Encrypt a JWE with a Password (PBES2)

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Demonstrates Jwe.SetPassword, which sets the PBES2 password for a recipient. The example uses PBES2-HS256+A128KW key management with AES-128-GCM content encryption.

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function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    var jwe = new chilkat.Jwe();

    //  Protected header: PBES2 password-based key management with AES-128-GCM content encryption.
    var header = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    header.UpdateString("alg","PBES2-HS256+A128KW");
    header.UpdateString("enc","A128GCM");
    success = jwe.SetProtectedHeader(header);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(jwe.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  Set the PBES2 password for recipient 0.  The password should come from a secure source rather than
    //  being hard-coded.
    var password = "myPassword";
    success = jwe.SetPassword(0,password);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(jwe.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    var jweCompact = jwe.Encrypt("This is the secret content.","utf-8");
    if (jwe.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
        console.log(jwe.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    console.log(jweCompact);

}

chilkatExample();