Delphi ActiveX Requires Chilkat v11.5.0+

Create JWS Using Private Key on a Smart Card

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Creates and validates a JSON Web Signature (JWS) using the private key associated with a certificate on a smart card. Delphi ActiveX

var
success: Integer;
cert: TChilkatCert;
jwsProtHdr: TChilkatJsonObject;
jws: TChilkatJws;
signatureIndex: Integer;
bIncludeBom: Integer;
payloadStr: WideString;
jwsCompact: WideString;
jws2: TChilkatJws;
pubKey: TPublicKey;
v: Integer;
joseHeader: TChilkatJsonObject;

begin
success := 0;

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

//  Load the certificate from a smart card.
cert := TChilkatCert.Create(Self);

//  Set the smarcard PIN prior to loading
cert.SmartCardPin := '123456';

//  Detect the connected smartcard or USB security token and load the default certificate.
success := cert.LoadFromSmartcard('');
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(cert.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  Note: Chilkat provides many different ways to load a certificate from a smartcard or USB token,
//  such as selecting a certificate if the card contains multiple certificates with private keys,
//  or working with lower-level PKCS11 or ScMinidriver API's (both of which Chilkat provides).

//  Create the JWS Protected Header
jwsProtHdr := TChilkatJsonObject.Create(Self);

if (cert.IsEcdsa() = 1) then
  begin
    jwsProtHdr.AppendString('alg','ES256');
  end
else
  begin
    jwsProtHdr.AppendString('alg','RS256');
  end;

jws := TChilkatJws.Create(Self);

//  Set the protected header:
signatureIndex := 0;
jws.SetProtectedHeader(signatureIndex,jwsProtHdr.ControlInterface);

//  Provide the private key via the certificate.
//  This requires Chilkat v11.5.0 or greater.
jws.SetSigningCert(signatureIndex,cert.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: eyJhbGciOiJQUzI1NiJ9.SW4gb3VyIHZpbGxhZ2UsIGZvbGtzIHNheSBHb2QgY3J1bWJsZXMgdXAgdGhlIG9sZCBtb29uIGludG8gc3RhcnMu.TRWhwRo5dMv9-8OzrInfJTwmUGYgjLfHk8lqF072ND-FmLWEBnUTOpY8oJXp8FdWw2SalbdOeNlrtlJjwk4XK8Ql2iJ_2qMCtxsvLPhKBOqFoAF4aBvTOEDVJDxf0DaBSiydEEtfTVV2iwBcjWabu5J2XieR5y7QZQtuHsn7T3qKBvCcCejN3Y2oqAT3qMHvu1fTms1r_91wBn_K7Wjd9UkZ1n02qQcUHJznR_OF2BgN7_KWIDAF9ZS9keoju2NPpPelO4yxa2XUPnehY3G7dHKoCxUEQR4d2Xc5voqDASTVCDqQS4PVOZdvT3Ein6-SanAlCwbWBbkvT8g6-5PImQ

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

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

pubKey := TPublicKey.Create(Self);
cert.GetPublicKey(pubKey.ControlInterface);

//  Set the public key used for validation.
signatureIndex := 0;
jws2.SetPublicKey(signatureIndex,pubKey.ControlInterface);

//  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 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:
//  	{ 
//  	  "alg": "RS256"
//  	}