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JWE using ECDH-ES+A256KW

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Create a JWE with the following public/private key pair:
{
    "kty": "EC",
    "d": "jZCffzVqJjryBH4EoaN0oD-TyLXrW2XHoDdIuPZnk8c",
    "use": "enc",
    "crv": "P-256",
    "kid": "evEK2thJMsWxBYRivXI8ykUf6n6zizLiLCGH3s58wKs",
    "x": "LOakgGvxWBsWbCPLY6Vq6OuBktIqG8POXFXe7ngQ2oM",
    "y": "voJvS6I-Mc4qqmEA_G2hLQqBck3a3vqaJbmzY7YPUD4",
    "alg": "ECDH-ES+A256KW"
}

Also shows how to decrypt.

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Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

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

# Create the following JSON:
# {
#     "kty": "EC",
#     "d": "jZCffzVqJjryBH4EoaN0oD-TyLXrW2XHoDdIuPZnk8c",
#     "use": "enc",
#     "crv": "P-256",
#     "kid": "evEK2thJMsWxBYRivXI8ykUf6n6zizLiLCGH3s58wKs",
#     "x": "LOakgGvxWBsWbCPLY6Vq6OuBktIqG8POXFXe7ngQ2oM",
#     "y": "voJvS6I-Mc4qqmEA_G2hLQqBck3a3vqaJbmzY7YPUD4",
#     "alg": "ECDH-ES+A256KW"
# }

$json = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$json->UpdateString("kty","EC");
$json->UpdateString("d","jZCffzVqJjryBH4EoaN0oD-TyLXrW2XHoDdIuPZnk8c");
$json->UpdateString("use","enc");
$json->UpdateString("crv","P-256");
$json->UpdateString("kid","evEK2thJMsWxBYRivXI8ykUf6n6zizLiLCGH3s58wKs");
$json->UpdateString("x","LOakgGvxWBsWbCPLY6Vq6OuBktIqG8POXFXe7ngQ2oM");
$json->UpdateString("y","voJvS6I-Mc4qqmEA_G2hLQqBck3a3vqaJbmzY7YPUD4");
$json->UpdateString("alg","ECDH-ES+A256KW");

$pubkey = chilkat::CkPublicKey->new();

$success = $pubkey->LoadFromString($json->emit());
if ($success == 0) {
    print $pubkey->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Build our protected header:

# 	{
# 	  "alg": "ECDH-ES+A256KW",
# 	  "enc": "A256GCM",
# 	  "exp": 1621957030,
# 	  "cty": "NJWT",
# 	  "epk": {
# 	    "kty": "EC",
# 	    "x": "QLpJ_LpFx-6yJhsb4OvHwU1khLnviiOwYOvmf5clK7w"
# 	    "y": "AJh7pJ3zZKDJkm8rbeG69GBooTosXJgSsvNFH0i3Vxnu"
# 	    "crv": "BP-256"
# 	  }
# 	}

# Use jwt only for getting the current date/time + 3600 seconds.
$jwt = chilkat::CkJwt->new();

$jweProtHdr = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$jweProtHdr->UpdateString("alg","ECDH-ES+A256KW");
$jweProtHdr->UpdateString("enc","A256GCM");
$jweProtHdr->UpdateInt("exp",$jwt->GenNumericDate(3600));
$jweProtHdr->UpdateString("cty","NJWT");
$jweProtHdr->UpdateString("epk.kty","EC");
$jweProtHdr->UpdateString("epk.x","LOakgGvxWBsWbCPLY6Vq6OuBktIqG8POXFXe7ngQ2oM");
$jweProtHdr->UpdateString("epk.y","voJvS6I-Mc4qqmEA_G2hLQqBck3a3vqaJbmzY7YPUD4");
$jweProtHdr->UpdateString("epk.crv","P-256");

$jwe = chilkat::CkJwe->new();
$jwe->SetProtectedHeader($jweProtHdr);
$jwe->SetPublicKey(0,$pubkey);

$plainText = "This is the text to be encrypted.";
$strJwe = $jwe->encrypt($plainText,"utf-8");
if ($jwe->get_LastMethodSuccess() != 1) {
    print $jwe->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print $strJwe . "\r\n";

# Let's decrypt...
$privkey = chilkat::CkPrivateKey->new();

$success = $privkey->LoadJwk($json->emit());
if ($success == 0) {
    print $privkey->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$jwe2 = chilkat::CkJwe->new();
$success = $jwe2->LoadJwe($strJwe);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $jwe2->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$jwe2->SetPrivateKey(0,$privkey);

#  Decrypt.
$decryptedText = $jwe2->decrypt(0,"utf-8");
if ($jwe2->get_LastMethodSuccess() != 1) {
    print $jwe2->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print $decryptedText . "\r\n";