Delphi ActiveX

Verify JWT Using HS256, HS384, or HS512

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Demonstrates how to verify a JWT that was signed using HS256, HS384, or HS512. (HS256 is JWT's acronym for HMAC-SHA256.)

This example verifies the 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.

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

begin
success := 0;

// Demonstrates how to verify an HMAC JWT using a shared secret (password).

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

jwt := TChilkatJwt.Create(Self);

token := 'eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJodHRwOi8vZXhhbXBsZS5vcmciLCJzdWIiOiJKb2huIiwiYXVkIjoiaHR0cDovL2V4YW1wbGUuY29tIiwiaWF0IjoxNDYzNDMxODEyLCJuYmYiOjE0NjM0MzE4MTIsImV4cCI6MTQ2MzQzNTQxMn0.SHnMJ11qJH5pbp22YchT_9fL2HIx0koHiUHLG67_foU';

// First verify the signature.
// The password used to create this JWT was "secret".
sigVerified := jwt.VerifyJwt(token,'secret');
Memo1.Lines.Add('with correct password: ' + IntToStr(Ord(sigVerified)));

// Now try with a different password:
sigVerified := jwt.VerifyJwt(token,'secret2');
Memo1.Lines.Add('with incorrect password ' + 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;