(Go) Azure Key Vault Sign with a Certificate's Private Key

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Signs a hash using the private key of a certificate previously imported to an Azure Key Vault.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.96 or later.

For more information, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/keyvault/certificates/import-certificate/import-certificate?tabs=HTTP

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

    // See Azure Key Vault Get Certificates for a more detailed explanation
    // for how Chilkat is automatically getting the OAuth2 access token for your application.

    var success bool

    // Provide information needed for Chilkat to automatically get an OAuth2 access token as needed.
    json := chilkat.NewJsonObject()
    json.UpdateString("client_id","APP_ID")
    json.UpdateString("client_secret","APP_PASSWORD")
    json.UpdateString("resource","https://vault.azure.net")
    json.UpdateString("token_endpoint","https://login.microsoftonline.com/TENANT_ID/oauth2/token")

    // In this example, we'll sign the SHA256 hash of the string "This is a test"
    sb := chilkat.NewStringBuilder()
    signedString := "This is a test"
    sb.Append(signedString)
    hash_base64url := sb.GetHash("sha256","base64url","utf-8")

    // We're going to send a POST to the following URL:
    // POST {vaultBaseUrl}/keys/{key-or-cert-name}/{key-or-cert-version}/sign?api-version=7.4

    // For example:

    // POST https://VAULT_NAME.vault.azure.net/keys/CERT_NAME/CERT_VERSION/sign?api-version=7.4
    // 
    // {
    //   "alg": "RS512",
    //   "value": "RUE3Nzg4NTQ4QjQ5RjFFN0U2NzAyQzhDNEMwMkJDOTA1MTYyOTUzNjI5NDhBNzZDQTlFOTM1NDA2M0ZGMjk2Mg"
    // }

    // The alg can be one of the following
    // ES256  ECDSA using P-256 and SHA-256
    // ES256K ECDSA using P-256K and SHA-256
    // ES384  ECDSA using P-384 and SHA-384
    // ES512  ECDSA using P-521 and SHA-512
    // PS256  RSASSA-PSS using SHA-256 and MGF1 with SHA-256
    // PS384  RSASSA-PSS using SHA-384 and MGF1 with SHA-384
    // PS512  RSASSA-PSS using SHA-512 and MGF1 with SHA-512
    // RS256  RSASSA-PKCS1-v1_5 using SHA-256
    // RS384  RSASSA-PKCS1-v1_5 using SHA-384
    // RS512  RSASSA-PKCS1-v1_5 using SHA-512

    // The sample POST above uses SHA512.  We'll instead sign a SHA256 hash..

    jsonBody := chilkat.NewJsonObject()
    jsonBody.UpdateString("alg","RS256")
    jsonBody.UpdateString("value",hash_base64hash_base64url)

    http := chilkat.NewHttp()

    // Instead of providing an actual access token, we give Chilkat the information that allows it to 
    // automatically fetch the access token using the OAuth2 client credentials flow.
    http.SetAuthToken(json.Emit())

    http.SetUrlVar("certName","importCert01")
    http.SetUrlVar("certVersion","7140c8755ed14839b5d86a9f7e7f0497")
    // Note: Replace "VAULT_NAME" with the name of your Azure key vault.
    url := "https://VAULT_NAME.vault.azure.net/keys/{$certName}/{$certVersion}/sign?api-version=7.4"
    resp := http.PostJson3(url,"application/json",jsonBody)
    if http.LastMethodSuccess() == false {
        // This means something failed before we got a response.
        fmt.Println(http.LastErrorText())
        json.DisposeJsonObject()
        sb.DisposeStringBuilder()
        jsonBody.DisposeJsonObject()
        http.DisposeHttp()
        return
    }

    statusCode := resp.StatusCode()

    jsonResp := chilkat.NewJsonObject()
    resp.GetBodyJson(jsonResp)
    resp.DisposeHttpResponse()

    jsonResp.SetEmitCompact(false)
    fmt.Println(*jsonResp.Emit())

    if statusCode != 200 {
        fmt.Println("Failed.")
        json.DisposeJsonObject()
        sb.DisposeStringBuilder()
        jsonBody.DisposeJsonObject()
        http.DisposeHttp()
        jsonResp.DisposeJsonObject()
        return
    }

    // A successful response body contains JSON like this:
    // Note: Azure's documentation is not very clear, but base64url is the encoding, not "base64".
    // {
    //   "kid": "https://kvchilkat.vault.azure.net/keys/importCert01/7140c8755ed14839b5d86a9f7e7f0497",
    //   "value": "JzWd2YF21gjtW ... Em37hKOQ"
    // }

    // Let's validate the signature using the cert's public key.
    // This example will load the corresponding certificate from a local file and will verify the signature against the original data.
    // 
    cert := chilkat.NewCert()
    success = cert.LoadFromFile("qa_data/certs/chilkat_code_signing_2024.cer")
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(cert.LastErrorText())
        json.DisposeJsonObject()
        sb.DisposeStringBuilder()
        jsonBody.DisposeJsonObject()
        http.DisposeHttp()
        jsonResp.DisposeJsonObject()
        cert.DisposeCert()
        return
    }

    rsa := chilkat.NewRsa()
    // Tell the RSA object to use the cert's public key.
    success = rsa.SetX509Cert(cert,false)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(rsa.LastErrorText())
        json.DisposeJsonObject()
        sb.DisposeStringBuilder()
        jsonBody.DisposeJsonObject()
        http.DisposeHttp()
        jsonResp.DisposeJsonObject()
        cert.DisposeCert()
        rsa.DisposeRsa()
        return
    }

    // Verify the signature using the cert's public key against the original string.
    rsa.SetEncodingMode("base64url")
    valid := rsa.VerifyStringENC(signedString,"sha-256",*jsonResp.StringOf("value"))
    fmt.Println("signature valid = ", valid)

    json.DisposeJsonObject()
    sb.DisposeStringBuilder()
    jsonBody.DisposeJsonObject()
    http.DisposeHttp()
    jsonResp.DisposeJsonObject()
    cert.DisposeCert()
    rsa.DisposeRsa()