(Perl) ShippingEasy.com Calculate Signature for API Authentication

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

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use chilkat();

# 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 ... }"

$sbStringToSign = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();

$httpVerb = "POST";
$uriPath = "/partners/api/accounts";
$queryParamsStr = "api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&api_timestamp=UNIX_EPOCH_TIMESTAMP";

# 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"
#   }
# }

$json = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$json->UpdateString("account.first_name","Coralie");
$json->UpdateString("account.last_name","Waelchi");
$json->UpdateString("account.company_name","Hegmann, Cremin and Bradtke");
$json->UpdateString("account.email",'se_greg_6d477b1e59e8ff24abadfb59d3a2de3e@shippingeasy.com');
$json->UpdateString("account.phone_number","1-381-014-3358");
$json->UpdateString("account.address","2476 Flo Inlet");
$json->UpdateString("account.address2","");
$json->UpdateString("account.state","SC");
$json->UpdateString("account.city","North Dennis");
$json->UpdateString("account.postal_code","29805");
$json->UpdateString("account.country","USA");
$json->UpdateString("account.password","abc123");
$json->UpdateString("account.subscription_plan_code","starter");

$json->put_EmitCompact(0);
print $json->emit() . "\r\n";

# First, let's get the current date/time in the Unix Epoch Timestamp format (which is just an integer)
$dt = chilkat::CkDateTime->new();
$dt->SetFromCurrentSystemTime();
# Get the UTC time.
$bLocalTime = 0;
$unixEpochTimestamp = $dt->getAsUnixTimeStr($bLocalTime);

# Build the string to sign:
$sbStringToSign->Append($httpVerb);
$sbStringToSign->Append("&");
$sbStringToSign->Append($uriPath);
$sbStringToSign->Append("&");
$sbStringToSign->Append($queryParamsStr);
$sbStringToSign->Append("&");
# Make sure to send the JSON body of a request in compact form..
$json->put_EmitCompact(1);
$sbStringToSign->Append($json->emit());

# Use your API key here:
$your_api_key = "f9a7c8ebdfd34beaf260d9b0296c7059";

$numReplaced = $sbStringToSign->Replace("YOUR_API_KEY",$your_api_key);
$numReplaced = $sbStringToSign->Replace("UNIX_EPOCH_TIMESTAMP",$unixEpochTimestamp);

# Do the HMAC-SHA256 with your API secret:
$your_api_secret = "ea210785fa4656af03c2e4ffcc2e7b5fc19f1fba577d137905cc97e74e1df53d";
$crypt = chilkat::CkCrypt2->new();
$crypt->put_MacAlgorithm("hmac");
$crypt->put_EncodingMode("hexlower");
$crypt->SetMacKeyString($your_api_secret);
$crypt->put_HashAlgorithm("sha256");

$api_signature = $crypt->macStringENC($sbStringToSign->getAsString());
print "api_signature: " . $api_signature . "\r\n";

# --------------------------------------------------------------------
# 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...
$sbStringToSign->Clear();
$sbStringToSign->Append("GET");
$sbStringToSign->Append("&");
$sbStringToSign->Append("/app.shippingeasy.com/api/orders");
$sbStringToSign->Append("&");
$sbStringToSign->Append($queryParamsStr);
$sbStringToSign->Append("&");
# There is no body for a GET request.

$api_signature = $crypt->macStringENC($sbStringToSign->getAsString());

$http = chilkat::CkHttp->new();
$queryParams = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();

$queryParams->UpdateString("api_signature",$api_signature);
$queryParams->UpdateString("api_timestamp",$unixEpochTimestamp);
$queryParams->UpdateString("api_key",$your_api_key);

# resp is a HttpResponse
$resp = $http->QuickRequestParams("GET","https://app.shippingeasy.com/api/orders",$queryParams);
if ($http->get_LastMethodSuccess() == 0) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print "response status code = " . $resp->get_StatusCode() . "\r\n";
print "response body:" . "\r\n";
print $resp->bodyStr() . "\r\n";