Sign a JWS with a Private Key

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Demonstrates Jws.SetPrivateKey, which sets the private key used to create a signature. The example uses RS256 (RSASSA-PKCS1-v1_5 with SHA-256).

The file path is relative to the application's current working directory. An absolute path may also be used. Supply the path appropriate to your own environment.

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

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

  // Protected header specifying RSASSA-PKCS1-v1_5 with SHA-256 (RS256).
  const header = new JsonObject();
  header.updateString('alg', 'RS256');
  try {
    jws.setProtectedHeader(0, header);
  } catch {
    console.log(jws.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  const bIncludeBom = false;
  try {
    jws.setPayload('This is the content to sign.', 'utf-8', bIncludeBom);
  } catch {
    console.log(jws.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // The file path is relative to the application's current working directory.  An absolute path
  // may also be used.  Supply the path appropriate to your own environment.
  // Load the signer's private key and set it for signature 0.
  const privKey = new PrivateKey();
  try {
    privKey.loadPemFile('qa_data/signer_privkey.pem');
  } catch {
    console.log(privKey.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  try {
    jws.setPrivateKey(0, privKey);
  } catch {
    console.log(jws.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  let jwsCompact: string;
  try {
    jwsCompact = jws.createJws();
  } catch {
    console.log(jws.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  console.log(jwsCompact);
}