Load and Validate a JWS from a String

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Demonstrates Jws.LoadJws, which loads a JWS from its compact serialization string. The example then supplies the MAC key and validates the signature.

import { Jws } from '@chilkat/react-native'

function chilkatExample() {
  const jws = new Jws();

  // Load the JWS compact serialization.
  const jwsCompact = 'eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.VGhpcyBpcyB0aGUgY29udGVudCB0byBzaWduLg.<signature>';
  try {
    jws.loadJws(jwsCompact);
  } catch {
    console.log(jws.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Provide the HMAC key for signer 0, then validate the signature.  Validate returns 1 when the
  // signature is cryptographically valid, 0 when it is not, or a negative value on error.
  const base64Key = 'YWJjZGVmZ2hpamtsbW5vcHFyc3R1dnd4eXowMTIzNDU=';
  try {
    jws.setMacKey(0, base64Key, 'base64');
  } catch {
    console.log(jws.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  const v = jws.validate(0);
  if (v < 0) {
    console.log(jws.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  if (v !== 1) {
    console.log('The signature is not valid.');
    return;
  }

  console.log('The signature is valid.');
}