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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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local chilkat = require("chilkat")

local jwe = chilkat.Jwe.new()

-- Set the JWE protected header, specifying the key-management algorithm (alg) and the content-
-- encryption algorithm (enc).
local header = chilkat.JsonObject.new()
header:update_string("alg", "A256KW")
header:update_string("enc", "A256GCM")
local success = jwe:set_protected_header(header)
if not success then
    print(jwe.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- 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.
local base64Key = "YWJjZGVmZ2hpamtsbW5vcHFyc3R1dnd4eXowMTIzNDU="
success = jwe:set_wrapping_key(0, base64Key, "base64")
if not success then
    print(jwe.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- 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).
local jweCompact = jwe:encrypt("This is the secret content.", "utf-8")
if not jwe.last_method_success then
    print(jwe.last_error_text)
    return
end

print(jweCompact)