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Delphi ActiveX

Verify JWT Using an RSA Public Key (RS256, RS384, RS512)

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Demonstrates how to verify a JWT that was signed using an RSA private key.

This example verifies the RSA signature. It also does the following:

  • Checks to see if the time constraints ("nbf" and "exp") are valid.
  • Recovers the original JOSE header.
  • Recovers the original claims JSON.

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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;
pubKey: TPublicKey;
jwt: TChilkatJwt;
token: WideString;
sigVerified: Integer;
leeway: Integer;
bTimeValid: Integer;
payload: WideString;
json: TChilkatJsonObject;
joseHeader: WideString;

begin
success := 0;

// Demonstrates how to verify an JWT using an RSA public key.

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

pubKey := TPublicKey.Create(Self);
success := pubKey.LoadFromFile('qa_data/pem/rsa_public.pem');

jwt := TChilkatJwt.Create(Self);

token := 'eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJodHRwOi8vZXhhbXBsZS5vcmciLCJzdWIiOiJKb2huIiwiYXVkIjoiaHR0cDovL2V4YW1wbGUuY29tIiwiaWF0IjoxNDYzNDQ1MjM4LCJuYmYiOjE0NjM0NDUyMzgsImV4cCI6MTQ2MzQ0ODgzOH0.XRtqed6nuJ9lrp0wbNdDX3fCkSh_d9cHAniPbNcqm7G-5N3mtI5ntQvZBDP3pHtECVqufuDwW7XgUtzAi0ZXhyiRm1iZ3wMSN5lHWv52OQJmMHPA7VPd8Q1hDG-tx-QswzJKd75OEUHP7wIXq2Mg_YVElfDvJI6TGjGyS1y-RLHlz-ldlGsEwIBkO0PtzIYTVov97x8p9KCsPNhS4lZUIqKOYoTZUV5LpuAWARl-636DfMEB_A5_IEaw_W8leh2suP2ULVZxwE-Tk1kBC9tsSGrBrPTtg7sziaV4Lbb0JRANmh98uTRu5f8ji9CVOnpbMiAzjsJSy56kz_olweXSuA';

// First verify the signature.
sigVerified := jwt.VerifyJwtPk(token,pubKey.ControlInterface);
Memo1.Lines.Add('verified: ' + IntToStr(Ord(sigVerified)));

// Let's see if the time constraints, if any, are valid.
// The above JWT was created on the afternoon of 16-May-2016, with an expiration of 1 hour.
// If the current system time is before the "nbf" time, or after the "exp" time,
// then IsTimeValid will return false/0.
// Also, we'll allow a leeway of 60 seconds to account for any clock skew.
// Note: If the token has no "nbf" or "exp" claim fields, then IsTimeValid is always true.
leeway := 60;
bTimeValid := jwt.IsTimeValid(token,leeway);
Memo1.Lines.Add('time constraints valid: ' + IntToStr(Ord(bTimeValid)));

// Now let's recover the original claims JSON (the payload).
payload := jwt.GetPayload(token);
// The payload will likely be in compact form:
Memo1.Lines.Add(payload);

// We can format for human viewing by loading it into Chilkat's JSON object
// and emit.
json := TChilkatJsonObject.Create(Self);
success := json.Load(payload);
json.EmitCompact := 0;
Memo1.Lines.Add(json.Emit());

// We can recover the original JOSE header in the same way:
joseHeader := jwt.GetHeader(token);
// The payload will likely be in compact form:
Memo1.Lines.Add(joseHeader);

// We can format for human viewing by loading it into Chilkat's JSON object
// and emit.
success := json.Load(joseHeader);
json.EmitCompact := 0;
Memo1.Lines.Add(json.Emit());
end;