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Create IRS MeF Login Service Request Message

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This example demonstrates how to create a digitally signed Login Service Request Message.

This example used the documentation at https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-utl/mef-doc-stp_ref_guide.pdf as a guide.

It creates signed XML as specified in section 4.1.1 found in Section 4: Example A2A Web Service Messages.

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#import <CkoPfx.h>
#import <CkoCert.h>
#import <CkoBinData.h>
#import <CkoStringBuilder.h>
#import <CkoXml.h>
#import <CkoXmlDSigGen.h>

BOOL success = NO;

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

// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Also see Chilkat's Online WSDL Code Generator
// to generate code and SOAP Request and Response XML for each operation in a WSDL.
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

// The goal of this example is to create signed SOAP XML such as the following:

// <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
// <SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
//     <SOAP-ENV:Header>
//         <wsse:Security xmlns:wsse="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd">
//             <wsse:BinarySecurityToken 
// 		xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd"
// 		EncodingType="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-soap-message-security-1.0#Base64Binary"
// 		ValueType="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-x509-token-profile-1.0#X509v3"
// 		wsu:Id="CertId-1673181727">MIIHab...n71P</wsse:BinarySecurityToken>
//             <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#rsa-sha256"/>
//                     <ds:Reference URI="#id-1214941501">
//                         <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>abcdefghijkLMNOPQRSTUVwxyz012345Em0o3VEOTck=</ds:DigestValue>
//                     </ds:Reference>
//                     <ds:Reference URI="#id-1871558655">
//                         <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>abcdefghijkLMNOPQRSTUVwxyz012345Xm5ViA+royg=</ds:DigestValue>
//                     </ds:Reference>
//                 </ds:SignedInfo>
//                 <ds:SignatureValue>abcd...5Nbw==</ds:SignatureValue>
//                 <ds:KeyInfo Id="KeyId-256137097">
//                     <wsse:SecurityTokenReference xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd" wsu:Id="STRId-1862925355">
//                         <wsse:Reference URI="#CertId-1673181727" ValueType="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-x509-token-profile-1.0#X509v3"/>
//                     </wsse:SecurityTokenReference>
//                 </ds:KeyInfo>
//             </ds:Signature>
//         </wsse:Security>
//         <ns1:MeFHeader xmlns:ns1="http://www.irs.gov/a2a/mef/MeFHeader.xsd" xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd" wsu:Id="id-1214941501">
//             <ns1:MessageID>12345202018200000234</ns1:MessageID>
//             <ns1:Action>Login</ns1:Action>
//             <ns1:MessageTs>2020-06-30T15:25:42.678Z</ns1:MessageTs>
//             <ns1:ETIN>12345</ns1:ETIN>
//             <ns1:SessionKeyCd>Y</ns1:SessionKeyCd>
//             <ns1:TestCd>P</ns1:TestCd>
//             <ns1:AppSysID>65432190</ns1:AppSysID>
//             <ns1:WSDLVersionNum>10.3</ns1:WSDLVersionNum>
//             <ns1:ClientSoftwareTxt>SOATest</ns1:ClientSoftwareTxt>
//         </ns1:MeFHeader>
//     </SOAP-ENV:Header>
//     <SOAP-ENV:Body xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd" wsu:Id="id-1871558655">
//         <LoginRequest xmlns="http://www.irs.gov/a2a/mef/MeFMSIServices.xsd"/>
//     </SOAP-ENV:Body>
// </SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

// First, let's load the certificate + private key to be used for signing (from a PFX).
// (It is also possible to use certificates installed on a Windows system, or from other file formats..)
CkoPfx *pfx = [[CkoPfx alloc] init];
success = [pfx LoadPfxFile: @"qa_data/pfx/cert_test123.pfx" password: @"test123"];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",pfx.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// We'll be needing the X.509 signing cert as base64 for the BinarySecurityToken, so let's get it now..
// The certificate having the private key should be the 1st in the PFX.

CkoCert *signingCert = [[CkoCert alloc] init];
success = [pfx CertAt: [NSNumber numberWithInt: 0] cert: signingCert];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",pfx.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

CkoBinData *bdCert = [[CkoBinData alloc] init];
[signingCert ExportCertDerBd: bdCert];
CkoStringBuilder *sbCert64 = [[CkoStringBuilder alloc] init];
[bdCert GetEncodedSb: @"base64" sb: sbCert64];

// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// The XML before signing would look like this:

// <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
// <SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
//     <SOAP-ENV:Header>
//         <wsse:Security xmlns:wsse="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd">
//             <wsse:BinarySecurityToken 
// 		xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd"
// 		EncodingType="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-soap-message-security-1.0#Base64Binary"
// 		ValueType="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-x509-token-profile-1.0#X509v3"
// 		wsu:Id="CertId-1673181727">MIIHab...n71P</wsse:BinarySecurityToken>
//         </wsse:Security>
//         <ns1:MeFHeader xmlns:ns1="http://www.irs.gov/a2a/mef/MeFHeader.xsd" xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd" wsu:Id="id-1214941501">
//             <ns1:MessageID>12345202018200000234</ns1:MessageID>
//             <ns1:Action>Login</ns1:Action>
//             <ns1:MessageTs>2020-06-30T15:25:42.678Z</ns1:MessageTs>
//             <ns1:ETIN>12345</ns1:ETIN>
//             <ns1:SessionKeyCd>Y</ns1:SessionKeyCd>
//             <ns1:TestCd>P</ns1:TestCd>
//             <ns1:AppSysID>65432190</ns1:AppSysID>
//             <ns1:WSDLVersionNum>10.3</ns1:WSDLVersionNum>
//             <ns1:ClientSoftwareTxt>SOATest</ns1:ClientSoftwareTxt>
//         </ns1:MeFHeader>
//     </SOAP-ENV:Header>
//     <SOAP-ENV:Body xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd" wsu:Id="id-1871558655">
//         <LoginRequest xmlns="http://www.irs.gov/a2a/mef/MeFMSIServices.xsd"/>
//     </SOAP-ENV:Body>
// </SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

// You can use the online XML code generation tool at http://tools.chilkat.io/xmlCreate.cshtml
// to generate the following XML creation source code:

// Create the XML to be signed...
CkoXml *xmlToSign = [[CkoXml alloc] init];
xmlToSign.Tag = @"SOAP-ENV:Envelope";
[xmlToSign AddAttribute: @"xmlns:SOAP-ENV" value: @"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"];
[xmlToSign AddAttribute: @"xmlns:xsd" value: @"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"];
[xmlToSign AddAttribute: @"xmlns:xsi" value: @"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"];
[xmlToSign UpdateAttrAt: @"SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security" autoCreate: YES attrName: @"xmlns:wsse" attrValue: @"http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd"];
[xmlToSign UpdateAttrAt: @"SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security|wsse:BinarySecurityToken" autoCreate: YES attrName: @"xmlns:wsu" attrValue: @"http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd"];
[xmlToSign UpdateAttrAt: @"SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security|wsse:BinarySecurityToken" autoCreate: YES attrName: @"EncodingType" attrValue: @"http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-soap-message-security-1.0#Base64Binary"];
[xmlToSign UpdateAttrAt: @"SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security|wsse:BinarySecurityToken" autoCreate: YES attrName: @"ValueType" attrValue: @"http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-x509-token-profile-1.0#X509v3"];
[xmlToSign UpdateAttrAt: @"SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security|wsse:BinarySecurityToken" autoCreate: YES attrName: @"wsu:Id" attrValue: @"CertId-1673181727"];
[xmlToSign UpdateChildContent: @"SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security|wsse:BinarySecurityToken" value: [sbCert64 GetAsString]];
[xmlToSign UpdateAttrAt: @"SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader" autoCreate: YES attrName: @"xmlns:ns1" attrValue: @"http://www.irs.gov/a2a/mef/MeFHeader.xsd"];
[xmlToSign UpdateAttrAt: @"SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader" autoCreate: YES attrName: @"xmlns:wsu" attrValue: @"http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd"];
[xmlToSign UpdateAttrAt: @"SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader" autoCreate: YES attrName: @"wsu:Id" attrValue: @"id-1214941501"];
[xmlToSign UpdateChildContent: @"SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:MessageID" value: @"12345202018200000234"];
[xmlToSign UpdateChildContent: @"SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:Action" value: @"Login"];
[xmlToSign UpdateChildContent: @"SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:MessageTs" value: @"2020-06-30T15:25:42.678Z"];
[xmlToSign UpdateChildContentInt: @"SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:ETIN" value: [NSNumber numberWithInt: 12345]];
[xmlToSign UpdateChildContent: @"SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:SessionKeyCd" value: @"Y"];
[xmlToSign UpdateChildContent: @"SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:TestCd" value: @"P"];
[xmlToSign UpdateChildContentInt: @"SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:AppSysID" value: [NSNumber numberWithInt: 65432190]];
[xmlToSign UpdateChildContent: @"SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:WSDLVersionNum" value: @"10.3"];
[xmlToSign UpdateChildContent: @"SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:ClientSoftwareTxt" value: @"SOATest"];
[xmlToSign UpdateAttrAt: @"SOAP-ENV:Body" autoCreate: YES attrName: @"xmlns:wsu" attrValue: @"http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd"];
[xmlToSign UpdateAttrAt: @"SOAP-ENV:Body" autoCreate: YES attrName: @"wsu:Id" attrValue: @"id-1871558655"];
[xmlToSign UpdateAttrAt: @"SOAP-ENV:Body|LoginRequest" autoCreate: YES attrName: @"xmlns" attrValue: @"http://www.irs.gov/a2a/mef/MeFMSIServices.xsd"];

// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Setup the XML DSig generator object to create the desired signature.

CkoXmlDSigGen *gen = [[CkoXmlDSigGen alloc] init];

gen.SigLocation = @"SOAP-ENV:Envelope|SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security";
gen.SigLocationMod = [NSNumber numberWithInt:0];
gen.SigNamespacePrefix = @"ds";
gen.SigNamespaceUri = @"http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#";
gen.SignedInfoCanonAlg = @"EXCL_C14N";
gen.SignedInfoDigestMethod = @"sha256";

// Set the KeyInfoId before adding references..
gen.KeyInfoId = @"KeyId-256137097";

// -------- Reference 1 --------
[gen AddSameDocRef: @"id-1214941501" digestMethod: @"sha256" canonMethod: @"EXCL_C14N" prefixList: @"" refType: @""];

// -------- Reference 2 --------
[gen AddSameDocRef: @"id-1871558655" digestMethod: @"sha256" canonMethod: @"EXCL_C14N" prefixList: @"" refType: @""];

// Provide a certificate + private key. (PFX password is test123)
CkoCert *cert = [[CkoCert alloc] init];
success = [cert LoadPfxFile: @"qa_data/pfx/cert_test123.pfx" password: @"test123"];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",cert.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

[gen SetX509Cert: cert usePrivateKey: YES];

gen.KeyInfoType = @"Custom";

// Create the custom KeyInfo XML..
CkoXml *xmlCustomKeyInfo = [[CkoXml alloc] init];
xmlCustomKeyInfo.Tag = @"wsse:SecurityTokenReference";
[xmlCustomKeyInfo AddAttribute: @"xmlns:wsu" value: @"http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd"];
[xmlCustomKeyInfo AddAttribute: @"wsu:Id" value: @"STRId-1862925355"];
[xmlCustomKeyInfo UpdateAttrAt: @"wsse:Reference" autoCreate: YES attrName: @"URI" attrValue: @"#CertId-1673181727"];
[xmlCustomKeyInfo UpdateAttrAt: @"wsse:Reference" autoCreate: YES attrName: @"ValueType" attrValue: @"http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-x509-token-profile-1.0#X509v3"];

xmlCustomKeyInfo.EmitXmlDecl = NO;
gen.CustomKeyInfoXml = [xmlCustomKeyInfo GetXml];

// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Load XML to be signed...
CkoStringBuilder *sbXml = [[CkoStringBuilder alloc] init];
[xmlToSign GetXmlSb: sbXml];

// Update BinarySecurityToken_Base64Binary_Content with the actual X509 of the signing cert.
int nReplaced = [[sbXml Replace: @"BinarySecurityToken_Base64Binary_Content" replacement: [cert GetEncoded]] intValue];

gen.Behaviors = @"IndentedSignature";

// Sign the XML...
success = [gen CreateXmlDSigSb: sbXml];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",gen.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// -----------------------------------------------

// Save the signed XML to a file.
success = [sbXml WriteFile: @"c:/temp/qa_output/signedXml.xml" charset: @"utf-8" emitBom: NO];

NSLog(@"%@",[sbXml GetAsString]);