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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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C++
#include <CkJsonObject.h>
#include <CkPrivateKey.h>
#include <CkJwt.h>
#include <CkHttp.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool 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.
    CkJsonObject jwk;
    success = jwk.UpdateString("kty","EC");
    success = jwk.UpdateString("crv","P-256");
    success = jwk.UpdateString("x","...");
    success = jwk.UpdateString("y","...");
    success = jwk.UpdateString("d","...");

    CkPrivateKey eccKey;
    success = eccKey.LoadJwk(jwk.emit());
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << eccKey.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    CkJwt jwt;

    //  Build the JOSE header
    CkJsonObject jose;
    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"
    //  	}

    CkJsonObject claims;
    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
    int 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.put_AutoCompact(true);

    //  Create the JWT token.  This is where the RSA signature is created.
    const char *jwt_token = jwt.createJwtPk(jose.emit(),claims.emit(),eccKey);

    std::cout << jwt_token << "\r\n";

    //  Send the HTTPS GET with the jwt_token used for Authorization.
    CkHttp http;
    http.put_AuthToken(jwt_token);
    const char *responseStr = http.quickGetStr("https://bitzlato.com/api/auth/whoami");
    if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        std::cout << http.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    std::cout << "status code = " << http.get_LastStatus() << "\r\n";
    std::cout << responseStr << "\r\n";
    }