Set the Optional JWS Unprotected Header

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Demonstrates Jws.SetUnprotectedHeader, which sets the optional unprotected header for a signature.

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

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

  // Protected header specifying HMAC-SHA256.
  const header = new JsonObject();
  header.updateString('alg', 'HS256');
  try {
    jws.setProtectedHeader(0, header);
  } catch {
    console.log(jws.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Set the optional unprotected header for signature 0.  Unlike the protected header, it is not
  // covered by the signature.  It is carried in the JSON serialization forms of a JWS.
  const unprotected = new JsonObject();
  unprotected.updateString('kid', 'signer-key-1');
  try {
    jws.setUnprotectedHeader(0, unprotected);
  } 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;
  }

  const base64Key = 'YWJjZGVmZ2hpamtsbW5vcHFyc3R1dnd4eXowMTIzNDU=';
  try {
    jws.setMacKey(0, base64Key, 'base64');
  } catch {
    console.log(jws.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Because an unprotected header is present, the JWS is produced in a JSON serialization form.
  let jwsJson: string;
  try {
    jwsJson = jws.createJws();
  } catch {
    console.log(jws.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  console.log(jwsJson);
}