(Visual Basic 6.0) Sign PDF in the Cloud using AWS KMS

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Demonstrates how to sign a PDF using the AWS Key Management Service. The signing of the hash happens in the Cloud on AWS KMS. Everything else involving the updating the PDF to add the signature happens locally within Chilkat.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.96 or greater.

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

Dim pdf As New ChilkatPdf

' Load a PDF to be signed.
Dim success As Long
success = pdf.LoadFile("qa_data/pdf/helloWorld.pdf")
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print pdf.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Options for signing are specified in JSON.
Dim json As New ChilkatJsonObject

' Optionally create an LTV-enabled signature
success = json.UpdateBool("ltvOcsp",1)

' Define the appearance of the signature.
success = json.UpdateInt("page",1)
success = json.UpdateString("appearance.y","top")
success = json.UpdateString("appearance.x","left")
success = json.UpdateString("appearance.fontScale","10.0")
success = json.UpdateString("appearance.text[0]","Digitally signed by: cert_cn")
success = json.UpdateString("appearance.text[1]","current_dt")
success = json.UpdateString("appearance.text[2]","This is an LTV-enabled signature.")

' Load the certificate used for signing.  The certificate's private key is stored in AWS KMS
' However, we still need the certificate locally (without private key).
Dim cert As New ChilkatCert
success = cert.LoadFromFile("qa_data/certs/myCert.cer")
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print cert.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Here's a screenshot of our private key AWS KMS:


' To sign using AWS KMS, 
' add the following lines of code to specify your AWS authentication credentials,
' and the ID of the KMS private key.
Dim jsonAwsKms As New ChilkatJsonObject
' Set the "service" equal to "aws_kms" to tell Chilkat to use AWS KMS for signing.
success = jsonAwsKms.UpdateString("service","aws_kms")
success = jsonAwsKms.UpdateString("access_key","ACCESS_KEY")
success = jsonAwsKms.UpdateString("secret_key","SECRET_KEY")
' Make sure to specify the correct region for your case.
success = jsonAwsKms.UpdateString("region","us-west-2")
' In the above screenshot, our key ID is "187012e8-008f-4fc7-b100-5efe6146dff2".  You will use your key ID.
success = jsonAwsKms.UpdateString("key_id","187012e8-008f-4fc7-b100-5efe6146dff2")

success = cert.SetCloudSigner(jsonAwsKms)

' Tell the pdf object to use the certificate for signing (and for AWS KMS to do the actual signing of the hash).
success = pdf.SetSigningCert(cert)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print pdf.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Chilkat will build the signed PDF locally, but will (internally) use AWS KMS
' to do the RSA (or EC) sign hash operation.
success = pdf.SignPdf(json,"qa_output/hello_ltv_signed.pdf")
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print pdf.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print "PDF Cloud Signing using AWS KMS Successful."