MAC      | Implementation     |
   | Value        | Algorithm                     | Requirements       |
   +--------------+-------------------------------+--------------------+
   | HS256        | HMAC using SHA-256            | Required           |
   | HS384        | HMAC using SHA-384            | Optional           |
   | HS512        | HMAC using SHA-512            | Optional           |
   | RS256        | RSASSA-PKCS1-v1_5 using       | Recommended        |
   |              | SHA-256                       |                    |
   | RS384        | RSASSA-PKCS1-v1_5 using       | Optional           |
   |              | SHA-384                       |                    |
   | RS512        | RSASSA-PKCS1-v1_5 using       | Optional           |
   |              | SHA-512                       |                    |
   | ES256        | ECDSA using P-256 and SHA-256 | Recommended+       |
   | ES384        | ECDSA using P-384 and SHA-384 | Optional           |
   | ES512        | ECDSA using P-521 and SHA-512 | Optional           |
   | PS256        | RSASSA-PSS using SHA-256 and  | Optional           |
   |              | MGF1 with SHA-256             |                    |
   | PS384        | RSASSA-PSS using SHA-384 and  | Optional           |
   |              | MGF1 with SHA-384             |                    |
   | PS512        | RSASSA-PSS using SHA-512 and  | Optional           |
   |              | MGF1 with SHA-512             |                    |
   +--------------+-------------------------------+--------------------+

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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @iTmp0 int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

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

    -- First, prepare the public keys that will be needed for each signature.

    -- ---------------------------------------------------
    -- Use the following RSA key loaded from JWK format.
    DECLARE @sbRsaJwk int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.StringBuilder', @sbRsaJwk OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbRsaJwk, 'Append', @success OUT, '{"kty":"RSA",'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbRsaJwk, 'Append', @success OUT, '"n":"ofgWCuLjybRlzo0tZWJjNiuSfb4p4fAkd_wWJcyQoTbji9k0l8W26mPddx'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbRsaJwk, 'Append', @success OUT, 'HmfHQp-Vaw-4qPCJrcS2mJPMEzP1Pt0Bm4d4QlL-yRT-SFd2lZS-pCgNMs'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbRsaJwk, 'Append', @success OUT, 'D1W_YpRPEwOWvG6b32690r2jZ47soMZo9wGzjb_7OMg0LOL-bSf63kpaSH'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbRsaJwk, 'Append', @success OUT, 'SXndS5z5rexMdbBYUsLA9e-KXBdQOS-UTo7WTBEMa2R2CapHg665xsmtdV'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbRsaJwk, 'Append', @success OUT, 'MTBQY4uDZlxvb3qCo5ZwKh9kG4LT6_I5IhlJH7aGhyxXFvUK-DWNmoudF8'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbRsaJwk, 'Append', @success OUT, 'NAco9_h9iaGNj8q2ethFkMLs91kzk2PAcDTW9gb54h4FRWyuXpoQ",'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbRsaJwk, 'Append', @success OUT, '"e":"AQAB"'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbRsaJwk, 'Append', @success OUT, '}'

    DECLARE @rsaKey int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.PublicKey', @rsaKey OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbRsaJwk, 'GetAsString', @sTmp0 OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rsaKey, 'LoadFromString', @success OUT, @sTmp0
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rsaKey, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbRsaJwk
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rsaKey
        RETURN
      END

    -- ---------------------------------------------------
    -- Use the following ECC public key loaded from JWK format.
    DECLARE @sbEccJwk int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.StringBuilder', @sbEccJwk OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbEccJwk, 'Append', @success OUT, '{"kty":"EC",'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbEccJwk, 'Append', @success OUT, '"crv":"P-256",'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbEccJwk, 'Append', @success OUT, '"x":"f83OJ3D2xF1Bg8vub9tLe1gHMzV76e8Tus9uPHvRVEU",'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbEccJwk, 'Append', @success OUT, '"y":"x_FEzRu9m36HLN_tue659LNpXW6pCyStikYjKIWI5a0"'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbEccJwk, 'Append', @success OUT, '}'

    DECLARE @eccKey int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.PublicKey', @eccKey OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbEccJwk, 'GetAsString', @sTmp0 OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @eccKey, 'LoadFromString', @success OUT, @sTmp0
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @eccKey, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbRsaJwk
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rsaKey
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbEccJwk
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @eccKey
        RETURN
      END

    -- ---------------------------------------------------
    -- The HMAC key (in base64url format)
    DECLARE @hmacKey nvarchar(4000)
    SELECT @hmacKey = 'AyM1SysPpbyDfgZld3umj1qzKObwVMkoqQ-EstJQLr_T-1qS0gZH75aKtMN3Yj0iPS4hcgUuTwjAzZr1Z9CAow'

    -- The code below will verify each of the signatures in this JWS:

    -- { 
    --   "payload": "SW4gb3VyIHZpbGxhZ2UsIGZvbGtzIHNheSBHb2QgY3J1bWJsZXMgdXAgdGhlIG9sZCBtb29uIGludG8gc3RhcnMu",
    --   "signatures": [
    --     { 
    --       "protected": "eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6Im15UnNhS2V5In0",
    --       "signature": "IPMQ02niTQDwLzsRZSCaEm9VEyAX_AVe3HWjniNt9kW-a8d6ZVbd2k6jGae8s1yIh0cgxDnXQ6-p6_sBI0cnMO0xpuJANhh2vFtNJl5lisad94-H3mB3lSfafRqxeYp5D8bh39BPv7y3PrUNVMQdKEJp_D5oJ0ROPTIYx3EG8eJQOx1HO0KqhcUo401XR6KSsIyFm5joBLNKTVzxZUTT1RRZZtwTdeZkbGevugIOX_9gHAtARpV6WaFA4Vvjnq8X9wPgqjWNCQRupadhTPz0JAsa-wy5vXQjsFlXAn43mDPpMfna5Ab3F5pS4yDwkbX6nRn7XBxH1SnnNJRFholQZw"
    --     },
    --     { 
    --       "protected": "eyJhbGciOiJFUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6Im15RWNLZXkifQ",
    --       "signature": "1OQtaT3pgZmkDxvlfghvxL_8kX16WIen6u1MadEq1pA4qytA0--_EwZDNk00GDPWFpoJtKznibMZzLOg_UhHIw"
    --     },
    --     { 
    --       "protected": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6Im15TWFjS2V5In0",
    --       "signature": "YY8yVjmJJfy7YJOn3uUydG8WCY2PEuCvOLil5Ks5lnw"
    --     }
    --   ]
    -- }

    DECLARE @sbJws int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.StringBuilder', @sbJws OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbJws, 'Append', @success OUT, '{ '
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbJws, 'Append', @success OUT, '  "payload": "SW4gb3VyIHZpbGxhZ2UsIGZvbGtzIHNheSBHb2QgY3J1bWJsZXMgdXAgdGhlIG9sZCBtb29uIGludG8gc3RhcnMu",'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbJws, 'Append', @success OUT, '  "signatures": ['
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbJws, 'Append', @success OUT, '    { '
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbJws, 'Append', @success OUT, '      "protected": "eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6Im15UnNhS2V5In0",'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbJws, 'Append', @success OUT, '      "signature": "IPMQ02niTQDwLzsRZSCaEm9VEyAX_AVe3HWjniNt9kW-a8d6ZVbd2k6jGae8s1yIh0cgxDnXQ6-p6_sBI0cnMO0xpuJANhh2vFtNJl5lisad94-H3mB3lSfafRqxeYp5D8bh39BPv7y3PrUNVMQdKEJp_D5oJ0ROPTIYx3EG8eJQOx1HO0KqhcUo401XR6KSsIyFm5joBLNKTVzxZUTT1RRZZtwTdeZkbGevugIOX_9gHAtARpV6WaFA4Vvjnq8X9wPgqjWNCQRupadhTPz0JAsa-wy5vXQjsFlXAn43mDPpMfna5Ab3F5pS4yDwkbX6nRn7XBxH1SnnNJRFholQZw"'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbJws, 'Append', @success OUT, '    },'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbJws, 'Append', @success OUT, '    { '
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbJws, 'Append', @success OUT, '      "protected": "eyJhbGciOiJFUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6Im15RWNLZXkifQ",'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbJws, 'Append', @success OUT, '      "signature": "1OQtaT3pgZmkDxvlfghvxL_8kX16WIen6u1MadEq1pA4qytA0--_EwZDNk00GDPWFpoJtKznibMZzLOg_UhHIw"'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbJws, 'Append', @success OUT, '    },'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbJws, 'Append', @success OUT, '    { '
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbJws, 'Append', @success OUT, '      "protected": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6Im15TWFjS2V5In0",'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbJws, 'Append', @success OUT, '      "signature": "YY8yVjmJJfy7YJOn3uUydG8WCY2PEuCvOLil5Ks5lnw"'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbJws, 'Append', @success OUT, '    }'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbJws, 'Append', @success OUT, '  ]'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbJws, 'Append', @success OUT, '}'

    DECLARE @jws int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Jws', @jws OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jws, 'LoadJwsSb', @success OUT, @sbJws
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @jws, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbRsaJwk
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rsaKey
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbEccJwk
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @eccKey
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbJws
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jws
        RETURN
      END

    -- The payload is easily accessible:

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jws, 'GetPayload', @sTmp0 OUT, 'utf-8'
    PRINT 'Payload: ' + @sTmp0

    DECLARE @sbKeyId int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.StringBuilder', @sbKeyId OUT

    DECLARE @bCaseSensitive int
    SELECT @bCaseSensitive = 0

    DECLARE @protHeader int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @protHeader OUT

    DECLARE @numSignatures int
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @jws, 'NumSignatures', @numSignatures OUT
    DECLARE @i int
    SELECT @i = 0
    WHILE @i < @numSignatures
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @jws, 'GetProtectedH', @success OUT, @i, @protHeader
        IF @success = 0
          BEGIN
            EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @jws, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
            PRINT @sTmp0
            EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbRsaJwk
            EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rsaKey
            EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbEccJwk
            EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @eccKey
            EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbJws
            EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jws
            EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbKeyId
            EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @protHeader
            RETURN
          END


        PRINT '--------------------------'

        PRINT @i + ': '

        -- Get the protected header.
        EXEC sp_OASetProperty @protHeader, 'EmitCompact', 0
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @protHeader, 'Emit', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0

        -- Get the key ID ("kid") member.

        -- Note: In this example, the "kid" values are contained in the protected headers.
        -- They could've just as easily been located in unprotected headers.  In that case,
        -- we would've called GetUnprotectedH instead of GetProtectedH(i).

        EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbKeyId, 'Clear', NULL
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @protHeader, 'StringOf', @sTmp0 OUT, 'kid'
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbKeyId, 'Append', @success OUT, @sTmp0

        -- Set the key based on key ID.
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbKeyId, 'ContentsEqual', @iTmp0 OUT, 'myRsaKey', @bCaseSensitive
        IF @iTmp0 = 1
          BEGIN
            EXEC sp_OAMethod @jws, 'SetPublicKey', @success OUT, @i, @rsaKey
          END
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbKeyId, 'ContentsEqual', @iTmp0 OUT, 'myEcKey', @bCaseSensitive
        IF @iTmp0 = 1
          BEGIN
            EXEC sp_OAMethod @jws, 'SetPublicKey', @success OUT, @i, @eccKey
          END
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbKeyId, 'ContentsEqual', @iTmp0 OUT, 'myMacKey', @bCaseSensitive
        IF @iTmp0 = 1
          BEGIN
            EXEC sp_OAMethod @jws, 'SetMacKey', @success OUT, @i, @hmacKey, 'base64url'
          END

        -- Validate this signature.
        DECLARE @v int
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @jws, 'Validate', @v OUT, @i
        IF @v < 0
          BEGIN
            -- Perhaps Chilkat was not unlocked or the trial expired..

            PRINT 'Validate failed for some other reason.'
            EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @jws, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
            PRINT @sTmp0
          END
        ELSE
          BEGIN
            IF @v = 0
              BEGIN

                PRINT 'Invalid signature.  The key was incorrect, the JWS was invalid, or both.'
              END
            ELSE
              BEGIN

                PRINT 'Signature validated.'
              END
          END
        SELECT @i = @i + 1
      END

    -- The output of this program is:

    -- 	Payload: In our village, folks say God crumbles up the old moon into stars.
    -- 	--------------------------
    -- 	0: 
    -- 	{
    -- 	  "alg": "RS256",
    -- 	  "kid": "myRsaKey"
    -- 	}
    -- 
    -- 	Signature validated.
    -- 	--------------------------
    -- 	1: 
    -- 	{
    -- 	  "alg": "ES256",
    -- 	  "kid": "myEcKey"
    -- 	}
    -- 
    -- 	Signature validated.
    -- 	--------------------------
    -- 	2: 
    -- 	{
    -- 	  "alg": "HS256",
    -- 	  "kid": "myMacKey"
    -- 	}
    -- 
    -- 	Signature validated.

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbRsaJwk
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rsaKey
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbEccJwk
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @eccKey
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbJws
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jws
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbKeyId
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @protHeader


END
GO