Node.js

URL Signing for Google Maps API

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Demonstrates how to sign a URL for the Google Maps API. Node.js

NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

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

    var crypt = new chilkat.Crypt2();

    // The output will be modified Base64.
    // Modified Base64 for URLs replaces the '+' and '/' characters 
    // of standard Base64 with '-' and '_' respectively, so that these 
    // Base64 signatures no longer need to be URL-encoded.
    crypt.EncodingMode = "modBase64";

    // Set the hash algorithm to sha-1
    crypt.HashAlgorithm = "sha-1";
    crypt.MacAlgorithm = "hmac";

    var sig;

    // Set the HMAC key (this is the private key provided by Google)
    crypt.SetMacKeyEncoded("vNIXE0xscrmjlyV-12Nj_BvUPaw=","modBase64");

    // Compute the URL signature
    sig = crypt.MacStringENC("/maps/api/geocode/json?address=New+York&sensor=false&client=clientID");

    // The result should be KrU1TzVQM7Ur0i8i7K3huiw3MsA=
    console.log(sig);

}

chilkatExample();