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Send ZATCA Invoice for Clearance

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Demonstrates how to send a ZATCA invoice for clearance, which is to send the HTTP POST with invoice hash and the signed invoice in base64 format.

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Visual Basic 6.0
Dim success As Long
success = 0

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

' This example will send a POST with HTTP Basic Authentication to 
' https://gw-fatoora.zatca.sa/e-invoicing/simulation/invoices/clearance/single

' NOTE: At the time of this writing, I don't know for sure if the above URL is correct.
' 
' The body of the POST will contain JSON formatted as such:

' {
'   "summary": "Standard Invoice",
'   "value": {
'     "invoiceHash": "PEx8bNFcEMEpHzUVvQntQI6ot8eFqTT/l59b+H1HqX4=",
'     "uuid": "16e78469-64af-406d-9cfd-895e724198f0",
'     "invoice": "PD94bWwgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4wIiBlbmNvZGluZz0iVVRGLTgiPz4KPEl....."
'   }
' }

' The above JSON is created from the signed XML invoice, such as the following:

' *** Look at the above base64 data for the invoiceHash and uuid.  These values are found in the invoice as shown below.
' *** We'll write code to load the signed invoice into a Chilkat XML object, grab the invoice hash and the uuid,
' *** and then construct the above JSON, which will then be sent in a POST.  (See below...)

' <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
' <Invoice xmlns="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:Invoice-2" xmlns:cac="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonAggregateComponents-2" xmlns:cbc="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonBasicComponents-2" xmlns:ext="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonExtensionComponents-2"><ext:UBLExtensions>
'     <ext:UBLExtension>
'         <ext:ExtensionURI>urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:dsig:enveloped:xades</ext:ExtensionURI>
'         <ext:ExtensionContent>
'             <!-- Please note that the signature values are sample values only -->
'             <sig:UBLDocumentSignatures xmlns:sig="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonSignatureComponents-2" xmlns:sac="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:SignatureAggregateComponents-2" xmlns:sbc="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:SignatureBasicComponents-2">
'                 <sac:SignatureInformation>
'                     <cbc:ID>urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:signature:1</cbc:ID>
'                     <sbc:ReferencedSignatureID>urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:signature:Invoice</sbc:ReferencedSignatureID>
'                     <ds:Signature xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" Id="signature">
'                         <ds:SignedInfo>
'                             <ds:CanonicalizationMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2006/12/xml-c14n11"/>
'                             <ds:SignatureMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmldsig-more#ecdsa-sha256"/>
'                             <ds:Reference Id="invoiceSignedData" URI="">
'                                 <ds:Transforms>
'                                     <ds:Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xpath-19991116">
'                                         <ds:XPath>not(//ancestor-or-self::ext:UBLExtensions)</ds:XPath>
'                                     </ds:Transform>
'                                     <ds:Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xpath-19991116">
'                                         <ds:XPath>not(//ancestor-or-self::cac:Signature)</ds:XPath>
'                                     </ds:Transform>
'                                     <ds:Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xpath-19991116">
'                                         <ds:XPath>not(//ancestor-or-self::cac:AdditionalDocumentReference[cbc:ID='QR'])</ds:XPath>
'                                     </ds:Transform>
'                                     <ds:Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2006/12/xml-c14n11"/>
'                                 </ds:Transforms>
'                                 <ds:DigestMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha256"/>
'                                 <ds:DigestValue>PEx8bNFcEMEpHzUVvQntQI6ot8eFqTT/l59b+H1HqX4=</ds:DigestValue>
'                             </ds:Reference>
'                             <ds:Reference Type="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#SignatureProperties" URI="#xadesSignedProperties">
'                                 <ds:DigestMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha256"/>
'                                 <ds:DigestValue>ZDEyMDUyODJjYzk4MGViNTJhNmYzMGIyZTgxODhkY2JlOWEzNmRiMTFlZTVhMDAxNjk5OTRkYTg3ODhlY2ZiMw==</ds:DigestValue>
'                             </ds:Reference>
'                         </ds:SignedInfo>
' ...
' ...
' ...
'         </ext:ExtensionContent>
'     </ext:UBLExtension>
' </ext:UBLExtensions>
'     
'     <cbc:ProfileID>reporting:1.0</cbc:ProfileID>
'     <cbc:ID>SME00062</cbc:ID>
'     <cbc:UUID>16e78469-64af-406d-9cfd-895e724198f0</cbc:UUID>
'     <cbc:IssueDate>2022-03-13</cbc:IssueDate>
'     <cbc:IssueTime>14:40:40</cbc:IssueTime>
'     <cbc:InvoiceTypeCode name="0111010">388</cbc:InvoiceTypeCode>
' ...
' ...
' ...
'     </cac:InvoiceLine>
' </Invoice>

' -------------------------------------------------------------------
' First, let's load our signed XML into a Chilkat XML object so we can get the uuid and invoice hash.
Dim signedXmlFilePath As String
signedXmlFilePath = "qa_data/zatca/http_post_clearance/sample_signed_invoice.xml"

Dim signedXml As New ChilkatXml
success = signedXml.LoadXmlFile(signedXmlFilePath)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print signedXml.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim invoiceHash As String
invoiceHash = signedXml.GetChildContent("ext:UBLExtensions|ext:UBLExtension|ext:ExtensionContent|sig:UBLDocumentSignatures|sac:SignatureInformation|ds:Signature|ds:SignedInfo|ds:Reference[0]|ds:DigestValue")
Debug.Print "invoiceHash: " & invoiceHash

Dim cbc_UUID As String
cbc_UUID = signedXml.GetChildContent("cbc:UUID")
Debug.Print "UUID: " & cbc_UUID

' The Chilkat XML object was used purely for getting the above 2 values.
' We must send the EXACT signed XML in base64 format.  Therefore, we should load the signed XML into a Chilkat BinData and get it in base64 single-line format.

Dim bd As New ChilkatBinData
success = bd.LoadFile(signedXmlFilePath)
Dim base64Invoice As String
base64Invoice = bd.GetEncoded("base64")

' OK, let's build the JSON that will be in the HTTP POST body.
Dim json As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = json.UpdateString("summary","Standard Invoice")
success = json.UpdateString("value.invoiceHash",invoiceHash)
success = json.UpdateString("value.uuid",cbc_UUID)
success = json.UpdateString("value.invoice",base64Invoice)

' Now create the HTTP object and send the POST.
Dim http As New ChilkatHttp

' We'll want HTTP basic authentication.
http.BasicAuth = 1
http.Login = "your login"
http.Password = "your password"

Dim resp As New ChilkatHttpResponse
success = http.HttpJson("POST","https://gw-fatoora.zatca.sa/e-invoicing/simulation/invoices/clearance/single",json,"application/json",resp)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Check the response status code.  A 200 or 202 indicates success..
Dim statusCode As Long
statusCode = resp.StatusCode
Debug.Print "Response status code = " & statusCode

' Examine the response, which is JSON.
Dim jsonResp As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = resp.GetBodyJson(jsonResp)
jsonResp.EmitCompact = 0
Debug.Print "JSON Response:"
Debug.Print jsonResp.Emit()

' Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
' Generate Parsing Code from JSON