C#

Validate JWS Using HMAC SHA-256

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Validates a JSON Web Signature (JWS) using HMAC SHA-256. C#

bool success = false;

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

// This example takes a JSON signature in compact serialization format,
// and uses a MAC key to validate and recover the protected header and payload.

Chilkat.Jws jws = new Chilkat.Jws();

// Set the HMAC key:
string hmacKey = "AyM1SysPpbyDfgZld3umj1qzKObwVMkoqQ-EstJQLr_T-1qS0gZH75aKtMN3Yj0iPS4hcgUuTwjAzZr1Z9CAow";
int signatureIndex = 0;
jws.SetMacKey(signatureIndex,hmacKey,"base64url");

// Load the JWS.
string jwsCompact = "eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLA0KICJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJqb2UiLA0KICJleHAiOjEzMDA4MTkzODAsDQogImh0dHA6Ly9leGFtcGxlLmNvbS9pc19yb290Ijp0cnVlfQ.dBjftJeZ4CVP-mB92K27uhbUJU1p1r_wW1gFWFOEjXk";
success = jws.LoadJws(jwsCompact);

// Validate the 1st (and only) signature at index 0..
int v = jws.Validate(signatureIndex);
if (v < 0) {
    // Perhaps Chilkat was not unlocked or the trial expired..
    Debug.WriteLine("Method call failed for some other reason.");
    Debug.WriteLine(jws.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

if (v == 0) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Invalid signature.  The MAC key was incorrect, the JWS was invalid, or both.");
    return;
}

// If we get here, the signature was validated..
Debug.WriteLine("Signature validated.");

// Recover the original content:
Debug.WriteLine("Recovered content:");
Debug.WriteLine(jws.GetPayload("utf-8"));

// Examine the protected header:

Chilkat.JsonObject joseHeader = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
success = jws.GetProtectedH(signatureIndex,joseHeader);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(jws.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

joseHeader.EmitCompact = false;

Debug.WriteLine("Protected (JOSE) header:");
Debug.WriteLine(joseHeader.Emit());

// Output:

// 	Signature validated.
// 	Recovered content:
// 	{"iss":"joe",
// 	 "exp":1300819380,
// 	 "http://example.com/is_root":true}
// 	Protected (JOSE) header:
// 	{ 
// 	  "typ": "JWT",
// 	  "alg": "HS256"
// 	}