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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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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$success = $false

# 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..)
$pfx = New-Object Chilkat.Pfx
$success = $pfx.LoadPfxFile("qa_data/pfx/cert_test123.pfx","test123")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($pfx.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# 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.

$signingCert = New-Object Chilkat.Cert
$success = $pfx.CertAt(0,$signingCert)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($pfx.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$bdCert = New-Object Chilkat.BinData
$signingCert.ExportCertDerBd($bdCert)
$sbCert64 = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$bdCert.GetEncodedSb("base64",$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...
$xmlToSign = New-Object Chilkat.Xml
$xmlToSign.Tag = "SOAP-ENV:Envelope"
$xmlToSign.AddAttribute("xmlns:SOAP-ENV","http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/")
$xmlToSign.AddAttribute("xmlns:xsd","http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema")
$xmlToSign.AddAttribute("xmlns:xsi","http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance")
$xmlToSign.UpdateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security",$true,"xmlns:wsse","http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd")
$xmlToSign.UpdateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security|wsse:BinarySecurityToken",$true,"xmlns:wsu","http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd")
$xmlToSign.UpdateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security|wsse:BinarySecurityToken",$true,"EncodingType","http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-soap-message-security-1.0#Base64Binary")
$xmlToSign.UpdateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security|wsse:BinarySecurityToken",$true,"ValueType","http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-x509-token-profile-1.0#X509v3")
$xmlToSign.UpdateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security|wsse:BinarySecurityToken",$true,"wsu:Id","CertId-1673181727")
$xmlToSign.UpdateChildContent("SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security|wsse:BinarySecurityToken",$sbCert64.GetAsString())
$xmlToSign.UpdateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader",$true,"xmlns:ns1","http://www.irs.gov/a2a/mef/MeFHeader.xsd")
$xmlToSign.UpdateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader",$true,"xmlns:wsu","http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd")
$xmlToSign.UpdateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader",$true,"wsu:Id","id-1214941501")
$xmlToSign.UpdateChildContent("SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:MessageID","12345202018200000234")
$xmlToSign.UpdateChildContent("SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:Action","Login")
$xmlToSign.UpdateChildContent("SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:MessageTs","2020-06-30T15:25:42.678Z")
$xmlToSign.UpdateChildContentInt("SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:ETIN",12345)
$xmlToSign.UpdateChildContent("SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:SessionKeyCd","Y")
$xmlToSign.UpdateChildContent("SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:TestCd","P")
$xmlToSign.UpdateChildContentInt("SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:AppSysID",65432190)
$xmlToSign.UpdateChildContent("SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:WSDLVersionNum","10.3")
$xmlToSign.UpdateChildContent("SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:ClientSoftwareTxt","SOATest")
$xmlToSign.UpdateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Body",$true,"xmlns:wsu","http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd")
$xmlToSign.UpdateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Body",$true,"wsu:Id","id-1871558655")
$xmlToSign.UpdateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Body|LoginRequest",$true,"xmlns","http://www.irs.gov/a2a/mef/MeFMSIServices.xsd")

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

$gen = New-Object Chilkat.XmlDSigGen

$gen.SigLocation = "SOAP-ENV:Envelope|SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security"
$gen.SigLocationMod = 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","sha256","EXCL_C14N","","")

# -------- Reference 2 --------
$gen.AddSameDocRef("id-1871558655","sha256","EXCL_C14N","","")

# Provide a certificate + private key. (PFX password is test123)
$cert = New-Object Chilkat.Cert
$success = $cert.LoadPfxFile("qa_data/pfx/cert_test123.pfx","test123")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($cert.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$gen.SetX509Cert($cert,$true)

$gen.KeyInfoType = "Custom"

# Create the custom KeyInfo XML..
$xmlCustomKeyInfo = New-Object Chilkat.Xml
$xmlCustomKeyInfo.Tag = "wsse:SecurityTokenReference"
$xmlCustomKeyInfo.AddAttribute("xmlns:wsu","http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd")
$xmlCustomKeyInfo.AddAttribute("wsu:Id","STRId-1862925355")
$xmlCustomKeyInfo.UpdateAttrAt("wsse:Reference",$true,"URI","#CertId-1673181727")
$xmlCustomKeyInfo.UpdateAttrAt("wsse:Reference",$true,"ValueType","http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-x509-token-profile-1.0#X509v3")

$xmlCustomKeyInfo.EmitXmlDecl = $false
$gen.CustomKeyInfoXml = $xmlCustomKeyInfo.GetXml()

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Load XML to be signed...
$sbXml = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$xmlToSign.GetXmlSb($sbXml)

# Update BinarySecurityToken_Base64Binary_Content with the actual X509 of the signing cert.
$nReplaced = $sbXml.Replace("BinarySecurityToken_Base64Binary_Content",$cert.GetEncoded())

$gen.Behaviors = "IndentedSignature"

# Sign the XML...
$success = $gen.CreateXmlDSigSb($sbXml)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($gen.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# -----------------------------------------------

# Save the signed XML to a file.
$success = $sbXml.WriteFile("c:/temp/qa_output/signedXml.xml","utf-8",$false)

$($sbXml.GetAsString())