VBScript

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 fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

success = 0

set jws = CreateObject("Chilkat.Jws")

'  Load the JWS compact serialization.
jwsCompact = "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.VGhpcyBpcyB0aGUgY29udGVudCB0byBzaWduLg.<signature>"
success = jws.LoadJws(jwsCompact)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(jws.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

'  Get the JWS payload as raw bytes into a BinData.
set bdPayload = CreateObject("Chilkat.BinData")
success = jws.GetPayloadBd(bdPayload)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(jws.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

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

outFile.Close