(Ruby) JWE Using Flattened JWE JSON Serialization

This example duplicates the example A.5 in RFC 7516 for JSON Web Encryption (JWE).

This example demonstrates using the flattened JWE JSON Serialization syntax. This example demonstrates the capability for encrypting the plaintext to a single recipient in a flattened JSON structure.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.66 or greater.

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require 'chilkat'

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

# Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.66 or greater.

plaintext = "Live long and prosper."

jwe = Chilkat::CkJwe.new()

# First build the JWE Protected Header: {"enc":"A128CBC-HS256"}
jweProtHdr = Chilkat::CkJsonObject.new()
jweProtHdr.AppendString("enc","A128CBC-HS256")
jwe.SetProtectedHeader(jweProtHdr)

# We have a single recipient that uses AES Key Wrap to encrypt the CEK.
# 
#      {"alg":"A128KW","kid":"7"}

jweRecipientHdr = Chilkat::CkJsonObject.new()
jweRecipientHdr.AppendString("alg","A128KW")
jweRecipientHdr.AppendString("kid","7")
recipientIndex = 0
jwe.SetRecipientHeader(recipientIndex,jweRecipientHdr)

# Set the Shared Unprotected Header:  {"jku":"https://server.example.com/keys.jwks"}
jweUnprotHdr = Chilkat::CkJsonObject.new()
jweUnprotHdr.AppendString("jku","https://server.example.com/keys.jwks")
jwe.SetUnprotectedHeader(jweUnprotHdr)

# Set the AES key wrapping key.
aesWrappingKey = "GawgguFyGrWKav7AX4VKUg"
recipientIndex = 0
jwe.SetWrappingKey(recipientIndex,aesWrappingKey,"base64url")

# OK.. everything has been specified.
# Now encrypt.  
# Indicate that we prefer the flattened JSON serialization.
jwe.put_PreferFlattened(true)
strJwe = jwe.encrypt(plaintext,"utf-8")
if (jwe.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true)
    print jwe.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# The JWE is produced in the most compact form possible (a single line).
# Let's load it into a JSON object and examine in a non-compact pretty-printed format:
jsonTemp = Chilkat::CkJsonObject.new()
jsonTemp.Load(strJwe)
jsonTemp.put_EmitCompact(false)
print jsonTemp.emit() + "\n";

# The JWE looks like this:
# (Note: Because of random values used in the encryption process, your encrypted results will be different.)

# 	{ 
# 	  "protected": "eyJlbmMiOiJBMTI4Q0JDLUhTMjU2In0",
# 	  "unprotected": { 
# 	    "jku": "https://server.example.com/keys.jwks"
# 	  },
# 	  "header": { 
# 	    "alg": "A128KW",
# 	    "kid": "7"
# 	  },
# 	  "encrypted_key": "FW7z9VxOvnF2ClicvUT4HTeqcdyh90C6qytfEFJsOb77FOwTfYrc3w",
# 	  "iv": "O6Ly5-eML3zTs-_fNX3D5Q",
# 	  "ciphertext": "Q8NLmeac9JhLh0CQPuG_7D9wVDb55eToCh0g5-FQ4M0",
# 	  "tag": "slzlo6-J9C7wSDF4dh_kBg"
# 	} 

# Now decrypt......................................

# First, load the JWE..
jwe2 = Chilkat::CkJwe.new()
success = jwe2.LoadJwe(strJwe)
if (success != true)
    print jwe2.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# Set the AES wrap key..
recipientIndex = 0
jwe2.SetWrappingKey(recipientIndex,aesWrappingKey,"base64url")

# Decrypt
originalPlaintext = jwe2.decrypt(recipientIndex,"utf-8")
if (jwe2.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true)
    print jwe2.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

print "original text decrypted with AES key wrap key: " + "\n";
print originalPlaintext + "\n";

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# It should also be possible to decrypt the flattened JWE as shown in RFC 7516, Appendix A.5
# because it was produced using the same key.

sbJwe = Chilkat::CkStringBuilder.new()

sbJwe.Append("{")
sbJwe.Append("\"protected\":")
sbJwe.Append("\"eyJlbmMiOiJBMTI4Q0JDLUhTMjU2In0\",")
sbJwe.Append("\"unprotected\":")
sbJwe.Append("{\"jku\":\"https://server.example.com/keys.jwks\"},")
sbJwe.Append("\"header\":")
sbJwe.Append("{\"alg\":\"A128KW\",\"kid\":\"7\"},")
sbJwe.Append("\"encrypted_key\":")
sbJwe.Append("\"6KB707dM9YTIgHtLvtgWQ8mKwboJW3of9locizkDTHzBC2IlrT1oOQ\",")
sbJwe.Append("\"iv\":")
sbJwe.Append("\"AxY8DCtDaGlsbGljb3RoZQ\",")
sbJwe.Append("\"ciphertext\":")
sbJwe.Append("\"KDlTtXchhZTGufMYmOYGS4HffxPSUrfmqCHXaI9wOGY\",")
sbJwe.Append("\"tag\":")
sbJwe.Append("\"Mz-VPPyU4RlcuYv1IwIvzw\"")
sbJwe.Append("}")

success = jwe2.LoadJweSb(sbJwe)
if (success != true)
    print jwe2.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

recipientIndex = 0
jwe2.SetWrappingKey(recipientIndex,aesWrappingKey,"base64url")

originalPlaintext = jwe2.decrypt(recipientIndex,"utf-8")
if (jwe2.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true)
    print jwe2.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

print "original text decrypted from published flattened JWE: " + "\n";
print originalPlaintext + "\n";

# The output:

# original text decrypted with AES key wrap key: 
# Live long and prosper.
# original text decrypted from published flattened JWE: 
# Live long and prosper.