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Xbase++ Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

JWE using RSAES-PKCS1-v1_5 and AES_128_CBC_HMAC_SHA_256

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This example duplicates the example A.2 in RFC 7516 for JSON Web Encryption (JWE).

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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL cPlaintext
LOCAL oJweProtHdr
LOCAL oSbJwk
LOCAL oRsaPrivKey
LOCAL oRsaPubKey
LOCAL oJwe
LOCAL cStrJwe
LOCAL oJwe2
LOCAL cOriginalPlaintext
LOCAL oSbJwe

nSuccess := 0

//  This requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
//  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

//  Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.66 or greater.

cPlaintext := "Live long and prosper."

//  First build the JWE Protected Header.
//  We want to build this: {"alg":"RSA1_5","enc":"A128CBC-HS256"}
oJweProtHdr := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
oJweProtHdr:AppendString("alg", "RSA1_5")
oJweProtHdr:AppendString("enc", "A128CBC-HS256")
? "JWE Protected Header: " + oJweProtHdr:Emit()
? "--"

//  The specific RSA key used in the A.2 example is the following JWK:
oSbJwk := CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
oSbJwk:Append('{"kty":"RSA",')
oSbJwk:Append('"n":"sXchDaQebHnPiGvyDOAT4saGEUetSyo9MKLOoWFsueri23bOdgWp4Dy1Wl')
oSbJwk:Append("UzewbgBHod5pcM9H95GQRV3JDXboIRROSBigeC5yjU1hGzHHyXss8UDpre")
oSbJwk:Append("cbAYxknTcQkhslANGRUZmdTOQ5qTRsLAt6BTYuyvVRdhS8exSZEy_c4gs_")
oSbJwk:Append("7svlJJQ4H9_NxsiIoLwAEk7-Q3UXERGYw_75IDrGA84-lA_-Ct4eTlXHBI")
oSbJwk:Append("Y2EaV7t7LjJaynVJCpkv4LKjTTAumiGUIuQhrNhZLuF_RJLqHpM2kgWFLU")
oSbJwk:Append('7-VTdL1VbC2tejvcI2BlMkEpk1BzBZI0KQB0GaDWFLN-aEAw3vRw",')
oSbJwk:Append('"e":"AQAB",')
oSbJwk:Append('"d":"VFCWOqXr8nvZNyaaJLXdnNPXZKRaWCjkU5Q2egQQpTBMwhprMzWzpR8Sxq')
oSbJwk:Append("1OPThh_J6MUD8Z35wky9b8eEO0pwNS8xlh1lOFRRBoNqDIKVOku0aZb-ry")
oSbJwk:Append("nq8cxjDTLZQ6Fz7jSjR1Klop-YKaUHc9GsEofQqYruPhzSA-QgajZGPbE_")
oSbJwk:Append("0ZaVDJHfyd7UUBUKunFMScbflYAAOYJqVIVwaYR5zWEEceUjNnTNo_CVSj")
oSbJwk:Append("-VvXLO5VZfCUAVLgW4dpf1SrtZjSt34YLsRarSb127reG_DUwg9Ch-Kyvj")
oSbJwk:Append('T1SkHgUWRVGcyly7uvVGRSDwsXypdrNinPA4jlhoNdizK2zF2CWQ",')
oSbJwk:Append('"p":"9gY2w6I6S6L0juEKsbeDAwpd9WMfgqFoeA9vEyEUuk4kLwBKcoe1x4HG68')
oSbJwk:Append("ik918hdDSE9vDQSccA3xXHOAFOPJ8R9EeIAbTi1VwBYnbTp87X-xcPWlEP")
oSbJwk:Append('krdoUKW60tgs1aNd_Nnc9LEVVPMS390zbFxt8TN_biaBgelNgbC95sM",')
oSbJwk:Append('"q":"uKlCKvKv_ZJMVcdIs5vVSU_6cPtYI1ljWytExV_skstvRSNi9r66jdd9-y')
oSbJwk:Append("BhVfuG4shsp2j7rGnIio901RBeHo6TPKWVVykPu1iYhQXw1jIABfw-MVsN")
oSbJwk:Append('-3bQ76WLdt2SDxsHs7q7zPyUyHXmps7ycZ5c72wGkUwNOjYelmkiNS0",')
oSbJwk:Append('"dp":"w0kZbV63cVRvVX6yk3C8cMxo2qCM4Y8nsq1lmMSYhG4EcL6FWbX5h9yuv')
oSbJwk:Append("ngs4iLEFk6eALoUS4vIWEwcL4txw9LsWH_zKI-hwoReoP77cOdSL4AVcra")
oSbJwk:Append('Hawlkpyd2TWjE5evgbhWtOxnZee3cXJBkAi64Ik6jZxbvk-RR3pEhnCs",')
oSbJwk:Append('"dq":"o_8V14SezckO6CNLKs_btPdFiO9_kC1DsuUTd2LAfIIVeMZ7jn1Gus_Ff')
oSbJwk:Append("7B7IVx3p5KuBGOVF8L-qifLb6nQnLysgHDh132NDioZkhH7mI7hPG-PYE_")
oSbJwk:Append('odApKdnqECHWw0J-F0JWnUd6D2B_1TvF9mXA2Qx-iGYn8OVV1Bsmp6qU",')
oSbJwk:Append('"qi":"eNho5yRBEBxhGBtQRww9QirZsB66TrfFReG_CcteI1aCneT0ELGhYlRlC')
oSbJwk:Append("tUkTRclIfuEPmNsNDPbLoLqqCVznFbvdB7x-Tl-m0l_eFTj2KiqwGqE9PZ")
oSbJwk:Append('B9nNTwMVvH3VRRSLWACvPnSiwP8N5Usy-WRXS-V7TbpxIhvepTfE0NNo"')
oSbJwk:Append("}")

//  Load this JWK into a Chilkat private key object.
oRsaPrivKey := CreateObject("Chilkat.PrivateKey")
nSuccess := oRsaPrivKey:LoadJwk(oSbJwk:GetAsString())
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oRsaPrivKey:LastErrorText
    oJweProtHdr:destroy()
    oSbJwk:destroy()
    oRsaPrivKey:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  The public key is used to encrypt (i.e. create the JWE), 
//  and the private key is used to decrypt.
//  The RSA public key is simply a subset of the private key.  The RSA public key
//  is composed of the "n" and "e" members shown above.  These are also known as the
//  modulus and exponent.
//  We can simply get the public key object from the private key object
oRsaPubKey := CreateObject("Chilkat.PublicKey")
oRsaPrivKey:ToPublicKey(oRsaPubKey)

//  Create the JWE...
oJwe := CreateObject("Chilkat.Jwe")
oJwe:SetProtectedHeader(oJweProtHdr)
oJwe:SetPublicKey(0, oRsaPubKey)

cStrJwe := oJwe:Encrypt(cPlaintext, "utf-8")
IF (oJwe:LastMethodSuccess == 0)
    ? oJwe:LastErrorText
    oJweProtHdr:destroy()
    oSbJwk:destroy()
    oRsaPrivKey:destroy()
    oRsaPubKey:destroy()
    oJwe:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Show the JWE we just created:
? cStrJwe

//  Note: The RSA PKCS1_V1_5 padding uses random value, and the results
//  will be different each time.  However, each result should be successfully
//  decrypting if using the correct RSA private key.

//  Let's decrypt the JWE that was just produced.
//  Do the following to decrypt a JWE:
//  1) Load the JWE.
//  2) Set the private key for decryption.
//  3) Decrypt.
oJwe2 := CreateObject("Chilkat.Jwe")
nSuccess := oJwe2:LoadJwe(cStrJwe)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oJwe2:LastErrorText
    oJweProtHdr:destroy()
    oSbJwk:destroy()
    oRsaPrivKey:destroy()
    oRsaPubKey:destroy()
    oJwe:destroy()
    oJwe2:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Provide the RSA private key for decryption.
//  (The JWE was encrypted for a single recipient at index 0.)
oJwe2:SetPrivateKey(0, oRsaPrivKey)

//  Decrypt.
cOriginalPlaintext := oJwe2:Decrypt(0, "utf-8")
IF (oJwe2:LastMethodSuccess == 0)
    ? oJwe2:LastErrorText
    oJweProtHdr:destroy()
    oSbJwk:destroy()
    oRsaPrivKey:destroy()
    oRsaPubKey:destroy()
    oJwe:destroy()
    oJwe2:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

? "original text: "
? cOriginalPlaintext

//  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  It should also be possible to decrypt the JWE as shown in RFC 7516, Appendix A.2.7
//  because it was produced using the same RSA key.

oSbJwe := CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
oSbJwe:Append("eyJhbGciOiJSU0ExXzUiLCJlbmMiOiJBMTI4Q0JDLUhTMjU2In0.")
oSbJwe:Append("UGhIOguC7IuEvf_NPVaXsGMoLOmwvc1GyqlIKOK1nN94nHPoltGRhWhw7Zx0-kFm")
oSbJwe:Append("1NJn8LE9XShH59_i8J0PH5ZZyNfGy2xGdULU7sHNF6Gp2vPLgNZ__deLKxGHZ7Pc")
oSbJwe:Append("HALUzoOegEI-8E66jX2E4zyJKx-YxzZIItRzC5hlRirb6Y5Cl_p-ko3YvkkysZIF")
oSbJwe:Append("NPccxRU7qve1WYPxqbb2Yw8kZqa2rMWI5ng8OtvzlV7elprCbuPhcCdZ6XDP0_F8")
oSbJwe:Append("rkXds2vE4X-ncOIM8hAYHHi29NX0mcKiRaD0-D-ljQTP-cFPgwCp6X-nZZd9OHBv")
oSbJwe:Append("-B3oWh2TbqmScqXMR4gp_A.")
oSbJwe:Append("AxY8DCtDaGlsbGljb3RoZQ.")
oSbJwe:Append("KDlTtXchhZTGufMYmOYGS4HffxPSUrfmqCHXaI9wOGY.")
oSbJwe:Append("9hH0vgRfYgPnAHOd8stkvw")

nSuccess := oJwe2:LoadJweSb(oSbJwe)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oJwe2:LastErrorText
    oJweProtHdr:destroy()
    oSbJwk:destroy()
    oRsaPrivKey:destroy()
    oRsaPubKey:destroy()
    oJwe:destroy()
    oJwe2:destroy()
    oSbJwe:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Provide the RSA private key for decryption.
oJwe2:SetPrivateKey(0, oRsaPrivKey)

//  Decrypt.
cOriginalPlaintext := oJwe2:Decrypt(0, "utf-8")
IF (oJwe2:LastMethodSuccess == 0)
    ? oJwe2:LastErrorText
    oJweProtHdr:destroy()
    oSbJwk:destroy()
    oRsaPrivKey:destroy()
    oRsaPubKey:destroy()
    oJwe:destroy()
    oJwe2:destroy()
    oSbJwe:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

? cOriginalPlaintext

oJweProtHdr:destroy()
oSbJwk:destroy()
oRsaPrivKey:destroy()
oRsaPubKey:destroy()
oJwe:destroy()
oJwe2:destroy()
oSbJwe:destroy()