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Extract SignatureValue from Signed XML

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Demonstrates how to extract the signature value from signed XML.

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success = 0

'  This example will work with the following signed XML, which as been reformatted for readability.

'  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
'  <SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
'      <SOAP-ENV:Header>
'          <wsse:Security xmlns:wsse="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd" SOAP-ENV:mustUnderstand="1">
'              <ds:Signature xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#">
'                  <ds:SignedInfo>
'                      <ds:CanonicalizationMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#">
'                          <InclusiveNamespaces xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#" PrefixList="wsse SOAP-ENV"/>
'                      </ds:CanonicalizationMethod>
'                      <ds:SignatureMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmldsig-more#rsa-sha256"/>
'                      <ds:Reference URI="#Body">
'                          <ds:Transforms>
'                              <ds:Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#"/>
'                          </ds:Transforms>
'                          <ds:DigestMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha256"/>
'                          <ds:DigestValue>OwgHPZNfDkXnZsjpfzXqAcT3RV3HzmTsEy2bP44FJ0M=</ds:DigestValue>
'                      </ds:Reference>
'                  </ds:SignedInfo>
'                  <ds:SignatureValue>C+7FWngU....DJFBcdg==</ds:SignatureValue>
'                  <ds:KeyInfo>
'                      <ds:KeyValue>
'                          <ds:RSAKeyValue>
'                              <ds:Modulus>sXeRhM55P13.....NAcibRw==</ds:Modulus>
'                              <ds:Exponent>AQAB</ds:Exponent>
'                          </ds:RSAKeyValue>
'                      </ds:KeyValue>
'                  </ds:KeyInfo>
'              </ds:Signature>
'          </wsse:Security>
'      </SOAP-ENV:Header>
'      <SOAP-ENV:Body xmlns:SOAP-SEC="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/security/2000-12" SOAP-SEC:id="Body">
'          <z:FooBar xmlns:z="http://example.com"/>
'      </SOAP-ENV:Body>
'  </SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

'  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'  There are a number of ways we can get the contents of the  <ds:SignatureValue>...</ds:SignatureValue>

filePath = "qa_data/xml_dsig_testing/sample_to_show_how_to_extract_sig.xml"

'  If you know there will only be a single SignatureValue in the XML, you don't need to parse XML.
'  Just do quick and simple string search..
'  For example:
set sb = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = sb.LoadFile(filePath,"utf-8")
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Failed to load file.") & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

base64Sig = sb.GetBetween("SignatureValue>","</")
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "base64Sig = " & base64Sig) & "</pre>"

'  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'  If the XML might contain multiple signatures, but the signatures will always be located in the 
'  same place, then you can (beforehand) copy a sample signed XML into Chilkat's online tool
'  at Generate Parsing Code from XML
'  to get the path to the SignatureValue.  For example, the line of code generated for the SignatureValue
'  for the above XML is:
'  string ds_SignatureValue = xml.GetChildContent("SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security|ds:Signature|ds:SignatureValue");

'  So you can simply use that path..
set xml = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Xml")
success = xml.LoadXmlFile(filePath)
'  Assume success..

base64Sig = xml.GetChildContent("SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security|ds:Signature|ds:SignatureValue")
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "base64Sig = " & base64Sig) & "</pre>"

'  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'  Or perhaps you don't know where the signature is located in the XML.
'  You can search for the tag..
' xSigVal is a Chilkat.Xml
Set xSigVal = xml.SearchForTag(xml,"*:SignatureValue")
If (xml.LastMethodSuccess = 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "base64Sig = " & xSigVal.Content) & "</pre>"

Else
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "No SignatureValue found.") & "</pre>"
End If


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