Decrypt a JWE into BinData

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Demonstrates Jwe.DecryptBd, which decrypts a recipient of a loaded JWE and writes the plaintext bytes into a BinData.

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function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    var jwe = new chilkat.Jwe();

    //  Load the JWE compact serialization to be decrypted.
    var jweCompact = "eyJhbGciOiJBMjU2S1ciLCJlbmMiOiJBMjU2R0NNIn0.<...>.<iv>.<ciphertext>.<tag>";
    success = jwe.LoadJwe(jweCompact);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(jwe.LastErrorText);
        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.
    var base64Key = "YWJjZGVmZ2hpamtsbW5vcHFyc3R1dnd4eXowMTIzNDU=";
    success = jwe.SetWrappingKey(0,base64Key,"base64");
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(jwe.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  Decrypt recipient index 0, writing the plaintext bytes into a BinData.
    var bd = new chilkat.BinData();
    success = jwe.DecryptBd(0,bd);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(jwe.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    console.log("Decrypted " + bd.NumBytes + " bytes.");

}

chilkatExample();