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Validate a JWS Using ECDSA P-521 SHA-512

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Validates a JSON Web Signature (JWS) that uses ECDSA P-521 SHA-512

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Dim success As Boolean
success = False

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

// This example takes a JSON signature in compact serialization format,
// and uses an ECDSA public key to validate and recover the protected header and payload.

// We only need a public key for signature validation.  This is the ECDSA public key
// that is used:

//      {"kty":"EC", 
//       "crv":"P-521", 
//       "x":"AekpBQ8ST8a8VcfVOTNl353vSrDCLLJXmPk06wTjxrrjcBpXp5EOnYG_NjFZ6OvLFV1jSfS9tsz4qUxcWceqwQGk", 
//       "y":"ADSmRA43Z1DSNx_RvcLI87cdL07l6jQyyBXMoxVg_l2Th-x3S1WDhjDly79ajL4Kkd0AZMaZmh9ubmf63e3kyMj2" 
//      } 

Dim sbPubKey As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = sbPubKey.Append("{""kty"":""EC"",")
success = sbPubKey.Append("""crv"":""P-521"",")
success = sbPubKey.Append("""x"":""AekpBQ8ST8a8VcfVOTNl353vSrDCLLJXmPk06wTjxrrjcBpXp5EOnYG_NjFZ6OvLFV1jSfS9tsz4qUxcWceqwQGk"",")
success = sbPubKey.Append("""y"":""ADSmRA43Z1DSNx_RvcLI87cdL07l6jQyyBXMoxVg_l2Th-x3S1WDhjDly79ajL4Kkd0AZMaZmh9ubmf63e3kyMj2""")
success = sbPubKey.Append("}")

Dim pubKey As New Chilkat.PublicKey
success = pubKey.LoadFromString(sbPubKey.GetAsString())
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(pubKey.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

Dim jws As New Chilkat.Jws

// Set the ECC public key:
Dim signatureIndex As Int32
signatureIndex = 0
success = jws.SetPublicKey(signatureIndex,pubKey)

// Load the JWS.
Dim sbJws As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = sbJws.Append("eyJhbGciOiJFUzUxMiJ9")
success = sbJws.Append(".")
success = sbJws.Append("UGF5bG9hZA")
success = sbJws.Append(".")
success = sbJws.Append("AdwMgeerwtHoh-l192l60hp9wAHZFVJbLfD_UxMi70cwnZOYaRI1bKPWROc-mZZq")
success = sbJws.Append("wqT2SI-KGDKB34XO0aw_7XdtAG8GaSwFKdCAPZgoXD2YBJZCPEX3xKpRwcdOO8Kp")
success = sbJws.Append("EHwJjyqOgzDO7iKvU8vcnwNrmxYbSW9ERBXukOXolLzeO_Jn")

success = jws.LoadJwsSb(sbJws)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(jws.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Validate the 1st (and only) signature at index 0..
Dim v As Int32
v = jws.Validate(signatureIndex)
If (v < 0) Then
    // Perhaps Chilkat was not unlocked or the trial expired..
    System.DebugLog("Method call failed for some other reason.")
    System.DebugLog(jws.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

If (v = 0) Then
    System.DebugLog("Invalid signature.  The ECC key was incorrect, the JWS was invalid, or both.")
    Return
End If

// If we get here, the signature was validated..
System.DebugLog("Signature validated.")
System.DebugLog("--")

// Recover the original content:
System.DebugLog("Recovered content:")
System.DebugLog(jws.GetPayload("utf-8"))
System.DebugLog("--")

// Examine the protected header:

Dim joseHeader As New Chilkat.JsonObject
success = jws.GetProtectedH(signatureIndex,joseHeader)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(jws.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

joseHeader.EmitCompact = False

System.DebugLog("Protected (JOSE) header:")
System.DebugLog(joseHeader.Emit())

// Output:
// (the string "Payload" was the content that was signed.)

// 	Signature validated.
// 	--
// 	Recovered content:
// 	Payload
// 	--
// 	Protected (JOSE) header:
// 	{
// 	  "alg": "ES512"
// 	}