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Get a JWS Protected Header

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Demonstrates Jws.GetProtectedH, which copies the decoded protected header of a signature into a JsonObject.

Background. The protected header is integrity-protected by the signature. Inspecting it (for example the alg value) is useful before deciding how to validate.

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#include <CkJws.h>
#include <CkJsonObject.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    CkJws jws;

    //  Load the JWS compact serialization.
    const char *jwsCompact = "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.VGhpcyBpcyB0aGUgY29udGVudCB0byBzaWduLg.<signature>";
    success = jws.LoadJws(jwsCompact);
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << jws.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    //  Copy the decoded protected header of signature 0 into a JsonObject.
    CkJsonObject json;
    success = jws.GetProtectedH(0,json);
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << jws.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    json.put_EmitCompact(false);
    std::cout << json.emit() << "\r\n";
    }