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Sign SOAP XML for New Zealand Customs Service

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Demonstrates how to create an XAdES signed SOAP XML pertaining to the New Zealand Customs Service.

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

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#import <CkoStringBuilder.h>
#import <CkoDateTime.h>
#import <CkoXml.h>
#import <CkoXmlDSigGen.h>
#import <CkoCert.h>

BOOL success = NO;

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

success = YES;

// Create the following XML to be signed:

// <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
//     xmlns:v1="http://customs.govt.nz/jbms/msggate/reqresp/v1">
//     <soapenv:Header>
//         <wsse:Security soapenv:mustUnderstand="1"
//             xmlns:wsse="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd"
//             xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd">
//             <wsu:Timestamp wsu:Id="TS-037E78514E9B9132CB16817563559151">
//                 <wsu:Created>2023-04-17T18:32:35.913Z</wsu:Created>
//                 <wsu:Expires>2023-04-17T19:32:35.913Z</wsu:Expires>
//             </wsu:Timestamp>
//         </wsse:Security>
//     </soapenv:Header>
//     <soapenv:Body wsu:Id="id-8"
//         xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd">
//         <v1:RequestResponse>
//             <v1:Submitter>TEST1234</v1:Submitter>
//             <v1:MailboxMsgId>999999</v1:MailboxMsgId>
//         </v1:RequestResponse>
//     </soapenv:Body>
// </soapenv:Envelope>

// Create a random ID like this: TS-037E78514E9B9132CB16817563559151
CkoStringBuilder *tsId = [[CkoStringBuilder alloc] init];
[tsId Append: @"TS-"];
[tsId AppendRandom: [NSNumber numberWithInt: 16] encoding: @"hex"];

// STR-037E78514E9B9132CB16817563559614
CkoStringBuilder *strId = [[CkoStringBuilder alloc] init];
[strId Append: @"STR-"];
[strId AppendRandom: [NSNumber numberWithInt: 16] encoding: @"hex"];

// KI-037E78514E9B9132CB16817563559583
CkoStringBuilder *keyInfoId = [[CkoStringBuilder alloc] init];
[keyInfoId Append: @"KI-"];
[keyInfoId AppendRandom: [NSNumber numberWithInt: 16] encoding: @"hex"];

// Create a date/time for the current time with this format:  2023-04-17T18:32:35.913Z
CkoDateTime *dt = [[CkoDateTime alloc] init];
[dt SetFromCurrentSystemTime];

CkoStringBuilder *sbNow = [[CkoStringBuilder alloc] init];
[sbNow Append: [dt GetAsTimestamp: NO]];
// If we really need the milliseconds, we can replace the "Z" with ".000Z"
// The server will also likely accept a timestamp without milliseconds, such as 2023-04-17T18:32:35Z
int n = [[sbNow Replace: @"Z" replacement: @".000Z"] intValue];

CkoStringBuilder *sbNowPlusOneHour = [[CkoStringBuilder alloc] init];
[dt AddSeconds: [NSNumber numberWithInt: 3600]];
[sbNowPlusOneHour Append: [dt GetAsTimestamp: NO]];
n = [[sbNowPlusOneHour Replace: @"Z" replacement: @".000Z"] intValue];

CkoXml *xmlToSign = [[CkoXml alloc] init];
xmlToSign.Tag = @"soapenv:Envelope";
[xmlToSign AddAttribute: @"xmlns:soapenv" value: @"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"];
[xmlToSign AddAttribute: @"xmlns:v1" value: @"http://customs.govt.nz/jbms/msggate/reqresp/v1"];
[xmlToSign UpdateAttrAt: @"soapenv:Header|wsse:Security" autoCreate: YES attrName: @"soapenv:mustUnderstand" attrValue: @"1"];
[xmlToSign UpdateAttrAt: @"soapenv: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: @"soapenv:Header|wsse:Security" autoCreate: YES attrName: @"xmlns:wsu" attrValue: @"http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd"];
[xmlToSign UpdateAttrAt: @"soapenv:Header|wsse:Security|wsu:Timestamp" autoCreate: YES attrName: @"wsu:Id" attrValue: [tsId GetAsString]];
[xmlToSign UpdateChildContent: @"soapenv:Header|wsse:Security|wsu:Timestamp|wsu:Created" value: [sbNow GetAsString]];
[xmlToSign UpdateChildContent: @"soapenv:Header|wsse:Security|wsu:Timestamp|wsu:Expires" value: [sbNowPlusOneHour GetAsString]];
[xmlToSign UpdateAttrAt: @"soapenv:Body" autoCreate: YES attrName: @"wsu:Id" attrValue: @"id-8"];
[xmlToSign UpdateAttrAt: @"soapenv:Body" autoCreate: YES attrName: @"xmlns:wsu" attrValue: @"http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd"];
[xmlToSign UpdateChildContent: @"soapenv:Body|v1:RequestResponse|v1:Submitter" value: @"TEST1234"];
[xmlToSign UpdateChildContent: @"soapenv:Body|v1:RequestResponse|v1:MailboxMsgId" value: @"999999"];

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

gen.SigLocation = @"soapenv:Envelope|soapenv:Header|wsse:Security";
gen.SigLocationMod = [NSNumber numberWithInt:0];
gen.SigId = @"SIG-037E78514E9B9132CB16817563559695";
gen.SigNamespacePrefix = @"ds";
gen.SigNamespaceUri = @"http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#";
gen.SignedInfoPrefixList = @"soapenv v1";
gen.IncNamespacePrefix = @"ec";
gen.IncNamespaceUri = @"http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#";
gen.SignedInfoCanonAlg = @"EXCL_C14N";
gen.SignedInfoDigestMethod = @"sha256";

// Set the KeyInfoId before adding references..
gen.KeyInfoId = [keyInfoId GetAsString];

// -------- Reference 1 --------
CkoXml *xml1 = [[CkoXml alloc] init];
xml1.Tag = @"ds:Transforms";
[xml1 UpdateAttrAt: @"ds:Transform" autoCreate: YES attrName: @"Algorithm" attrValue: @"http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#"];
[xml1 UpdateAttrAt: @"ds:Transform|ec:InclusiveNamespaces" autoCreate: YES attrName: @"PrefixList" attrValue: @"wsse soapenv v1"];
[xml1 UpdateAttrAt: @"ds:Transform|ec:InclusiveNamespaces" autoCreate: YES attrName: @"xmlns:ec" attrValue: @"http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#"];

[gen AddSameDocRef2: [tsId GetAsString] digestMethod: @"sha256" transforms: xml1 refType: @""];

// -------- Reference 2 --------
CkoXml *xml2 = [[CkoXml alloc] init];
xml2.Tag = @"ds:Transforms";
[xml2 UpdateAttrAt: @"ds:Transform" autoCreate: YES attrName: @"Algorithm" attrValue: @"http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#"];
[xml2 UpdateAttrAt: @"ds:Transform|ec:InclusiveNamespaces" autoCreate: YES attrName: @"PrefixList" attrValue: @"v1"];
[xml2 UpdateAttrAt: @"ds:Transform|ec:InclusiveNamespaces" autoCreate: YES attrName: @"xmlns:ec" attrValue: @"http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#"];

[gen AddSameDocRef2: @"id-8" digestMethod: @"sha256" transforms: xml2 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 != YES) {
    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: @"wsu:Id" value: [strId GetAsString]];
[xmlCustomKeyInfo UpdateAttrAt: @"wsse:KeyIdentifier" autoCreate: YES attrName: @"EncodingType" attrValue: @"http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-soap-message-security-1.0#Base64Binary"];
[xmlCustomKeyInfo UpdateAttrAt: @"wsse:KeyIdentifier" autoCreate: YES attrName: @"ValueType" attrValue: @"http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-x509-token-profile-1.0#X509v3"];
// Insert the single-line base64 of the signing certificate's DER
cert.UncommonOptions = @"Base64CertNoCRLF";
[xmlCustomKeyInfo UpdateChildContent: @"wsse:KeyIdentifier" value: [cert GetEncoded]];

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

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

gen.Behaviors = @"IndentedSignature";

// Sign the XML...
gen.VerboseLogging = YES;
success = [gen CreateXmlDSigSb: sbXml];
if (success != YES) {
    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]);