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Create XML Digital Signature using HMAC Key

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Demonstrates how to create an XML digital signature using an HMAC key.

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Delphi DLL
uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Http, StringBuilder, XmlDSigGen;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Boolean;
url: PWideChar;
http: HCkHttp;
sbXml: HCkStringBuilder;
xmlSigGen: HCkXmlDSigGen;

begin
success := False;

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

// Signs the following XML using an HMAC key.

// <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
// <collection Id="root">
// 	<album>
// 		<title>Questions, unanswered</title>
// 		<artist>Steve and the flubberblubs</artist>
// 		<year>1989</year>
// 		<t:tracks xmlns:t="http://test.xades4j/tracks">
// 			<t:song length="4:05" tracknumber="1">
// 				<t:title>What do you know?</t:title>
// 				<t:artist>Steve and the flubberblubs</t:artist>
// 				<t:lastplayed>2006-10-17-08:31</t:lastplayed>
// 			</t:song>
// 			<t:song length="3:45" tracknumber="2">
// 				<t:title>Who do you know?</t:title>
// 				<t:artist>Steve and the flubberblubs</t:artist>
// 				<t:lastplayed>2006-10-17-08:35</t:lastplayed>
// 			</t:song>
// 			<t:song length="5:14" tracknumber="3">
// 				<t:title>When do you know?</t:title>
// 				<t:artist>Steve and the flubberblubs</t:artist>
// 				<t:lastplayed>2006-10-17-08:39</t:lastplayed>
// 			</t:song>
// 			<t:song length="4:19" tracknumber="4">
// 				<t:title>Do you know?</t:title>
// 				<t:artist>Steve and the flubberblubs</t:artist>
// 				<t:lastplayed>2006-10-17-08:44</t:lastplayed>
// 			</t:song>
// 		</t:tracks>
// 	</album>
// </collection>
// 

// The above XML is available at https://www.chilkatsoft.com/exampleData/flubberblub.xml
// Fetch the XML and then sign it..

url := 'https://www.chilkatsoft.com/exampleData/flubberblub.xml';
http := CkHttp_Create();
sbXml := CkStringBuilder_Create();
success := CkHttp_QuickGetSb(http,url,sbXml);
if (success <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkHttp__lastErrorText(http));
    Exit;
  end;

xmlSigGen := CkXmlDSigGen_Create();

// The Signature will be inserted under the "collection" element.
CkXmlDSigGen_putSigLocation(xmlSigGen,'collection');

// Sign everything in <collection Id="root"> ... </collection>
CkXmlDSigGen_AddSameDocRef(xmlSigGen,'root','sha256','C14N','','');

// Specify the HMAC key.
// For example, if the HMAC key is to be the us-ascii bytes of the string "secret",
// the HMAC key can be set in any of the following ways (and also more ways not shown here..)
CkXmlDSigGen_SetHmacKey(xmlSigGen,'secret','ascii');
// or
CkXmlDSigGen_SetHmacKey(xmlSigGen,'c2VjcmV0','base64');
// or
CkXmlDSigGen_SetHmacKey(xmlSigGen,'736563726574','hex');

// Sign the XML..
success := CkXmlDSigGen_CreateXmlDSigSb(xmlSigGen,sbXml);
if (success <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkXmlDSigGen__lastErrorText(xmlSigGen));
    Exit;
  end;

// Examine the signed XML:
Memo1.Lines.Add(CkStringBuilder__getAsString(sbXml));

// The output is:
// 
// <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
// <collection Id="root">
// 	<album>
// 		<title>Questions, unanswered</title>
// 		<artist>Steve and the flubberblubs</artist>
// 		<year>1989</year>
// 		<t:tracks xmlns:t="http://test.xades4j/tracks">
// 			<t:song length="4:05" tracknumber="1">
// 				<t:title>What do you know?</t:title>
// 				<t:artist>Steve and the flubberblubs</t:artist>
// 				<t:lastplayed>2006-10-17-08:31</t:lastplayed>
// 			</t:song>
// 			<t:song length="3:45" tracknumber="2">
// 				<t:title>Who do you know?</t:title>
// 				<t:artist>Steve and the flubberblubs</t:artist>
// 				<t:lastplayed>2006-10-17-08:35</t:lastplayed>
// 			</t:song>
// 			<t:song length="5:14" tracknumber="3">
// 				<t:title>When do you know?</t:title>
// 				<t:artist>Steve and the flubberblubs</t:artist>
// 				<t:lastplayed>2006-10-17-08:39</t:lastplayed>
// 			</t:song>
// 			<t:song length="4:19" tracknumber="4">
// 				<t:title>Do you know?</t:title>
// 				<t:artist>Steve and the flubberblubs</t:artist>
// 				<t:lastplayed>2006-10-17-08:44</t:lastplayed>
// 			</t:song>
// 		</t:tracks>
// 	</album>
// <ds:Signature xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"><ds:SignedInfo><ds:CanonicalizationMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#"/><ds:SignatureMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmldsig-more#hmac-sha256"/><ds:Reference URI="#root"><ds:Transforms><ds:Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#enveloped-signature"/></ds:Transforms><ds:DigestMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha256"/><ds:DigestValue>rD/g8soqKz8EiPUBhEWfcQacS0ta4ULHX3dKMEH6ZoQ=</ds:DigestValue></ds:Reference></ds:SignedInfo><ds:SignatureValue>R8dXP95VRYJBfL6d0Peogybdk27+R+JIfX8jnVu0NOI=</ds:SignatureValue></ds:Signature></collection>
// 

CkHttp_Dispose(http);
CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbXml);
CkXmlDSigGen_Dispose(xmlSigGen);

end;