Unicode C++
Unicode C++
Sign a JWS with an HMAC Key
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Demonstrates Jws.SetMacKey, which sets the symmetric MAC key for a signature. The key bytes are supplied in a named encoding such as hex or base64.
Background. HMAC-based JWS (for example HS256) authenticates the payload with a shared symmetric key that both signer and verifier possess.
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#include <CkJwsW.h>
#include <CkJsonObjectW.h>
void ChilkatSample(void)
{
bool success = false;
CkJwsW jws;
// Protected header specifying HMAC-SHA256.
CkJsonObjectW header;
header.UpdateString(L"alg",L"HS256");
success = jws.SetProtectedHeader(0,header);
if (success == false) {
wprintf(L"%s\n",jws.lastErrorText());
return;
}
bool bIncludeBom = false;
success = jws.SetPayload(L"This is the content to sign.",L"utf-8",bIncludeBom);
if (success == false) {
wprintf(L"%s\n",jws.lastErrorText());
return;
}
// Set the symmetric MAC key for signature 0. The key bytes are provided in the named encoding (here
// base64). In production, obtain the key from a secure source rather than hard-coding it.
const wchar_t *base64Key = L"YWJjZGVmZ2hpamtsbW5vcHFyc3R1dnd4eXowMTIzNDU=";
success = jws.SetMacKey(0,base64Key,L"base64");
if (success == false) {
wprintf(L"%s\n",jws.lastErrorText());
return;
}
const wchar_t *jwsCompact = jws.createJws();
if (jws.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
wprintf(L"%s\n",jws.lastErrorText());
return;
}
wprintf(L"%s\n",jwsCompact);
}