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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.

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Dim success As Boolean = 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.

Dim pubKey As ChilkatPublicKey
pubKey.Initialize
success = pubKey.LoadFromFile("qa_data/pem/ecc_public.pem")

Dim jwt As ChilkatJwt
jwt.Initialize

Dim token As String = "eyJhbGciOiJFUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJodHRwOi8vZXhhbXBsZS5vcmciLCJzdWIiOiJKb2huIiwiYXVkIjoiaHR0cDovL2V4YW1wbGUuY29tIiwiaWF0IjoxNDg1NzA4NzkyLCJuYmYiOjE0ODU3MDg3OTIsImV4cCI6MTQ4NTcxMjM5Mn0.wqsuyJpxJ073ox-lOiLFqG1lQocXe4hGf2XGZJRrO3qn0UusxI_bu3Gzky8gBsH4sA4u9TWZn5M-1wYMMIJk6Q"

'  First verify the signature.
Dim sigVerified As Boolean = jwt.VerifyJwtPk(token, pubKey)
Log("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.
Dim leeway As Int = 60
Dim bTimeValid As Boolean = jwt.IsTimeValid(token, leeway)
Log("time constraints valid: " & bTimeValid)

'  Now let's recover the original claims JSON (the payload).
Dim payload As String = jwt.GetPayload(token)
'  The payload will likely be in compact form:
Log(payload)

'  We can format for human viewing by loading it into Chilkat's JSON object
'  and emit.
Dim json As ChilkatJsonObject
json.Initialize
success = json.Load(payload)
json.EmitCompact = False
Log(json.Emit)

'  We can recover the original JOSE header in the same way:
Dim joseHeader As String = jwt.GetHeader(token)
'  The payload will likely be in compact form:
Log(joseHeader)

'  We can format for human viewing by loading it into Chilkat's JSON object
'  and emit.
success = json.Load(joseHeader)
json.EmitCompact = False
Log(json.Emit)