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Chilkat2-Python

Sign a JWS with an HMAC Key from BinData

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Demonstrates Jws.SetMacKeyBd, which sets the symmetric MAC key for a signature from the raw bytes in a BinData.

Background. This is the in-memory equivalent of SetMacKey, for when the key material is already available as bytes.

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import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

jws = chilkat2.Jws()

# Protected header specifying HMAC-SHA256.
header = chilkat2.JsonObject()
header.UpdateString("alg","HS256")
success = jws.SetProtectedHeader(0,header)
if (success == False):
    print(jws.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

bIncludeBom = False
success = jws.SetPayload("This is the content to sign.","utf-8",bIncludeBom)
if (success == False):
    print(jws.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Set the symmetric MAC key for signature 0 from the raw bytes in a BinData.  In production, obtain
# the key material from a secure source.
bdKey = chilkat2.BinData()
bdKey.AppendEncoded("YWJjZGVmZ2hpamtsbW5vcHFyc3R1dnd4eXowMTIzNDU=","base64")
success = jws.SetMacKeyBd(0,bdKey)
if (success == False):
    print(jws.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

jwsCompact = jws.CreateJws()
if (jws.LastMethodSuccess == False):
    print(jws.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

print(jwsCompact)