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Encrypt Content to a JWE

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Demonstrates Jwe.Encrypt, which encrypts a string and returns the resulting JWE. The charset argument converts the text to bytes before encryption.

Background. JWE (JSON Web Encryption) protects content with a content-encryption algorithm (the header enc value) while the content-encryption key is managed by the key-management algorithm (the header alg value). This example uses AES key wrapping with a symmetric wrapping key.

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#include <CkJwe.h>
#include <CkJsonObject.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    CkJwe jwe;

    //  Set the JWE protected header, specifying the key-management algorithm (alg) and the content-
    //  encryption algorithm (enc).
    CkJsonObject header;
    header.UpdateString("alg","A256KW");
    header.UpdateString("enc","A256GCM");
    success = jwe.SetProtectedHeader(header);
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << jwe.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    //  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.
    const char *base64Key = "YWJjZGVmZ2hpamtsbW5vcHFyc3R1dnd4eXowMTIzNDU=";
    success = jwe.SetWrappingKey(0,base64Key,"base64");
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << jwe.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    //  Encrypt the content.  The 2nd argument is the charset used to convert the text to bytes.  The
    //  returned string is the JWE (compact serialization by default).
    const char *jweCompact = jwe.encrypt("This is the secret content.","utf-8");
    if (jwe.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        std::cout << jwe.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    std::cout << jweCompact << "\r\n";
    }