Node.js

Extract TSTInfo from RFC3161 Timestamp Reply

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Sends an RFC 3161 timestamp request to a TSA (Timestamp Authority) server and converts the timestamp reply to XML, and then extracts the TSTInfo from the XML and converts it to XML. Node.js

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function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    // Note: Requires Chilkat v9.5.0.75 or greater.

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

    // First sha-256 hash the data that is to be timestamped.
    // In this example, the data is the string "Hello World"

    var crypt = new chilkat.Crypt2();
    crypt.HashAlgorithm = "sha256";
    crypt.EncodingMode = "base64";
    var base64Hash = crypt.HashFileENC("qa_data/hamlet.xml");

    var http = new chilkat.Http();

    var requestToken = new chilkat.BinData();
    var optionalPolicyOid = "";
    var addNonce = false;
    var requestTsaCert = true;

    // Create a time-stamp request token
    success = http.CreateTimestampRequest("sha256",base64Hash,optionalPolicyOid,addNonce,requestTsaCert,requestToken);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(http.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Send the time-stamp request token to the TSA.
    // This is the equivalent of the following CURL command:
    // curl -H "Content-Type: application/timestamp-query" --data-binary '@file.tsq' http://timestamp.digicert.com > file.tsr
    var tsaUrl = "http://timestamp.digicert.com";
    var resp = new chilkat.HttpResponse();
    success = http.HttpBd("POST",tsaUrl,requestToken,"application/timestamp-query",resp);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(http.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Get the timestamp reply from the HTTP response object.
    var timestampReply = new chilkat.BinData();
    resp.GetBodyBd(timestampReply);

    // Convert the binary timestamp reply to XML
    var asn = new chilkat.Asn();
    success = asn.LoadBd(timestampReply);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(asn.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    var xml = new chilkat.Xml();
    success = xml.LoadXml(asn.AsnToXml());

    // Extract the TSTInfo from the XML.
    // The TSTInfo is this base64 encoded ASN.1 

    // TSTInfo ::= SEQUENCE  {
    //    version                      INTEGER  { v1(1) },
    //    policy                       TSAPolicyId,
    //    messageImprint               MessageImprint,
    //      -- MUST have the same value as the similar field in
    //      -- TimeStampReq
    //    serialNumber                 INTEGER,
    //     -- Time-Stamping users MUST be ready to accommodate integers
    //     -- up to 160 bits.
    //    genTime                      GeneralizedTime,
    //    accuracy                     Accuracy                 OPTIONAL,
    //    ordering                     BOOLEAN             DEFAULT FALSE,
    //    nonce                        INTEGER                  OPTIONAL,
    //      -- MUST be present if the similar field was present
    //      -- in TimeStampReq.  In that case it MUST have the same value.
    //    tsa                          [0] GeneralName          OPTIONAL,
    //    extensions                   [1] IMPLICIT Extensions   OPTIONAL  }

    var tstInfoBase64 = xml.GetChildContent("sequence[1]|contextSpecific|sequence|sequence|contextSpecific|octets");

    var bdTstInfo = new chilkat.BinData();
    bdTstInfo.AppendEncoded(tstInfoBase64,"base64");

    var asnTstInfo = new chilkat.Asn();
    success = asnTstInfo.LoadBd(bdTstInfo);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(asnTstInfo.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    var xmlTstInfo = new chilkat.Xml();
    success = xmlTstInfo.LoadXml(asnTstInfo.AsnToXml());
    console.log(xmlTstInfo.GetXml());

    // Here's the TSTInfo XML:

    // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    // <sequence>
    //     <int>01</int>
    //     <oid>2.16.840.1.114412.7.1</oid>
    //     <sequence>
    //         <sequence>
    //             <oid>2.16.840.1.101.3.4.2.1</oid>
    //             <null/>
    //         </sequence>
    //         <octets>4sRRyWOzC7EOic4fQ9+Op1pa10DbgoBGjBvkq09LZmE=</octets>
    //     </sequence>
    //     <int>00AD2C86E49872597B60F87D5C54BCFFAE</int>
    //     <universal tag="24" constructed="0">MjAyMzAzMTYxMTQ5NTJa</universal>
    // </sequence>

    //    The genTime (GeneralizedTime) is contained in the final "universal" XML element and is 
    //    in base64. It is the time at which the time-stamp token has been created by
    //    the TSA. After decoding from base64, it is:
    // 
    //    The syntax is: YYYYMMDDhhmmss[.s...]Z
    //    Example: 19990609001326.34352Z

    var sbGenTime = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
    sbGenTime.DecodeAndAppend(xmlTstInfo.GetChildContent("universal"),"base64","utf-8");
    console.log(sbGenTime.GetAsString());

    // Result:
    // 20230316115718Z

}

chilkatExample();