Decrypt a JWE with a Private Key

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Demonstrates Jwe.SetPrivateKey, which sets the private key used to decrypt a recipient of a loaded JWE.

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.

Dim success As Boolean = False

Dim jwe As New Chilkat.Jwe

'  Load the JWE compact serialization to be decrypted.
Dim jweCompact As String = "eyJhbGciOiJBMjU2S1ciLCJlbmMiOiJBMjU2R0NNIn0.<...>.<iv>.<ciphertext>.<tag>"
success = jwe.LoadJwe(jweCompact)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(jwe.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


'  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 recipient's private key.
Dim privKey As New Chilkat.PrivateKey
success = privKey.LoadPemFile("qa_data/recipient_privkey.pem")
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(privKey.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


'  Set the private key used to decrypt recipient 0.
success = jwe.SetPrivateKey(0,privKey)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(jwe.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Dim content As String = jwe.Decrypt(0,"utf-8")
If (jwe.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(jwe.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.WriteLine(content)