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Alliance Access LAU Sign Message (XML Signature using HMAC-SHA-256)

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Demonstrates how to sign XML according to the requirements for Alliance Access LAU (Local Authentication) using HMAC-SHA-256.

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Dim success As Boolean = False

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

'  We begin with this message:

'  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
'  <Saa:DataPDU xmlns:Saa="urn:swift:saa:xsd:saa.2.0" xmlns:Sw="urn:swift:snl:ns.Sw"
'    xmlns:SwGbl="urn:swift:snl:ns.SwGbl" xmlns:SwInt="urn:swift:snl:ns:SwInt" xmlns:SwSec="url:swift:snl:ns.SwSec">
'      <Saa:Revision>2.0.7</Saa:Revision>
'      <Saa:Header>
'          <Saa:Message>
'  			<test>blah blah</test>
'          </Saa:Message>
'      </Saa:Header>
'      <Saa:Body>...</Saa:Body>
'      <Saa:LAU>
'      </Saa:LAU>
'  </Saa:DataPDU>

'  And we want so sign to create this as the result:
'  The signed XML we'll create will not be indented and pretty-printed like this.
'  Instead, we'll use the "CompactSignedXml" behavior to produce compact single-line XML.

'  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
'  <Saa:DataPDU xmlns:Saa="urn:swift:saa:xsd:saa.2.0" xmlns:Sw="urn:swift:snl:ns.Sw"
'    xmlns:SwGbl="urn:swift:snl:ns.SwGbl" xmlns:SwInt="urn:swift:snl:ns:SwInt" xmlns:SwSec="url:swift:snl:ns.SwSec">
'      <Saa:Revision>2.0.7</Saa:Revision>
'      <Saa:Header>
'          <Saa:Message>
'  			<test>blah blah</test>
'          </Saa:Message>
'      </Saa:Header>
'      <Saa:Body>...</Saa:Body>
'      <Saa:LAU>
'          <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#"/>
'                  <ds:SignatureMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmldsig-more#hmac-sha256"/>
'                  <ds:Reference URI="">
'                      <ds:Transforms>
'                          <ds:Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#enveloped-signature"/>
'                          <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>Y7oScHnYOUQvni/TSzZbDec+HR+mWIFH149GXpwj1Ws=</ds:DigestValue>
'                  </ds:Reference>
'              </ds:SignedInfo>
'              <ds:SignatureValue>6ynF/FcwbPsHrtlj3h2agJigdnvpbO6hOzKSRGzqkw0=</ds:SignatureValue>
'          </ds:Signature>
'      </Saa:LAU>
'  </Saa:DataPDU>

success = True

'  Create the XML to be signed...

'  (The XML does not need to be created this way.  It can be loaded from a file or a string.)
'  Also, use this online tool to generate code from sample XML: 
'  Generate Code to Create XML

Dim xmlToSign As ChilkatXml
xmlToSign.Initialize
xmlToSign.Tag = "Saa:DataPDU"
xmlToSign.AddAttribute("xmlns:Saa", "urn:swift:saa:xsd:saa.2.0")
xmlToSign.AddAttribute("xmlns:Sw", "urn:swift:snl:ns.Sw")
xmlToSign.AddAttribute("xmlns:SwGbl", "urn:swift:snl:ns.SwGbl")
xmlToSign.AddAttribute("xmlns:SwInt", "urn:swift:snl:ns:SwInt")
xmlToSign.AddAttribute("xmlns:SwSec", "url:swift:snl:ns.SwSec")
xmlToSign.UpdateChildContent("Saa:Revision", "2.0.7")
xmlToSign.UpdateChildContent("Saa:Header|Saa:Message|test", "blah blah")
xmlToSign.UpdateChildContent("Saa:Body", "...")
xmlToSign.UpdateChildContent("Saa:LAU", "")

Dim gen As ChilkatXmlDSigGen
gen.Initialize("gen")

gen.SigLocation = "Saa:DataPDU|Saa:LAU"
gen.SigLocationMod = 0
gen.SigNamespacePrefix = "ds"
gen.SigNamespaceUri = "http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"
gen.SignedInfoCanonAlg = "EXCL_C14N"
gen.SignedInfoDigestMethod = "sha256"

'  You may alternatively choose "IndentedSignature" instead of "CompactSignedXml"
gen.Behaviors = "CompactSignedXml"

gen.AddSameDocRef("", "sha256", "EXCL_C14N", "", "")

'  Specify the HMAC key.
'  For example, if the HMAC key is to be the us-ascii bytes of the string "secret",
'  the HMAC key can be set in any of the following ways (and also more ways not shown here..)
gen.SetHmacKey("secret", "ascii")
'  or
gen.SetHmacKey("c2VjcmV0", "base64")
'  or
gen.SetHmacKey("736563726574", "hex")

'  Sign the XML..
Dim sbXml As ChilkatStringBuilder
sbXml.Initialize
xmlToSign.GetXmlSb(sbXml)
success = gen.CreateXmlDSigSb(sbXml)
If success <> True Then
    Log(gen.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Save the signed XML to a file.
success = sbXml.WriteFile("qa_output/signedXml.xml", "utf-8", False)

'  Show the signed XML.
Log(sbXml.GetAsString)