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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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import sys
import chilkat2

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.
jwk = chilkat2.JsonObject()
success = jwk.UpdateString("kty","EC")
success = jwk.UpdateString("crv","P-256")
success = jwk.UpdateString("x","...")
success = jwk.UpdateString("y","...")
success = jwk.UpdateString("d","...")

eccKey = chilkat2.PrivateKey()
success = eccKey.LoadJwk(jwk.Emit())
if (success == False):
    print(eccKey.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

jwt = chilkat2.Jwt()

# Build the JOSE header
jose = chilkat2.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"
# 	}

claims = chilkat2.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
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.
jwt_token = jwt.CreateJwtPk(jose.Emit(),claims.Emit(),eccKey)

print(jwt_token)

# Send the HTTPS GET with the jwt_token used for Authorization.
http = chilkat2.Http()
http.AuthToken = jwt_token
responseStr = http.QuickGetStr("https://bitzlato.com/api/auth/whoami")
if (http.LastMethodSuccess == False):
    print(http.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

print("status code = " + str(http.LastStatus))
print(responseStr)