Create XAdES-T Signed XML
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This example signs XML using the XAdES-T profile. XAdES-T is a profile within the XAdES standard that adds support for secure timestamping of signatures.Secure timestamping involves adding a timestamp to the signature, indicating the exact time when the signature was applied.
Timestamping enhances the long-term validity of signatures by providing evidence that the signature existed at a specific point in time, even if the signer's certificate has expired or been revoked.
XAdES-T signatures include elements for embedding timestamp data within the XML signature, along with information about the timestamp authority and the timestamp verification process.
XAdES-T signatures are suitable for scenarios where long-term validity and integrity of signatures are essential, such as in legal and regulatory contexts where archived documents may need to be validated years or decades later.
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import sys
import chilkat2
success = False
# This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
success = True
# Create the XML to be signed...
# Use this online tool to generate code from sample XML:
# Generate Code to Create XML
# <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
# <es:Dossier xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" xmlns="http://uri.etsi.org/01903/v1.3.2#" xmlns:es="https://www.microsec.hu/ds/e-szigno30#" xsi:schemaLocation="https://www.microsec.hu/ds/e-szigno30# https://www.microsec.hu/ds/e-szigno30.xsd">
# <es:DossierProfile Id="PObject0" OBJREF="Object0">
# <es:Title>e-akta.es3</es:Title>
# <es:E-category>electronic dossier</es:E-category>
# <es:CreationDate>2022-12-02T07:55:16Z</es:CreationDate>
# </es:DossierProfile>
# <es:Documents Id="Object0"/>
# </es:Dossier>
xmlToSign = chilkat2.Xml()
xmlToSign.Tag = "es:Dossier"
xmlToSign.AddAttribute("xmlns:xsi","http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance")
xmlToSign.AddAttribute("xmlns:ds","http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#")
xmlToSign.AddAttribute("xmlns","http://uri.etsi.org/01903/v1.3.2#")
xmlToSign.AddAttribute("xmlns:es","https://www.microsec.hu/ds/e-szigno30#")
xmlToSign.AddAttribute("xsi:schemaLocation","https://www.microsec.hu/ds/e-szigno30# https://www.microsec.hu/ds/e-szigno30.xsd")
xmlToSign.UpdateAttrAt("es:DossierProfile",True,"Id","PObject0")
xmlToSign.UpdateAttrAt("es:DossierProfile",True,"OBJREF","Object0")
xmlToSign.UpdateChildContent("es:DossierProfile|es:Title","e-akta.es3")
xmlToSign.UpdateChildContent("es:DossierProfile|es:E-category","electronic dossier")
xmlToSign.UpdateChildContent("es:DossierProfile|es:CreationDate","2022-12-02T07:55:16Z")
xmlToSign.UpdateAttrAt("es:Documents",True,"Id","Object0")
gen = chilkat2.XmlDSigGen()
gen.SigLocation = "es:Dossier"
gen.SigLocationMod = 0
gen.SigId = "S9fe8096e-2cac-415d-9222-f6cf2ecb314b"
gen.SigValueId = "VS9fe8096e-2cac-415d-9222-f6cf2ecb314b"
gen.SignedInfoId = "SIS9fe8096e-2cac-415d-9222-f6cf2ecb314b"
gen.SignedInfoCanonAlg = "EXCL_C14N"
gen.SignedInfoDigestMethod = "sha256"
# Set the KeyInfoId before adding references..
gen.KeyInfoId = "KS9fe8096e-2cac-415d-9222-f6cf2ecb314b"
# Create an Object to be added to the Signature.
object1 = chilkat2.Xml()
object1.Tag = "es:SignatureProfile"
object1.AddAttribute("Id","PS9fe8096e-2cac-415d-9222-f6cf2ecb314b")
object1.AddAttribute("OBJREF","Object0")
object1.AddAttribute("SIGREF","S9fe8096e-2cac-415d-9222-f6cf2ecb314b")
object1.AddAttribute("SIGREFLIST","#Object0 #PS9fe8096e-2cac-415d-9222-f6cf2ecb314b #PObject0 #XS9fe8096e-2cac-415d-9222-f6cf2ecb314b")
object1.UpdateChildContent("es:SignerName","EC Minősített-Tesztelő Péterke")
object1.UpdateChildContent("es:SDPresented","false")
object1.UpdateChildContent("es:Type","signature")
object1.UpdateAttrAt("es:Generator|es:Program",True,"name","e-Szigno")
object1.UpdateAttrAt("es:Generator|es:Program",True,"version","3.3.6.8")
object1.UpdateAttrAt("es:Generator|es:Device",True,"name","OpenSSL 1.1.1n 15 Mar 2022")
object1.UpdateAttrAt("es:Generator|es:Device",True,"type","")
gen.AddObject("O1S9fe8096e-2cac-415d-9222-f6cf2ecb314b",object1.GetXml(),"","")
# Create an Object to be added to the Signature.
object2 = chilkat2.Xml()
object2.Tag = "QualifyingProperties"
object2.AddAttribute("Target","#S9fe8096e-2cac-415d-9222-f6cf2ecb314b")
object2.AddAttribute("Id","QPS9fe8096e-2cac-415d-9222-f6cf2ecb314b")
object2.UpdateAttrAt("SignedProperties",True,"Id","XS9fe8096e-2cac-415d-9222-f6cf2ecb314b")
object2.UpdateChildContent("SignedProperties|SignedSignatureProperties|SigningTime","TO BE GENERATED BY CHILKAT")
object2.UpdateAttrAt("SignedProperties|SignedSignatureProperties|SigningCertificateV2|Cert|CertDigest|ds:DigestMethod",True,"Algorithm","http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha256")
object2.UpdateChildContent("SignedProperties|SignedSignatureProperties|SigningCertificateV2|Cert|CertDigest|ds:DigestValue","TO BE GENERATED BY CHILKAT")
object2.UpdateChildContent("SignedProperties|SignedSignatureProperties|SigningCertificateV2|Cert|IssuerSerialV2","TO BE GENERATED BY CHILKAT")
object2.UpdateChildContent("SignedProperties|SignedSignatureProperties|SignaturePolicyIdentifier|SignaturePolicyImplied","")
object2.UpdateChildContent("SignedProperties|SignedSignatureProperties|SignerRoleV2|ClaimedRoles|ClaimedRole","tesztelő")
# Here we have the EncapsulatedTimestamp found in the unsigned signature properties.
object2.UpdateAttrAt("UnsignedProperties|UnsignedSignatureProperties|SignatureTimeStamp",True,"Id","T72cb4961-4326-4319-857a-7cf55e7ef899")
object2.UpdateAttrAt("UnsignedProperties|UnsignedSignatureProperties|SignatureTimeStamp|ds:CanonicalizationMethod",True,"Algorithm","http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#")
object2.UpdateAttrAt("UnsignedProperties|UnsignedSignatureProperties|SignatureTimeStamp|EncapsulatedTimeStamp",True,"Id","ET72cb4961-4326-4319-857a-7cf55e7ef899")
object2.UpdateChildContent("UnsignedProperties|UnsignedSignatureProperties|SignatureTimeStamp|EncapsulatedTimeStamp","TO BE GENERATED BY CHILKAT")
object2.UpdateAttrAt("UnsignedProperties|UnsignedSignatureProperties|TimeStampValidationData",True,"xmlns","http://uri.etsi.org/01903/v1.4.1#")
object2.UpdateAttrAt("UnsignedProperties|UnsignedSignatureProperties|CertificateValues",True,"Id","CV18c7702d-d45b-44bc-853a-a720f41053cd")
object2.UpdateAttrAt("UnsignedProperties|UnsignedSignatureProperties|CertificateValues|EncapsulatedX509Certificate",True,"Id","EC42db04c8-1422-407b-8c42-189353a55268")
object2.UpdateChildContent("UnsignedProperties|UnsignedSignatureProperties|CertificateValues|EncapsulatedX509Certificate","BASE64_CONTENT")
object2.UpdateAttrAt("UnsignedProperties|UnsignedSignatureProperties|CertificateValues|EncapsulatedX509Certificate[1]",True,"Id","EC04728b44-a32c-46c1-b9bb-85b1f6b3c7d3")
object2.UpdateChildContent("UnsignedProperties|UnsignedSignatureProperties|CertificateValues|EncapsulatedX509Certificate[1]","BASE64_CONTENT")
gen.AddObject("O2S9fe8096e-2cac-415d-9222-f6cf2ecb314b",object2.GetXml(),"","")
# -------- Reference 1 --------
gen.AddSameDocRef("Object0","sha256","EXCL_C14N","","")
gen.SetRefIdAttr("Object0","Re1f816c4-7898-4544-9b41-f4156dc0c528")
# -------- Reference 2 --------
gen.AddObjectRef("PS9fe8096e-2cac-415d-9222-f6cf2ecb314b","sha256","EXCL_C14N","","")
gen.SetRefIdAttr("PS9fe8096e-2cac-415d-9222-f6cf2ecb314b","Ra873b616-e568-4c38-ae94-27fbff67cc43")
# -------- Reference 3 --------
gen.AddSameDocRef("PObject0","sha256","EXCL_C14N","","")
gen.SetRefIdAttr("PObject0","Ra5d85948-5d6a-4914-8c32-242f5d6d9e81")
# -------- Reference 4 --------
gen.AddObjectRef("XS9fe8096e-2cac-415d-9222-f6cf2ecb314b","sha256","EXCL_C14N","","http://uri.etsi.org/01903#SignedProperties")
gen.SetRefIdAttr("XS9fe8096e-2cac-415d-9222-f6cf2ecb314b","Ra7412a43-dc05-4e0a-ac84-e9a070214757")
# Provide a certificate + private key. (PFX password is test123)
cert = chilkat2.Cert()
success = cert.LoadPfxFile("qa_data/pfx/cert_test123.pfx","test123")
if (success != True):
print(cert.LastErrorText)
sys.exit()
gen.SetX509Cert(cert,True)
gen.KeyInfoType = "X509Data"
gen.X509Type = "Certificate"
# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# To have the EncapsulatedTimeStamp automatically added, we only need to do 2 things.
# 1) Add the <xades:EncapsulatedTimeStamp Encoding="http://uri.etsi.org/01903/v1.2.2#DER">TO BE GENERATED BY CHILKAT</xades:EncapsulatedTimeStamp>
# to the unsigned properties.
# 2) Specify the TSA URL (Timestamping Authority URL).
# Here we specify the TSA URL:
# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
jsonTsa = chilkat2.JsonObject()
jsonTsa.UpdateString("timestampToken.tsaUrl","http://timestamp.digicert.com")
jsonTsa.UpdateBool("timestampToken.requestTsaCert",True)
gen.SetTsa(jsonTsa)
# Load XML to be signed...
sbXml = chilkat2.StringBuilder()
xmlToSign.GetXmlSb(sbXml)
gen.Behaviors = "IndentedSignature,OmitAlreadyDefinedSigNamespace"
# Sign the XML...
success = gen.CreateXmlDSigSb(sbXml)
if (success != True):
print(gen.LastErrorText)
sys.exit()
# -----------------------------------------------
# Save the signed XML to a file.
success = sbXml.WriteFile("c:/temp/qa_output/signedXml.xml","utf-8",False)
print(sbXml.GetAsString())
# ----------------------------------------
# Verify the signatures we just produced...
verifier = chilkat2.XmlDSig()
success = verifier.LoadSignatureSb(sbXml)
if (success != True):
print(verifier.LastErrorText)
sys.exit()
numSigs = verifier.NumSignatures
verifyIdx = 0
while verifyIdx < numSigs :
verifier.Selector = verifyIdx
verified = verifier.VerifySignature(True)
if (verified != True):
print(verifier.LastErrorText)
sys.exit()
verifyIdx = verifyIdx + 1
print("All signatures were successfully verified.")