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Plaza API (bol.com) HMAC-SHA256 Authentication

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Demonstrates how to compute the Authorization header for bol.com using HMAC-SHA256.

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#include <CkCrypt2W.h>
#include <CkStringBuilderW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkCrypt2W crypt;

    crypt.put_EncodingMode(L"base64");
    crypt.put_HashAlgorithm(L"sha256");
    crypt.put_MacAlgorithm(L"hmac");

    const wchar_t *publicKey = L"oRNWbHFXtAECmhnZmEndcjLIaSKbRMVE";
    const wchar_t *privateKey = L"MaQHPOnmYkPZNgeRziPnQyyOJYytUbcFBVJBvbMKoDdpPqaZbaOiLUTWzPAkpPsZFZbJHrcoltdgpZolyNcgvvBaKcmkqFjucFzXhDONTsPAtHHyccQlLUZpkOuywMiOycDWcCySFsgpDiyGnCWCZJkNTtVdPxbSUTWVIFQiUxaPDYDXRQAVVTbSVZArAZkaLDLOoOvPzxSdhnkkJWzlQDkqsXNKfAIgAldrmyfROSyCGMCfvzdQdUQEaYZTPEoA";

    // The string to sign is this:
    // http_verb +'\n\n'+ content_type +'\n'+ x_bol_date +'\n'+ 'x-bol-date:'+ x_bol_date +'\n'+ uri

    const wchar_t *http_verb = L"GET";
    const wchar_t *content_type = L"application/xml";
    const wchar_t *x_bol_date = L"Wed, 17 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMT";
    const wchar_t *uri = L"/services/rest/orders/v2";

    // IMPORTANT: Notice the use of underscore and hyphen (dash) chars in x-bol-date vs. x_bol_date.
    // In one place hypens are used.  In two places, underscore chars are used.
    CkStringBuilderW sb;
    sb.Append(http_verb);
    sb.Append(L"\n\n");
    sb.Append(content_type);
    sb.Append(L"\n");
    sb.Append(x_bol_date);
    sb.Append(L"\nx-bol-date:");
    sb.Append(x_bol_date);
    sb.Append(L"\n");
    sb.Append(uri);
    wprintf(L"[%s]\n",sb.getAsString());

    // Set the HMAC key:
    crypt.SetMacKeyEncoded(privateKey,L"ascii");
    const wchar_t *mac = crypt.macStringENC(sb.getAsString());

    // The answer should be: nqzLWvXI1eBhBXrRx5NF23V5hS8Q1xWCloJzPi/RAts=
    wprintf(L"%s\n",mac);

    // The last step is to append the public key with the signature
    CkStringBuilderW sbHeader;
    sbHeader.Append(publicKey);
    sbHeader.Append(L":");
    sbHeader.Append(mac);

    const wchar_t *hdrValue = sbHeader.getAsString();
    wprintf(L"%s\n",hdrValue);
    }