Decrypt a JWE into BinData

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Demonstrates Jwe.DecryptBd, which decrypts a recipient of a loaded JWE and writes the plaintext bytes into a BinData.

import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

jwe = chilkat2.Jwe()

# Load the JWE compact serialization to be decrypted.
jweCompact = "eyJhbGciOiJBMjU2S1ciLCJlbmMiOiJBMjU2R0NNIn0.<...>.<iv>.<ciphertext>.<tag>"
success = jwe.LoadJwe(jweCompact)
if (success == False):
    print(jwe.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# The 256-bit key-wrapping key (base64) for recipient index 0.  In production, obtain the key
# from a secure source rather than hard-coding it.
base64Key = "YWJjZGVmZ2hpamtsbW5vcHFyc3R1dnd4eXowMTIzNDU="
success = jwe.SetWrappingKey(0,base64Key,"base64")
if (success == False):
    print(jwe.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Decrypt recipient index 0, writing the plaintext bytes into a BinData.
bd = chilkat2.BinData()
success = jwe.DecryptBd(0,bd)
if (success == False):
    print(jwe.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

print("Decrypted " + str(bd.NumBytes) + " bytes.")