Ruby

URL Signing for Google Maps API

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Demonstrates how to sign a URL for the Google Maps API. Ruby

require 'chilkat'

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

crypt = Chilkat::CkCrypt2.new()

# The output will be modified Base64.
# Modified Base64 for URLs replaces the '+' and '/' characters 
# of standard Base64 with '-' and '_' respectively, so that these 
# Base64 signatures no longer need to be URL-encoded.
crypt.put_EncodingMode("modBase64")

# Set the hash algorithm to sha-1
crypt.put_HashAlgorithm("sha-1")
crypt.put_MacAlgorithm("hmac")

# Set the HMAC key (this is the private key provided by Google)
crypt.SetMacKeyEncoded("vNIXE0xscrmjlyV-12Nj_BvUPaw=","modBase64")

# Compute the URL signature
sig = crypt.macStringENC("/maps/api/geocode/json?address=New+York&sensor=false&client=clientID")

# The result should be KrU1TzVQM7Ur0i8i7K3huiw3MsA=
print sig + "\n";