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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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C
#include <C_CkCrypt2.h>
#include <C_CkStringBuilder.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkCrypt2 crypt;
    const char *publicKey;
    const char *privateKey;
    const char *http_verb;
    const char *content_type;
    const char *x_bol_date;
    const char *uri;
    HCkStringBuilder sb;
    const char *mac;
    HCkStringBuilder sbHeader;
    const char *hdrValue;

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

    crypt = CkCrypt2_Create();

    CkCrypt2_putEncodingMode(crypt,"base64");
    CkCrypt2_putHashAlgorithm(crypt,"sha256");
    CkCrypt2_putMacAlgorithm(crypt,"hmac");

    publicKey = "oRNWbHFXtAECmhnZmEndcjLIaSKbRMVE";
    privateKey = "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

    http_verb = "GET";
    content_type = "application/xml";
    x_bol_date = "Wed, 17 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMT";
    uri = "/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.
    sb = CkStringBuilder_Create();
    CkStringBuilder_Append(sb,http_verb);
    CkStringBuilder_Append(sb,"\n\n");
    CkStringBuilder_Append(sb,content_type);
    CkStringBuilder_Append(sb,"\n");
    CkStringBuilder_Append(sb,x_bol_date);
    CkStringBuilder_Append(sb,"\nx-bol-date:");
    CkStringBuilder_Append(sb,x_bol_date);
    CkStringBuilder_Append(sb,"\n");
    CkStringBuilder_Append(sb,uri);
    printf("[%s]\n",CkStringBuilder_getAsString(sb));

    // Set the HMAC key:
    CkCrypt2_SetMacKeyEncoded(crypt,privateKey,"ascii");
    mac = CkCrypt2_macStringENC(crypt,CkStringBuilder_getAsString(sb));

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

    // The last step is to append the public key with the signature
    sbHeader = CkStringBuilder_Create();
    CkStringBuilder_Append(sbHeader,publicKey);
    CkStringBuilder_Append(sbHeader,":");
    CkStringBuilder_Append(sbHeader,mac);

    hdrValue = CkStringBuilder_getAsString(sbHeader);
    printf("%s\n",hdrValue);


    CkCrypt2_Dispose(crypt);
    CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sb);
    CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbHeader);

    }