Swift

Get the JWS Payload as a String

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Demonstrates Jws.GetPayload, which returns the payload of a loaded JWS as text, decoded using the given charset.

Background. In practice, validate the signature before trusting the payload. Getting the payload retrieves the signed content.

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func chilkatTest() {
    var success: Bool = false

    let jws = CkoJws()!

    //  Load the JWS compact serialization.
    var jwsCompact: String? = "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.VGhpcyBpcyB0aGUgY29udGVudCB0byBzaWduLg.<signature>"
    success = jws.load(jwsStr: jwsCompact)
    if success == false {
        print("\(jws.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    //  Return the JWS payload as text, decoded using the given charset.
    var payload: String? = jws.getPayload(charset: "utf-8")
    if jws.lastMethodSuccess == false {
        print("\(jws.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    print("\(payload!)")

}