C++

Create JWT using a Brainpool EC Key

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Demonstrates how to create a JWT using an EC private key. This is for JOSE headers having an "alg" member with any of the following values:

• BP160R1
• BP192R1
• BP224R1
• BP256R1
• BP320R1
• BP384R1
• BP512R1

This example also demonstrates how to include time constraints:

• nbf: Not Before Time
• exp: Expiration Time
• iat: Issue At Time

C++

#include <CkPrivateKey.h>
#include <CkJwt.h>
#include <CkJsonObject.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    //  Demonstrates how to create a JWT using a brainpool EC private key.

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

    CkPrivateKey privKey;

    //  Load a brainpool EC key.
    success = privKey.LoadPemFile("c:/qa_data/pem/ec_brainpool_privKey.pem");
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << privKey.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    //  You can examine the curve name of the key you just loaded by getting the private in XML format:
    //  <ECCKeyValue curve="CURVE_NAME">...</ECCKeyValue>
    std::cout << privKey.getXml() << "\r\n";

    CkJwt jwt;

    //  Build the JOSE header
    CkJsonObject jose;
    //  Use the brainpool curve name matching the private key you just loaded.
    //  Use "BP256R1", or "BP384R1", etc.   
    success = jose.AppendString("alg","BP256R1");
    success = jose.AppendString("typ","JWT");

    //  Now build the JWT claims (also known as the payload)
    CkJsonObject claims;
    success = claims.AppendString("iss","http://example.org");
    success = claims.AppendString("sub","John");
    success = claims.AppendString("aud","http://example.com");

    //  Set the timestamp of when the JWT was created to now.
    int curDateTime = jwt.GenNumericDate(0);
    success = claims.AddIntAt(-1,"iat",curDateTime);

    //  Set the "not process before" timestamp to now.
    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);

    //  Produce the smallest possible JWT:
    jwt.put_AutoCompact(true);

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

    std::cout << token << "\r\n";
    }