Delphi ActiveX

JWS Using HMAC SHA-256

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Creates a JSON Web Signatures (JWS) using HMAC SHA-256. Delphi ActiveX

uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Integer;
jwsProtHdr: TChilkatJsonObject;
jws: TChilkatJws;
hmacKey: WideString;
signatureIndex: Integer;
bIncludeBom: Integer;
payloadStr: WideString;
jwsCompact: WideString;
jws2: TChilkatJws;
v: Integer;
joseHeader: TChilkatJsonObject;

begin
success := 0;

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

// First create the JWS Protected Header
jwsProtHdr := TChilkatJsonObject.Create(Self);
jwsProtHdr.AppendString('typ','JWT');
jwsProtHdr.AppendString('alg','HS256');
Memo1.Lines.Add('JWS Protected Header: ' + jwsProtHdr.Emit());

// Output:
// JWS Protected Header: {"typ":"JWT","alg":"HS256"}

jws := TChilkatJws.Create(Self);

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

// Set the protected header:
jws.SetProtectedHeader(signatureIndex,jwsProtHdr.ControlInterface);

// Set the payload.
bIncludeBom := 0;
payloadStr := 'In our village, folks say God crumbles up the old moon into stars.';
jws.SetPayload(payloadStr,'utf-8',bIncludeBom);

// Create the JWS
// By default, the compact serialization is used.
jwsCompact := jws.CreateJws();
if (jws.LastMethodSuccess = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(jws.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add('JWS: ' + jwsCompact);

// sample output:
// JWS: eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.SW4gb3VyIHZpbGxhZ2UsIGZvbGtzIHNheSBHb2QgY3J1bWJsZXMgdXAgdGhlIG9sZCBtb29uIGludG8gc3RhcnMu.bsYsi8HJ0N6OqGI1hKQ9QQRNPxxA5qMpcHLtOvXatk8

// Now load the JWS, validate, and recover the original text.
jws2 := TChilkatJws.Create(Self);

// Load the JWS.
success := jws2.LoadJws(jwsCompact);

// Set the MAC key used for validation.
signatureIndex := 0;
jws2.SetMacKey(signatureIndex,hmacKey,'base64url');

// Validate the 1st (and only) signature at index 0..
v := jws2.Validate(signatureIndex);
if (v < 0) then
  begin
    // Perhaps Chilkat was not unlocked or the trial expired..
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Method call failed for some other reason.');
    Memo1.Lines.Add(jws2.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;
if (v = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Invalid signature.  The MAC key was incorrect, the JWS was invalid, or both.');
    Exit;
  end;

// If we get here, the signature was validated..
Memo1.Lines.Add('Signature validated.');

// Recover the original content:
Memo1.Lines.Add(jws2.GetPayload('utf-8'));

// Examine the protected header:

joseHeader := TChilkatJsonObject.Create(Self);
success := jws2.GetProtectedH(signatureIndex,joseHeader.ControlInterface);
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(jws2.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

joseHeader.EmitCompact := 0;

Memo1.Lines.Add('Protected (JOSE) header:');
Memo1.Lines.Add(joseHeader.Emit());

// Output:

// 	Signature validated.
// 	In our village, folks say God crumbles up the old moon into stars.
// 	Protected (JOSE) header:
// 	{ 
// 	  "typ": "JWT",
// 	  "alg": "HS256"
// 	} 
end;