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Reading and validating C2PA data with Javascript in the browser
This example will start with some basic html boilerplate to display the last image we signed in module one on the left side of the page. And then on the right side of the page we’ll have an empty section to display the JSON formatted manifest store. Then, we’ll complete the Javascript portion of the file to read the Content Credentials from the image and set the output to the empty code section on the right.
Example use case for this lesson

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Code from the lesson
<!-- index.html -->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Content Credentials Demo</title>
<script src="https://cdn.tailwindcss.com"></script>
</head>
<body class="bg-gray-100 p-5">
<div>
<h1 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-5">Content Credentials Demo</h1>
<div class="grid grid-cols-2 gap-5">
<div>
<img id="image" src="publish-signed.jpg" class="max-w-full rounded shadow">
</div>
<pre id="output" class="bg-gray-900 text-gray-300 rounded p-4 shadow overflow-auto h-[600px]">
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</pre>
</div>
</div>
<script type="module">
// Import the createC2pa function from the c2pa-web via CDN
import { createC2pa } from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@contentauth/c2pa-web@0.5.5/+esm';
// Import trust settings
import { trustAnchors } from '/config.js';
// Create a c2pa instance with the WASM binary and trust settings
const c2pa = await createC2pa({
wasmSrc: 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@contentauth/c2pa-web@0.5.5/dist/resources/c2pa_bg.wasm',
settings: {
trust: { trustAnchors },
cawgTrust: { trustAnchors }
}
});
// Get the image element from the page
const image = document.getElementById('image');
// Fetch the image from its source
const response = await fetch(image.src);
// Read the response body as a Blob
const blob = await response.blob();
// Create a c2pa reader
const reader = await c2pa.reader.fromBlob(blob.type, blob);
// Read the manifest store from the fetched image
const manifestStore = await reader.manifestStore();
// Display the manifest store as JSON on the page
document.getElementById('output').textContent = JSON.stringify(manifestStore, null, 2);
// Free the reader to release WASM memory
await reader.free();
</script>
</body>
</html>
// config.js
export const trustAnchors = `-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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Digicert Trusted Timestamp Sha256 CA
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export const trustConfig = `
//id-kp-emailProtection
1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.4
//id-kp-documentSigning
1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.36
//id-kp-timeStamping
1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.8
//id-kp-OCSPSigning
1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.9
`;
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