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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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#include <C_CkPfxW.h>
#include <C_CkCertW.h>
#include <C_CkBinDataW.h>
#include <C_CkStringBuilderW.h>
#include <C_CkXmlW.h>
#include <C_CkXmlDSigGenW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkPfxW pfx;
    HCkCertW signingCert;
    HCkBinDataW bdCert;
    HCkStringBuilderW sbCert64;
    HCkXmlW xmlToSign;
    HCkXmlDSigGenW gen;
    HCkCertW cert;
    HCkXmlW xmlCustomKeyInfo;
    HCkStringBuilderW sbXml;
    int nReplaced;

    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 = CkPfxW_Create();
    success = CkPfxW_LoadPfxFile(pfx,L"qa_data/pfx/cert_test123.pfx",L"test123");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkPfxW_lastErrorText(pfx));
        CkPfxW_Dispose(pfx);
        return;
    }

    // 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 = CkCertW_Create();
    success = CkPfxW_CertAt(pfx,0,signingCert);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkPfxW_lastErrorText(pfx));
        CkPfxW_Dispose(pfx);
        CkCertW_Dispose(signingCert);
        return;
    }

    bdCert = CkBinDataW_Create();
    CkCertW_ExportCertDerBd(signingCert,bdCert);
    sbCert64 = CkStringBuilderW_Create();
    CkBinDataW_GetEncodedSb(bdCert,L"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 = CkXmlW_Create();
    CkXmlW_putTag(xmlToSign,L"SOAP-ENV:Envelope");
    CkXmlW_AddAttribute(xmlToSign,L"xmlns:SOAP-ENV",L"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/");
    CkXmlW_AddAttribute(xmlToSign,L"xmlns:xsd",L"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema");
    CkXmlW_AddAttribute(xmlToSign,L"xmlns:xsi",L"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance");
    CkXmlW_UpdateAttrAt(xmlToSign,L"SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security",TRUE,L"xmlns:wsse",L"http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd");
    CkXmlW_UpdateAttrAt(xmlToSign,L"SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security|wsse:BinarySecurityToken",TRUE,L"xmlns:wsu",L"http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd");
    CkXmlW_UpdateAttrAt(xmlToSign,L"SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security|wsse:BinarySecurityToken",TRUE,L"EncodingType",L"http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-soap-message-security-1.0#Base64Binary");
    CkXmlW_UpdateAttrAt(xmlToSign,L"SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security|wsse:BinarySecurityToken",TRUE,L"ValueType",L"http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-x509-token-profile-1.0#X509v3");
    CkXmlW_UpdateAttrAt(xmlToSign,L"SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security|wsse:BinarySecurityToken",TRUE,L"wsu:Id",L"CertId-1673181727");
    CkXmlW_UpdateChildContent(xmlToSign,L"SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security|wsse:BinarySecurityToken",CkStringBuilderW_getAsString(sbCert64));
    CkXmlW_UpdateAttrAt(xmlToSign,L"SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader",TRUE,L"xmlns:ns1",L"http://www.irs.gov/a2a/mef/MeFHeader.xsd");
    CkXmlW_UpdateAttrAt(xmlToSign,L"SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader",TRUE,L"xmlns:wsu",L"http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd");
    CkXmlW_UpdateAttrAt(xmlToSign,L"SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader",TRUE,L"wsu:Id",L"id-1214941501");
    CkXmlW_UpdateChildContent(xmlToSign,L"SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:MessageID",L"12345202018200000234");
    CkXmlW_UpdateChildContent(xmlToSign,L"SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:Action",L"Login");
    CkXmlW_UpdateChildContent(xmlToSign,L"SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:MessageTs",L"2020-06-30T15:25:42.678Z");
    CkXmlW_UpdateChildContentInt(xmlToSign,L"SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:ETIN",12345);
    CkXmlW_UpdateChildContent(xmlToSign,L"SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:SessionKeyCd",L"Y");
    CkXmlW_UpdateChildContent(xmlToSign,L"SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:TestCd",L"P");
    CkXmlW_UpdateChildContentInt(xmlToSign,L"SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:AppSysID",65432190);
    CkXmlW_UpdateChildContent(xmlToSign,L"SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:WSDLVersionNum",L"10.3");
    CkXmlW_UpdateChildContent(xmlToSign,L"SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:ClientSoftwareTxt",L"SOATest");
    CkXmlW_UpdateAttrAt(xmlToSign,L"SOAP-ENV:Body",TRUE,L"xmlns:wsu",L"http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd");
    CkXmlW_UpdateAttrAt(xmlToSign,L"SOAP-ENV:Body",TRUE,L"wsu:Id",L"id-1871558655");
    CkXmlW_UpdateAttrAt(xmlToSign,L"SOAP-ENV:Body|LoginRequest",TRUE,L"xmlns",L"http://www.irs.gov/a2a/mef/MeFMSIServices.xsd");

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

    gen = CkXmlDSigGenW_Create();

    CkXmlDSigGenW_putSigLocation(gen,L"SOAP-ENV:Envelope|SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security");
    CkXmlDSigGenW_putSigLocationMod(gen,0);
    CkXmlDSigGenW_putSigNamespacePrefix(gen,L"ds");
    CkXmlDSigGenW_putSigNamespaceUri(gen,L"http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#");
    CkXmlDSigGenW_putSignedInfoCanonAlg(gen,L"EXCL_C14N");
    CkXmlDSigGenW_putSignedInfoDigestMethod(gen,L"sha256");

    // Set the KeyInfoId before adding references..
    CkXmlDSigGenW_putKeyInfoId(gen,L"KeyId-256137097");

    // -------- Reference 1 --------
    CkXmlDSigGenW_AddSameDocRef(gen,L"id-1214941501",L"sha256",L"EXCL_C14N",L"",L"");

    // -------- Reference 2 --------
    CkXmlDSigGenW_AddSameDocRef(gen,L"id-1871558655",L"sha256",L"EXCL_C14N",L"",L"");

    // Provide a certificate + private key. (PFX password is test123)
    cert = CkCertW_Create();
    success = CkCertW_LoadPfxFile(cert,L"qa_data/pfx/cert_test123.pfx",L"test123");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkCertW_lastErrorText(cert));
        CkPfxW_Dispose(pfx);
        CkCertW_Dispose(signingCert);
        CkBinDataW_Dispose(bdCert);
        CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbCert64);
        CkXmlW_Dispose(xmlToSign);
        CkXmlDSigGenW_Dispose(gen);
        CkCertW_Dispose(cert);
        return;
    }

    CkXmlDSigGenW_SetX509Cert(gen,cert,TRUE);

    CkXmlDSigGenW_putKeyInfoType(gen,L"Custom");

    // Create the custom KeyInfo XML..
    xmlCustomKeyInfo = CkXmlW_Create();
    CkXmlW_putTag(xmlCustomKeyInfo,L"wsse:SecurityTokenReference");
    CkXmlW_AddAttribute(xmlCustomKeyInfo,L"xmlns:wsu",L"http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd");
    CkXmlW_AddAttribute(xmlCustomKeyInfo,L"wsu:Id",L"STRId-1862925355");
    CkXmlW_UpdateAttrAt(xmlCustomKeyInfo,L"wsse:Reference",TRUE,L"URI",L"#CertId-1673181727");
    CkXmlW_UpdateAttrAt(xmlCustomKeyInfo,L"wsse:Reference",TRUE,L"ValueType",L"http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-x509-token-profile-1.0#X509v3");

    CkXmlW_putEmitXmlDecl(xmlCustomKeyInfo,FALSE);
    CkXmlDSigGenW_putCustomKeyInfoXml(gen,CkXmlW_getXml(xmlCustomKeyInfo));

    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Load XML to be signed...
    sbXml = CkStringBuilderW_Create();
    CkXmlW_GetXmlSb(xmlToSign,sbXml);

    // Update BinarySecurityToken_Base64Binary_Content with the actual X509 of the signing cert.
    nReplaced = CkStringBuilderW_Replace(sbXml,L"BinarySecurityToken_Base64Binary_Content",CkCertW_getEncoded(cert));

    CkXmlDSigGenW_putBehaviors(gen,L"IndentedSignature");

    // Sign the XML...
    success = CkXmlDSigGenW_CreateXmlDSigSb(gen,sbXml);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkXmlDSigGenW_lastErrorText(gen));
        CkPfxW_Dispose(pfx);
        CkCertW_Dispose(signingCert);
        CkBinDataW_Dispose(bdCert);
        CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbCert64);
        CkXmlW_Dispose(xmlToSign);
        CkXmlDSigGenW_Dispose(gen);
        CkCertW_Dispose(cert);
        CkXmlW_Dispose(xmlCustomKeyInfo);
        CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbXml);
        return;
    }

    // -----------------------------------------------

    // Save the signed XML to a file.
    success = CkStringBuilderW_WriteFile(sbXml,L"c:/temp/qa_output/signedXml.xml",L"utf-8",FALSE);

    wprintf(L"%s\n",CkStringBuilderW_getAsString(sbXml));


    CkPfxW_Dispose(pfx);
    CkCertW_Dispose(signingCert);
    CkBinDataW_Dispose(bdCert);
    CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbCert64);
    CkXmlW_Dispose(xmlToSign);
    CkXmlDSigGenW_Dispose(gen);
    CkCertW_Dispose(cert);
    CkXmlW_Dispose(xmlCustomKeyInfo);
    CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbXml);

    }