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P7S - Access Signature Information (date/time, certificate used, etc.)

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Examine a PKCS7 signature (.p7s) and get information about it.

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function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

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

    // First load the .p7s file into a BinData object..
    var bd = new chilkat.BinData();
    success = bd.LoadFile("qa_data/p7s/sample.p7s");
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log("Failed to load .p7s file.");
        return;
    }

    var crypt = new chilkat.Crypt2();

    // Assuming this is a signature that contains the original data that was signed..
    success = crypt.OpaqueVerifyBd(bd);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(crypt.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Examine the last JSON data after signature verification..
    var json = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    crypt.GetLastJsonData(json);

    json.EmitCompact = false;
    console.log(json.Emit());

    // Sample output...
    // Go to http://tools.chilkat.io/jsonParse.cshtml
    // and paste the JSON into the online form to generate JSON parsing code.

    // {
    //   "pkcs7": {
    //     "verify": {
    //       "digestAlgorithms": [
    //         "sha256"
    //       ],
    //       "signerInfo": [
    //         {
    //           "cert": {
    //             "serialNumber": "AAC5FC48C0FD8FBB",
    //             "issuerCN": "AC ABCDEF RFB v5",
    //             "issuerDN": "",
    //             "digestAlgOid": "2.16.840.1.101.3.4.2.1",
    //             "digestAlgName": "SHA-256"
    //           },
    //           "contentType": "1.2.840.113549.1.7.1",
    //           "signingTime": "180607195054Z",
    //           "messageDigest": "trzyxXbZ96z2M4mncyZ7BNMV4yIT92+5sS27Fu64iG8=",
    //           "signingAlgOid": "1.2.840.113549.1.1.11",
    //           "signerDigest": "trzyxXbZ96z2M4mncyZ7BNMV4yIT92+5sS27Fu64iG8="
    //         },
    //         {
    //           "cert": {
    //             "serialNumber": "324FB38ABD59723F",
    //             "issuerCN": "AC ABCDEF RFB v5",
    //             "issuerDN": "",
    //             "digestAlgOid": "2.16.840.1.101.3.4.2.1",
    //             "digestAlgName": "SHA-256"
    //           },
    //           "contentType": "1.2.840.113549.1.7.1",
    //           "signingTime": "180608182517Z",
    //           "messageDigest": "trzyxXbZ96z2M4mncyZ7BNMV4yIT92+5sS27Fu64iG8=",
    //           "signingAlgOid": "1.2.840.113549.1.1.11",
    //           "signerDigest": "trzyxXbZ96z2M4mncyZ7BNMV4yIT92+5sS27Fu64iG8="
    //         }
    //       ]
    //     }
    //   }
    // }
    // 

    var i;
    var count_i;
    var strVal;
    var certSerialNumber;
    var certIssuerCN;
    var certIssuerDN;
    var certDigestAlgOid;
    var certDigestAlgName;
    var contentType;
    var signingTime;
    var messageDigest;
    var signingAlgOid;
    var signerDigest;
    var dt = new chilkat.CkDateTime();

    i = 0;
    count_i = json.SizeOfArray("pkcs7.verify.digestAlgorithms");
    while (i < count_i) {
        json.I = i;
        strVal = json.StringOf("pkcs7.verify.digestAlgorithms[i]");
        i = i+1;
    }

    i = 0;
    count_i = json.SizeOfArray("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo");
    while (i < count_i) {
        json.I = i;
        certSerialNumber = json.StringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].cert.serialNumber");
        certIssuerCN = json.StringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].cert.issuerCN");
        certIssuerDN = json.StringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].cert.issuerDN");
        certDigestAlgOid = json.StringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].cert.digestAlgOid");
        certDigestAlgName = json.StringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].cert.digestAlgName");
        contentType = json.StringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].contentType");
        signingTime = json.StringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].signingTime");

        // The signingTime isin UTCTime format.
        // UTCTime values take the form of either "YYMMDDhhmm[ss]Z" or "YYMMDDhhmm[ss](+|-)hhmm"
        // Starting in Chilkat v9.5.0.77, the SetFromTimestamp method auto-recognizes the UTCTime format and parses it correctly.
        success = dt.SetFromTimestamp(signingTime);
        // To get the signingTime in other date/time formats, look at the online reference documentation for CkDateTime.
        // There are numerous methods such as GetAsDateTime, GetAsIso8601, GetAsUnixTime, GetAsRfc822, etc.

        messageDigest = json.StringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].messageDigest");
        signingAlgOid = json.StringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].signingAlgOid");
        signerDigest = json.StringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].signerDigest");
        i = i+1;
    }

    // println crypt.LastErrorText;
    console.log("Success.");

}

chilkatExample();