Ruby

Load a JWE from a StringBuilder

See more JSON Web Encryption (JWE) Examples

Demonstrates Jwe.LoadJweSb, which loads a JWE from a StringBuilder (here read from a file) so it can be decrypted.

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.

Background. JWE (JSON Web Encryption) protects content with a content-encryption algorithm (the header enc value) while the content-encryption key is managed by the key-management algorithm (the header alg value). This example uses AES key wrapping with a symmetric wrapping key.

Chilkat Ruby Downloads

Download Chilkat for Ruby

Ruby

require 'chilkat'

success = false

jwe = Chilkat::CkJwe.new()

#  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 JWE text from a file into a StringBuilder.
sbJwe = Chilkat::CkStringBuilder.new()
bLoaded = sbJwe.LoadFile("qa_data/message.jwe","utf-8")
if (bLoaded != true)
    print "Failed to load the JWE file." + "\n";
    exit
end

#  Load the JWE from the StringBuilder.
success = jwe.LoadJweSb(sbJwe)
if (success == false)
    print jwe.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

#  The 256-bit key-wrapping key (base64) for recipient index 0.  In production, obtain the key
#  from a secure source rather than hard-coding it.
base64Key = "YWJjZGVmZ2hpamtsbW5vcHFyc3R1dnd4eXowMTIzNDU="
success = jwe.SetWrappingKey(0,base64Key,"base64")
if (success == false)
    print jwe.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

content = jwe.decrypt(0,"utf-8")
if (jwe.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false)
    print jwe.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

print content + "\n";