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Lua Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Validate a Google ID Token

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Demonstrates how to verify the signature of a Google id token.

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Lua
local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
-- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

local http = chilkat.Http.new()

-- First get the public key we'll be needing..
local jwkStr = http:quick_get_str("https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v3/certs")
if not http.last_method_success then
    print(http.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- We have the following:

--     {
--       "keys": [
--     {
--       "kid": "e8732db06287515556213b80acbcfd08cfb302a9",
--       "n": "4RIrO30287Wsq3gqXCMkUYMVAeI3H8...w2mbMNEBQ",
--       "kty": "RSA",
--       "e": "AQAB",
--       "alg": "RS256",
--       "use": "sig"
--     },
--     {
--       "kid": "8462a71da4f6d611fc0fecf0fc4ba9c37d65e6cd",
--       "e": "AQAB",
--       "n": "xT_ngLZNmT5GBtJZeTB...Ft4gK0eoFi0d3l8bcw",
--       "alg": "RS256",
--       "use": "sig",
--       "kty": "RSA"
--     }
--       ]
--     }

local json = chilkat.JsonObject.new()
local success = json:load(jwkStr)

-- -------------------------------------------------

-- Load the following..

--  {
--   "access_token": "ya29.a0...0f",
--   "expires_in": 3599,
--   "scope": "openid https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email",
--   "token_type": "Bearer",
--   "id_token": "eyJhb...o5nQ"
-- }

local jsonToken = chilkat.JsonObject.new()
success = jsonToken:load_file("qa_data/tokens/google_sample_id_token.json")
if not success then
    print("Failed to load the JSON file...")
    return
end

-- Get the id_token;
local sbIdToken = chilkat.StringBuilder.new()
success = sbIdToken:append(jsonToken:string_of("id_token"))

-- Get the signature in base64url format.
-- The header + payload remains in sbIdToken.
local sig_b64Url = sbIdToken:get_after_final(".", true)
local headerPlusPayload = sbIdToken:get_as_string()

print(sig_b64Url)
print(headerPlusPayload)

-- ---------------------------------------------

-- Try validating with each cert's public key.
-- Hopefully one will be the key that verifies.

local rsa = chilkat.Rsa.new()
rsa.encoding_mode = "base64url"

local jsonKey = chilkat.JsonObject.new()
local pubKey = chilkat.PublicKey.new()

local numKeys = json:size_of_array("keys")
local i = 0
while i < numKeys do
    json.i = i

    json:object_of2("keys[i]", jsonKey)

    success = pubKey:load_from_string(jsonKey:emit())
    if not success then
        print(pubKey.last_error_text)
        return
    end

    print(i)
    print(pubKey:get_pem(true))

    success = rsa:use_public_key(pubKey)

    local bVerified = rsa:verify_string_enc(headerPlusPayload, "sha256", sig_b64Url)
    print("bVerified = " .. tostring(bVerified))

    i = i + 1
end

-- The output is:

-- 0
-- -----BEGIN RSA PUBLIC KEY-----
-- MIIBCgKCAQEA4RIrO30287Wsq3gqXCMkUYMVAeI3H8LVE6IXR1krdFeGnZLiGUPw
-- cbkeVpXf3lmJdsStOg+jijces2DZCfPyIBiQuLYfxxmAZE6ErJ0QJFg1stwli2Pz
-- 9ncYhFoqi8pXr7kEzEJBTzX4thuw56ydbGsshSEznPXoerCJOc7UI2+n0wFCWQ4Y
-- LHbh/PrWt4vdadyUUUW/QpQHXQLdD8q/Qwqdj0O9zlJE7R6Elw2E9EqnHyIGu1hm
-- LxhqrTru1M18SUhONYbVskV/BCEdVKs//X96849HorWQDCAgVMWfGsdMVq55FAdJ
-- 680N5UmQDRynIZ4+PeNGN4S9iw2mbMNEBQIDAQAB
-- -----END RSA PUBLIC KEY-----
--
-- bVerified = True
-- 1
-- -----BEGIN RSA PUBLIC KEY-----
-- MIIBCgKCAQEAxT/ngLZNmT5GBdkLtJZjNeTB+8B5yWgrq/e5eMZ1hrZhcmLK+dSn
-- IkpOPV8/OekV67EnQ7I4II2rcNJnHGrGKZziXO3XN2gtUHE+mBJC99oULSbX/QwB
-- Kz7gC/IBPq9EuxTt6Oq6fPkVQ9DbRIgWJSEGBF/KRaNl3kyAlIZfpY7XgHyJTTv8
-- E7yAcYKPR+36gzdl+ps0sDLKzUuAtZNq8llK0u80z6AtAUIYwWdkEhM9upy6keKI
-- TasIxcsO7M6kZPINUSbh6t5VAm8FuqRmxpgg+9c9/GQSGd89InVypoVzWLQ+wOGg
-- 5G4H6JqIgtj0TRFt4gK0eoFi2U0d3l8bcwIDAQAB
-- -----END RSA PUBLIC KEY-----
--
-- bVerified = False