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ShippingEasy.com Calculate Signature for API Authentication

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Demonstrates how to calculate the shippingeasy.com API signature for authenticating requests.

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Procedure Test
    Boolean iSuccess
    Handle hoSbStringToSign
    String sHttpVerb
    String sUriPath
    String sQueryParamsStr
    Handle hoJson
    Handle hoDt
    Boolean iBLocalTime
    String sUnixEpochTimestamp
    String sYour_api_key
    Integer iNumReplaced
    String sYour_api_secret
    Handle hoCrypt
    String sApi_signature
    Handle hoHttp
    Variant vQueryParams
    Handle hoQueryParams
    Variant vResp
    Handle hoResp
    String sTemp1
    Integer iTemp1

    Move False To iSuccess

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

    // 
    // First, concatenate these into a plaintext string using the following order:
    // 
    //     Capitilized method of the request. E.g. "POST"
    //     The URI path
    //     The query parameters sorted alphabetically and concatenated together into a URL friendly format: param1=ABC&param2=XYZ
    //     The request body as a string if one exists
    //     All parts are then concatenated together with an ampersand. The result resembles something like this:
    // 
    // "POST&/partners/api/accounts&api_key=f9a7c8ebdfd34beaf260d9b0296c7059&api_timestamp=1401803554&{ ... request body ... }"

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatStringBuilder)) To hoSbStringToSign
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoSbStringToSign))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoSbStringToSign
    End

    Move "POST" To sHttpVerb
    Move "/partners/api/accounts" To sUriPath
    Move "api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&api_timestamp=UNIX_EPOCH_TIMESTAMP" To sQueryParamsStr

    // Build the following JSON that will be the body of the request:

    // {
    //   "account": {
    //     "first_name": "Coralie",
    //     "last_name": "Waelchi",
    //     "company_name": "Hegmann, Cremin and Bradtke",
    //     "email": "se_greg_6d477b1e59e8ff24abadfb59d3a2de3e@shippingeasy.com",
    //     "phone_number": "1-381-014-3358",
    //     "address": "2476 Flo Inlet",
    //     "address2": "",
    //     "state": "SC",
    //     "city": "North Dennis",
    //     "postal_code": "29805",
    //     "country": "USA",
    //     "password": "abc123",
    //     "subscription_plan_code": "starter"
    //   }
    // }

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatJsonObject)) To hoJson
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoJson))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoJson
    End
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "account.first_name" "Coralie" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "account.last_name" "Waelchi" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "account.company_name" "Hegmann, Cremin and Bradtke" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "account.email" "se_greg_6d477b1e59e8ff24abadfb59d3a2de3e@shippingeasy.com" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "account.phone_number" "1-381-014-3358" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "account.address" "2476 Flo Inlet" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "account.address2" "" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "account.state" "SC" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "account.city" "North Dennis" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "account.postal_code" "29805" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "account.country" "USA" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "account.password" "abc123" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "account.subscription_plan_code" "starter" To iSuccess

    Set ComEmitCompact Of hoJson To False
    Get ComEmit Of hoJson To sTemp1
    Showln sTemp1

    // First, let's get the current date/time in the Unix Epoch Timestamp format (which is just an integer)
    Get Create (RefClass(cComCkDateTime)) To hoDt
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoDt))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoDt
    End
    Get ComSetFromCurrentSystemTime Of hoDt To iSuccess
    // Get the UTC time.
    Move False To iBLocalTime
    Get ComGetAsUnixTimeStr Of hoDt iBLocalTime To sUnixEpochTimestamp

    // Build the string to sign:
    Get ComAppend Of hoSbStringToSign sHttpVerb To iSuccess
    Get ComAppend Of hoSbStringToSign "&" To iSuccess
    Get ComAppend Of hoSbStringToSign sUriPath To iSuccess
    Get ComAppend Of hoSbStringToSign "&" To iSuccess
    Get ComAppend Of hoSbStringToSign sQueryParamsStr To iSuccess
    Get ComAppend Of hoSbStringToSign "&" To iSuccess
    // Make sure to send the JSON body of a request in compact form..
    Set ComEmitCompact Of hoJson To True
    Get ComEmit Of hoJson To sTemp1
    Get ComAppend Of hoSbStringToSign sTemp1 To iSuccess

    // Use your API key here:
    Move "f9a7c8ebdfd34beaf260d9b0296c7059" To sYour_api_key

    Get ComReplace Of hoSbStringToSign "YOUR_API_KEY" sYour_api_key To iNumReplaced
    Get ComReplace Of hoSbStringToSign "UNIX_EPOCH_TIMESTAMP" sUnixEpochTimestamp To iNumReplaced

    // Do the HMAC-SHA256 with your API secret:
    Move "ea210785fa4656af03c2e4ffcc2e7b5fc19f1fba577d137905cc97e74e1df53d" To sYour_api_secret
    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatCrypt2)) To hoCrypt
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoCrypt))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoCrypt
    End
    Set ComMacAlgorithm Of hoCrypt To "hmac"
    Set ComEncodingMode Of hoCrypt To "hexlower"
    Get ComSetMacKeyString Of hoCrypt sYour_api_secret To iSuccess
    Set ComHashAlgorithm Of hoCrypt To "sha256"

    Get ComGetAsString Of hoSbStringToSign To sTemp1
    Get ComMacStringENC Of hoCrypt sTemp1 To sApi_signature
    Showln "api_signature: " sApi_signature

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Here's an example showing how to use the signature in a request:

    // Build a new string-to-sign and create a new api_signature for the actual request we'll be sending...
    Send ComClear To hoSbStringToSign
    Get ComAppend Of hoSbStringToSign "GET" To iSuccess
    Get ComAppend Of hoSbStringToSign "&" To iSuccess
    Get ComAppend Of hoSbStringToSign "/app.shippingeasy.com/api/orders" To iSuccess
    Get ComAppend Of hoSbStringToSign "&" To iSuccess
    Get ComAppend Of hoSbStringToSign sQueryParamsStr To iSuccess
    Get ComAppend Of hoSbStringToSign "&" To iSuccess
    // There is no body for a GET request.

    Get ComGetAsString Of hoSbStringToSign To sTemp1
    Get ComMacStringENC Of hoCrypt sTemp1 To sApi_signature

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatHttp)) To hoHttp
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoHttp))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoHttp
    End
    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatJsonObject)) To hoQueryParams
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoQueryParams))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoQueryParams
    End

    Get ComUpdateString Of hoQueryParams "api_signature" sApi_signature To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoQueryParams "api_timestamp" sUnixEpochTimestamp To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoQueryParams "api_key" sYour_api_key To iSuccess

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatHttpResponse)) To hoResp
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoResp))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoResp
    End
    Get pvComObject of hoQueryParams to vQueryParams
    Get pvComObject of hoResp to vResp
    Get ComHttpParams Of hoHttp "GET" "https://app.shippingeasy.com/api/orders" vQueryParams vResp To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess = False) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoHttp To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    Get ComStatusCode Of hoResp To iTemp1
    Showln "response status code = " iTemp1
    Showln "response body:"
    Get ComBodyStr Of hoResp To sTemp1
    Showln sTemp1


End_Procedure