(PowerShell) HTTP request for a SOAP web service using WS-Security 1.0 with a digital certificate for authentication

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Demonstrates how to build and send an HTTP request for a SOAP web service using WS-Security 1.0 with a digital certificate for authentication.

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

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

# 

# ------------------------------------
# Step 1: Load the signing certificate
# ------------------------------------
$cert = New-Object Chilkat.Cert
$success = $cert.LoadFromSmartcard("")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($cert.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# ---------------------------------------
# Step 2: Build the SOAP XML to be signed
# ---------------------------------------

$xml = New-Object Chilkat.Xml
$xml.Tag = "SOAP-ENV:Envelope"
$xml.AddAttribute("xmlns:SOAP-ENV","http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/")
$xml.AddAttribute("xmlns:web","http://www.example.com/webservice/")
$xml.UpdateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security",$true,"xmlns:ds","http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#")
$xml.UpdateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security",$true,"xmlns:wsse","http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd")
$xml.UpdateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security",$true,"xmlns:wsu","http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd")
$xml.UpdateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security",$true,"xmlns:xenc","http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#")
$xml.UpdateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security",$true,"SOAP-ENV:mustUnderstand","1")
$xml.UpdateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security|wsse:BinarySecurityToken",$true,"A1","")
$xml.UpdateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security|wsse:BinarySecurityToken",$true,"EncodingType","http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-soap-message-security-1.0#Base64Binary")
$xml.UpdateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security|wsse:BinarySecurityToken",$true,"ValueType","http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-x509-token-profile-1.0#X509")
$xml.UpdateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security|wsse:BinarySecurityToken",$true,"wsu:Id","x509cert00")
$xml.UpdateChildContent("SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security|wsse:BinarySecurityToken",$cert.GetEncoded())
$xml.UpdateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Body",$true,"xmlns:wsu","http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd")
$xml.UpdateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Body",$true,"wsu:Id","TheBody")
$xml.UpdateChildContent("SOAP-ENV:Body|web:MyRequest|web:Parameter","MyValue")

# ---------------------------------------
# Step 3: Sign the XML
# ---------------------------------------

$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.SignedInfoPrefixList = "ds wsu xenc SOAP-ENV "
$gen.IncNamespacePrefix = "c14n"
$gen.IncNamespaceUri = "http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#"
$gen.SignedInfoCanonAlg = "EXCL_C14N"
$gen.SignedInfoDigestMethod = "sha1"

# -------- Reference 1 --------
$gen.AddSameDocRef("TheBody","sha1","EXCL_C14N","wsu SOAP-ENV","")

$gen.SetX509Cert($cert,$true)

$gen.KeyInfoType = "Custom"

# Create the custom KeyInfo XML..
$xmlCustomKeyInfo = New-Object Chilkat.Xml
$xmlCustomKeyInfo.Tag = "wsse:SecurityTokenReference"
$xmlCustomKeyInfo.Content = "5"
$xmlCustomKeyInfo.UpdateAttrAt("wsse:Reference",$true,"URI","#x509cert00")
$xmlCustomKeyInfo.UpdateAttrAt("wsse:Reference",$true,"ValueType","http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-x509-token-profile-1.0#X509")

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

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

$gen.Behaviors = "IndentedSignature"

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

# ---------------------------------------------------------
# Step 4: Send the HTTP POST containing the Signed SOAP XML
# ---------------------------------------------------------

$http = New-Object Chilkat.Http

$http.SetRequestHeader("SOAPAction","`"http://www.example.com/MyWebService`"")
$http.SetRequestHeader("Host","www.example.com")
$http.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type","text/xml; charset=utf-8")

$resp = $http.PTextSb("POST","https://example.com/MyWebService",$sbXml,"utf-8","text/xml; charset=utf-8",$false,$false)
if ($http.LastMethodSuccess -eq $false) {
    $($http.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$($resp.StatusCode)
$($resp.BodyStr)

$("Finished.")