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JWE Using Flattened JWE JSON Serialization

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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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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @iTmp0 int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

    -- 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.

    DECLARE @plaintext nvarchar(4000)
    SELECT @plaintext = 'Live long and prosper.'

    DECLARE @jwe int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Jwe', @jwe OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    -- First build the JWE Protected Header: {"enc":"A128CBC-HS256"}
    DECLARE @jweProtHdr int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @jweProtHdr OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jweProtHdr, 'AppendString', @success OUT, 'enc', 'A128CBC-HS256'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jwe, 'SetProtectedHeader', @success OUT, @jweProtHdr

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

    DECLARE @jweRecipientHdr int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @jweRecipientHdr OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jweRecipientHdr, 'AppendString', @success OUT, 'alg', 'A128KW'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jweRecipientHdr, 'AppendString', @success OUT, 'kid', '7'
    DECLARE @recipientIndex int
    SELECT @recipientIndex = 0
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jwe, 'SetRecipientHeader', @success OUT, @recipientIndex, @jweRecipientHdr

    -- Set the Shared Unprotected Header:  {"jku":"https://server.example.com/keys.jwks"}
    DECLARE @jweUnprotHdr int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @jweUnprotHdr OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jweUnprotHdr, 'AppendString', @success OUT, 'jku', 'https://server.example.com/keys.jwks'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jwe, 'SetUnprotectedHeader', @success OUT, @jweUnprotHdr

    -- Set the AES key wrapping key.
    DECLARE @aesWrappingKey nvarchar(4000)
    SELECT @aesWrappingKey = 'GawgguFyGrWKav7AX4VKUg'
    SELECT @recipientIndex = 0
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jwe, 'SetWrappingKey', @success OUT, @recipientIndex, @aesWrappingKey, 'base64url'

    -- OK.. everything has been specified.
    -- Now encrypt.  
    -- Indicate that we prefer the flattened JSON serialization.
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @jwe, 'PreferFlattened', 1
    DECLARE @strJwe nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jwe, 'Encrypt', @strJwe OUT, @plaintext, 'utf-8'
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @jwe, 'LastMethodSuccess', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @jwe, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jwe
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jweProtHdr
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jweRecipientHdr
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jweUnprotHdr
        RETURN
      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:
    DECLARE @jsonTemp int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @jsonTemp OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonTemp, 'Load', @success OUT, @strJwe
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @jsonTemp, 'EmitCompact', 0
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonTemp, 'Emit', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @sTmp0

    -- 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..
    DECLARE @jwe2 int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Jwe', @jwe2 OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jwe2, 'LoadJwe', @success OUT, @strJwe
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @jwe2, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jwe
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jweProtHdr
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jweRecipientHdr
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jweUnprotHdr
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonTemp
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jwe2
        RETURN
      END

    -- Set the AES wrap key..
    SELECT @recipientIndex = 0
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jwe2, 'SetWrappingKey', @success OUT, @recipientIndex, @aesWrappingKey, 'base64url'

    -- Decrypt
    DECLARE @originalPlaintext nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jwe2, 'Decrypt', @originalPlaintext OUT, @recipientIndex, 'utf-8'
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @jwe2, 'LastMethodSuccess', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @jwe2, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jwe
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jweProtHdr
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jweRecipientHdr
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jweUnprotHdr
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonTemp
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jwe2
        RETURN
      END


    PRINT 'original text decrypted with AES key wrap key: '

    PRINT @originalPlaintext

    -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    -- 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.

    DECLARE @sbJwe int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.StringBuilder', @sbJwe OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbJwe, 'Append', @success OUT, '{'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbJwe, 'Append', @success OUT, '"protected":'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbJwe, 'Append', @success OUT, '"eyJlbmMiOiJBMTI4Q0JDLUhTMjU2In0",'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbJwe, 'Append', @success OUT, '"unprotected":'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbJwe, 'Append', @success OUT, '{"jku":"https://server.example.com/keys.jwks"},'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbJwe, 'Append', @success OUT, '"header":'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbJwe, 'Append', @success OUT, '{"alg":"A128KW","kid":"7"},'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbJwe, 'Append', @success OUT, '"encrypted_key":'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbJwe, 'Append', @success OUT, '"6KB707dM9YTIgHtLvtgWQ8mKwboJW3of9locizkDTHzBC2IlrT1oOQ",'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbJwe, 'Append', @success OUT, '"iv":'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbJwe, 'Append', @success OUT, '"AxY8DCtDaGlsbGljb3RoZQ",'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbJwe, 'Append', @success OUT, '"ciphertext":'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbJwe, 'Append', @success OUT, '"KDlTtXchhZTGufMYmOYGS4HffxPSUrfmqCHXaI9wOGY",'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbJwe, 'Append', @success OUT, '"tag":'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbJwe, 'Append', @success OUT, '"Mz-VPPyU4RlcuYv1IwIvzw"'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbJwe, 'Append', @success OUT, '}'

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jwe2, 'LoadJweSb', @success OUT, @sbJwe
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @jwe2, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jwe
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jweProtHdr
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jweRecipientHdr
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jweUnprotHdr
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonTemp
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jwe2
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbJwe
        RETURN
      END

    SELECT @recipientIndex = 0
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jwe2, 'SetWrappingKey', @success OUT, @recipientIndex, @aesWrappingKey, 'base64url'

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jwe2, 'Decrypt', @originalPlaintext OUT, @recipientIndex, 'utf-8'
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @jwe2, 'LastMethodSuccess', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @jwe2, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jwe
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jweProtHdr
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jweRecipientHdr
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jweUnprotHdr
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonTemp
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jwe2
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbJwe
        RETURN
      END


    PRINT 'original text decrypted from published flattened JWE: '

    PRINT @originalPlaintext

    -- 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.

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jwe
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jweProtHdr
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jweRecipientHdr
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jweUnprotHdr
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonTemp
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jwe2
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbJwe


END
GO