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Encrypt a JWE with a Symmetric Wrapping Key

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Demonstrates Jwe.SetWrappingKey, which sets the symmetric key-wrapping key for a recipient. The key bytes are supplied in a named encoding such as hex or base64.

Background. AES key wrapping protects the content-encryption key with a shared symmetric key. Both parties must possess the same wrapping key.

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import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

jwe = chilkat2.Jwe()

# Protected header: AES key-wrap with AES-256-GCM content encryption.
header = chilkat2.JsonObject()
header.UpdateString("alg","A256KW")
header.UpdateString("enc","A256GCM")
success = jwe.SetProtectedHeader(header)
if (success == False):
    print(jwe.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Set the symmetric key-wrapping key for recipient 0.  The key bytes are provided in the named
# encoding (here base64).  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()

jweCompact = jwe.Encrypt("This is the secret content.","utf-8")
if (jwe.LastMethodSuccess == False):
    print(jwe.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

print(jweCompact)