VB.NET

Get the JWS Payload into BinData

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Demonstrates Jws.GetPayloadBd, which writes the payload of a loaded JWS as raw bytes into a BinData.

Background. This is used when the payload is binary. In practice, validate the signature before trusting the payload.

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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


'  Get the JWS payload as raw bytes into a BinData.
Dim bdPayload As New Chilkat.BinData
success = jws.GetPayloadBd(bdPayload)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(jws.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.WriteLine("Payload is " & bdPayload.NumBytes & " bytes.")