Swift

Verify JWT Using an ECC Public Key (ES256, ES384, ES512)

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Demonstrates how to verify a JWT that was signed using an ECC private key.

This example verifies the ECC 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.

Swift

func chilkatTest() {
    var success: Bool = false

    // Demonstrates how to verify an JWT using an ECC public key.

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

    let pubKey = CkoPublicKey()!
    success = pubKey.load(fromFile: "qa_data/pem/ecc_public.pem")

    let jwt = CkoJwt()!

    var token: String? = "eyJhbGciOiJFUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJodHRwOi8vZXhhbXBsZS5vcmciLCJzdWIiOiJKb2huIiwiYXVkIjoiaHR0cDovL2V4YW1wbGUuY29tIiwiaWF0IjoxNDg1NzA4NzkyLCJuYmYiOjE0ODU3MDg3OTIsImV4cCI6MTQ4NTcxMjM5Mn0.wqsuyJpxJ073ox-lOiLFqG1lQocXe4hGf2XGZJRrO3qn0UusxI_bu3Gzky8gBsH4sA4u9TWZn5M-1wYMMIJk6Q"

    // First verify the signature.
    var sigVerified: Bool = jwt.verifyPk(token: token, key: pubKey)
    print("verified: \(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.
    var leeway: Int = 60
    var bTimeValid: Bool = jwt.isTimeValid(jwt: token, leeway: leeway)
    print("time constraints valid: \(bTimeValid)")

    // Now let's recover the original claims JSON (the payload).
    var payload: String? = jwt.getPayload(token: token)
    // The payload will likely be in compact form:
    print("\(payload!)")

    // We can format for human viewing by loading it into Chilkat's JSON object
    // and emit.
    let json = CkoJsonObject()!
    success = json.load(json: payload)
    json.emitCompact = false
    print("\(json.emit()!)")

    // We can recover the original JOSE header in the same way:
    var joseHeader: String? = jwt.getHeader(token: token)
    // The payload will likely be in compact form:
    print("\(joseHeader!)")

    // We can format for human viewing by loading it into Chilkat's JSON object
    // and emit.
    success = json.load(json: joseHeader)
    json.emitCompact = false
    print("\(json.emit()!)")

}