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Create JWT using a Brainpool EC Key

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Demonstrates how to create a JWT using an EC private key. This is for JOSE headers having an "alg" member with any of the following values:
  • BP160R1
  • BP192R1
  • BP224R1
  • BP256R1
  • BP320R1
  • BP384R1
  • BP512R1

This example also demonstrates how to include time constraints:

  • nbf: Not Before Time
  • exp: Expiration Time
  • iat: Issue At Time

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Unicode C
#include <C_CkPrivateKeyW.h>
#include <C_CkJwtW.h>
#include <C_CkJsonObjectW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkPrivateKeyW privKey;
    HCkJwtW jwt;
    HCkJsonObjectW jose;
    HCkJsonObjectW claims;
    int curDateTime;
    const wchar_t *token;

    success = FALSE;

    // Demonstrates how to create a JWT using a brainpool EC private key.

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

    privKey = CkPrivateKeyW_Create();

    // Load a brainpool EC key.
    success = CkPrivateKeyW_LoadPemFile(privKey,L"c:/qa_data/pem/ec_brainpool_privKey.pem");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkPrivateKeyW_lastErrorText(privKey));
        CkPrivateKeyW_Dispose(privKey);
        return;
    }

    // You can examine the curve name of the key you just loaded by getting the private in XML format:
    // <ECCKeyValue curve="CURVE_NAME">...</ECCKeyValue>
    wprintf(L"%s\n",CkPrivateKeyW_getXml(privKey));

    jwt = CkJwtW_Create();

    // Build the JOSE header
    jose = CkJsonObjectW_Create();
    // Use the brainpool curve name matching the private key you just loaded.
    // Use "BP256R1", or "BP384R1", etc.   
    success = CkJsonObjectW_AppendString(jose,L"alg",L"BP256R1");
    success = CkJsonObjectW_AppendString(jose,L"typ",L"JWT");

    // Now build the JWT claims (also known as the payload)
    claims = CkJsonObjectW_Create();
    success = CkJsonObjectW_AppendString(claims,L"iss",L"http://example.org");
    success = CkJsonObjectW_AppendString(claims,L"sub",L"John");
    success = CkJsonObjectW_AppendString(claims,L"aud",L"http://example.com");

    // Set the timestamp of when the JWT was created to now.
    curDateTime = CkJwtW_GenNumericDate(jwt,0);
    success = CkJsonObjectW_AddIntAt(claims,-1,L"iat",curDateTime);

    // Set the "not process before" timestamp to now.
    success = CkJsonObjectW_AddIntAt(claims,-1,L"nbf",curDateTime);

    // Set the timestamp defining an expiration time (end time) for the token
    // to be now + 1 hour (3600 seconds)
    success = CkJsonObjectW_AddIntAt(claims,-1,L"exp",curDateTime + 3600);

    // Produce the smallest possible JWT:
    CkJwtW_putAutoCompact(jwt,TRUE);

    // Create the JWT token.  This is where the ECC signature is created.
    token = CkJwtW_createJwtPk(jwt,CkJsonObjectW_emit(jose),CkJsonObjectW_emit(claims),privKey);

    wprintf(L"%s\n",token);


    CkPrivateKeyW_Dispose(privKey);
    CkJwtW_Dispose(jwt);
    CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(jose);
    CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(claims);

    }