VB.NET

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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Dim success As Boolean = False

Dim jws As New Chilkat.Jws

'  Load the JWS compact serialization.
Dim jwsCompact As String = "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.VGhpcyBpcyB0aGUgY29udGVudCB0byBzaWduLg.<signature>"
success = jws.LoadJws(jwsCompact)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(jws.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


'  Return the JWS payload as text, decoded using the given charset.
Dim payload As String = jws.GetPayload("utf-8")
If (jws.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(jws.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.WriteLine(payload)