Get the JWE Protected Header

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Demonstrates Jwe.GetProtectedHeader, which copies the decoded shared JWE protected header into a JsonObject.

import sys
import chilkat

success = False

jwe = chilkat.CkJwe()

#  Load the JWE.
jweCompact = "eyJhbGciOiJBMjU2S1ciLCJlbmMiOiJBMjU2R0NNIn0.<...>.<iv>.<ciphertext>.<tag>"
success = jwe.LoadJwe(jweCompact)
if (success == False):
    print(jwe.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

#  Copy the decoded shared JWE protected header into a JsonObject.  Only the protected header is
#  returned; it is not merged with the unprotected or per-recipient headers.
json = chilkat.CkJsonObject()
success = jwe.GetProtectedHeader(json)
if (success == False):
    print(jwe.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

json.put_EmitCompact(False)
print(json.emit())