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Get a JWS Protected Header

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Demonstrates Jws.GetProtectedH, which copies the decoded protected header of a signature into a JsonObject.

Background. The protected header is integrity-protected by the signature. Inspecting it (for example the alg value) is useful before deciding how to validate.

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import sys
import chilkat

success = False

jws = chilkat.CkJws()

#  Load the JWS compact serialization.
jwsCompact = "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.VGhpcyBpcyB0aGUgY29udGVudCB0byBzaWduLg.<signature>"
success = jws.LoadJws(jwsCompact)
if (success == False):
    print(jws.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

#  Copy the decoded protected header of signature 0 into a JsonObject.
json = chilkat.CkJsonObject()
success = jws.GetProtectedH(0,json)
if (success == False):
    print(jws.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

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