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Chilkat2-Python

Get the JWS Payload into a StringBuilder

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Demonstrates Jws.GetPayloadSb, which writes the payload of a loaded JWS as text into a StringBuilder, decoded using the given charset.

Background. In practice, validate the signature before trusting the payload.

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import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

jws = chilkat2.Jws()

# Load the JWS compact serialization.
jwsCompact = "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.VGhpcyBpcyB0aGUgY29udGVudCB0byBzaWduLg.<signature>"
success = jws.LoadJws(jwsCompact)
if (success == False):
    print(jws.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Get the JWS payload as text into a StringBuilder, decoded using the given charset.
sbPayload = chilkat2.StringBuilder()
success = jws.GetPayloadSb("utf-8",sbPayload)
if (success == False):
    print(jws.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

print(sbPayload.GetAsString())