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PRODA Get OAuth2 Access Token using JWT

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Demonstrates how to get an OAuth2 access token for the PRODA Australian Government Online Services using a JWT.

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#include <CkPrivateKey.h>
#include <CkJwt.h>
#include <CkJsonObject.h>
#include <CkHttp.h>
#include <CkHttpRequest.h>
#include <CkHttpResponse.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.

    //  First create a JWT to be sent in the POST to https://vnd.proda.humanservices.gov.au/mga/sps/oauth/oauth20/token

    CkPrivateKey privKey;

    //  Load an RSA private key from a PEM file.
    //  Chilkat provides alternative methods to load from other formats, or to load from a string or binary data.
    success = privKey.LoadEncryptedPemFile("qa_data/pem/rsa_passwd.pem","passwd");
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << privKey.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    CkJwt jwt;

    //  Build the JOSE header
    CkJsonObject jose;
    //  Use RS256.  Pass the string "RS384" or "RS512" to use RSA with SHA-384 or SHA-512.
    success = jose.AppendString("alg","RS256");
    success = jose.AppendString("typ","JWT");
    success = jose.AppendString("kid","test-device");

    //  Now build the JWT claims (also known as the payload)
    CkJsonObject claims;
    success = claims.AppendString("iss","9646844092");
    success = claims.AppendString("sub","test-device");
    success = claims.AppendString("aud","https://proda.humanservices.gov.au");

    //  Set the timestamp of when the JWT was created to now.
    int curDateTime = jwt.GenNumericDate(0);
    success = claims.AddIntAt(-1,"iat",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 RSA signature is created.
    const char *jwtToken = jwt.createJwtPk(jose.emit(),claims.emit(),privKey);

    //  ---------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  Build and send the POST, which should look something like this:

    //  POST https://vnd.proda.humanservices.gov.au/mga/sps/oauth/oauth20/token HTTP/1.1
    //  Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
    //  Content-Length: 666
    //  Host: vnd.proda.humanservices.gov.au
    //  
    //  grant_type=urn%3Aietf%3Aparams%3Aoauth%3Agrant-type%3Ajwt-bearer&assertion=<jwt>&client_id=VendorClient03

    CkHttp http;

    CkHttpRequest req;
    req.put_HttpVerb("POST");
    req.put_ContentType("application/x-www-form-urlencoded");

    //  Add the request params.
    req.AddParam("grant_type","urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:jwt-bearer");
    req.AddParam("assertion",jwtToken);
    req.AddParam("client_id","VendorClient03");

    CkHttpResponse resp;
    success = http.HttpReq("https://vnd.proda.humanservices.gov.au/mga/sps/oauth/oauth20/token",req,resp);
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << http.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    std::cout << "Response status code = " << resp.get_StatusCode() << "\r\n";
    std::cout << "Response body:" << "\r\n";
    std::cout << resp.bodyStr() << "\r\n";
    }