Create a JWS

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Demonstrates Jws.CreateJws, which creates and returns a JWS from the current payload, headers, and signing key.

Background. JWS (JSON Web Signature) integrity-protects a payload with a signature or MAC. The header alg names the algorithm; this example uses HMAC-SHA256 (HS256) with a symmetric MAC key.

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bool success = false;

Chilkat.Jws jws = new Chilkat.Jws();

//  Set the protected header for signer 0, specifying the signature algorithm (alg).
Chilkat.JsonObject header = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
header.UpdateString("alg","HS256");
success = jws.SetProtectedHeader(0,header);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(jws.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Set the payload to be signed.
bool bIncludeBom = false;
success = jws.SetPayload("This is the content to sign.","utf-8",bIncludeBom);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(jws.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Provide the HMAC key (base64) for signer 0.  In production, obtain the key from a secure source
//  rather than hard-coding it.
string base64Key = "YWJjZGVmZ2hpamtsbW5vcHFyc3R1dnd4eXowMTIzNDU=";
success = jws.SetMacKey(0,base64Key,"base64");
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(jws.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Create the JWS from the current payload, headers, and signing key.  The returned string is the
//  JWS (compact serialization by default).
string jwsCompact = jws.CreateJws();
if (jws.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(jws.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Debug.WriteLine(jwsCompact);