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Load ECC Public Key from JWK Format (JSON Web Key)

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Demonstrates how to load an ECC public key from JWK (JSON Web Key) format.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.66 or later.

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bool success = false;

//  Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.66 or later.

//  First build a JWK sample to load..
Chilkat.JsonObject json = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
json.UpdateString("kty","EC");
json.UpdateString("crv","P-256");
json.UpdateString("x","oBUyo8CQAFPeYPvv78ylh5MwFZjTCLQeb042TjiMJxE");
json.UpdateString("y","vvQyxZkUjJQUPU_0bCy3Pj5qQdfu8jwEfqEeYGZ95CU");

//  The JSON contains the following:
//  { 
//    "kty": "EC",
//    "crv": "P-256",
//    "x": "oBUyo8CQAFPeYPvv78ylh5MwFZjTCLQeb042TjiMJxE",
//    "y": "vvQyxZkUjJQUPU_0bCy3Pj5qQdfu8jwEfqEeYGZ95CU",
//  }

//  Note: The JSON can contain other members, such as "use", "kid", or anything else.  These will be ignored.
json.EmitCompact = false;

//  Show the JWK string to be loaded:
string jwkStr = json.Emit();

Chilkat.PublicKey pubKey = new Chilkat.PublicKey();
//  The LoadFromString method will automatically detect the format.
success = pubKey.LoadFromString(jwkStr);
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(pubKey.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  OK.. the JWK is loaded.  It can be used in whatever way desired...

//  The key can be retrieved in any other format, such as XML or PEM..
Debug.WriteLine(pubKey.GetXml());

//  XML output:
//  <ECCPublicKey curve="secp256r1" 
//     x="A01532A3C0900053DE60FBEFEFCCA58793301598D308B41E6F4E364E388C2711" 
//     y="BEF432C599148C94143D4FF46C2CB73E3E6A41D7EEF23C047EA11E60667DE425">
//     MIIBSzCCAQMGByqGSM49AgEwgfcCAQEwLAYHKoZIzj0BAQIhAP////8AAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA////////////////MFsEIP////8AAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA///////////////8BCBaxjXYqjqT57PrvVV2mIa8ZR0GsMxTsPY7zjw+J9JgSwMVAMSdNgiG5wSTamZ44ROdJreBn36QBEEEaxfR8uEsQkf4vOblY6RA8ncDfYEt6zOg9KE5RdiYwpZP40Li/hp/m47n60p8D54WK84zV2sxXs7LtkBoN79R9QIhAP////8AAAAA//////////+85vqtpxeehPO5ysL8YyVRAgEBA0IABKAVMqPAkABT3mD77+/MpYeTMBWY0wi0Hm9ONk44jCcRvvQyxZkUjJQUPU/0bCy3Pj5qQdfu8jwEfqEeYGZ95CU=
//  </ECCPublicKey>

//  Choose PCKS1 or PCKS8 PEM format..
bool bPreferPkcs1 = false;
Debug.WriteLine(pubKey.GetPem(bPreferPkcs1));

//  PEM output
//  -----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
//  MIIBSzCCAQMGByqGSM49AgEwgfcCAQEwLAYHKoZIzj0BAQIhAP////8AAAABAAAA
//  AAAAAAAAAAAA////////////////MFsEIP////8AAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA////
//  ///////////8BCBaxjXYqjqT57PrvVV2mIa8ZR0GsMxTsPY7zjw+J9JgSwMVAMSd
//  NgiG5wSTamZ44ROdJreBn36QBEEEaxfR8uEsQkf4vOblY6RA8ncDfYEt6zOg9KE5
//  RdiYwpZP40Li/hp/m47n60p8D54WK84zV2sxXs7LtkBoN79R9QIhAP////8AAAAA
//  //////////+85vqtpxeehPO5ysL8YyVRAgEBA0IABKAVMqPAkABT3mD77+/MpYeT
//  MBWY0wi0Hm9ONk44jCcRvvQyxZkUjJQUPU/0bCy3Pj5qQdfu8jwEfqEeYGZ95CU=
//  -----END PUBLIC KEY-----