VB.NET

Get E-way Bill System Access Token

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Sends a request to get an E-way bill system access token. VB.NET

Dim success As Boolean = False

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

' First load the public key provided by the E-way bill System
Dim pubkey As New Chilkat.PublicKey
success = pubkey.LoadFromFile("qa_data/pem/eway_publickey.pem")
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(pubkey.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' Encrypt the password using the RSA public key provided by eway..
Dim password As String = "my_wepgst_password"
Dim rsa As New Chilkat.Rsa
rsa.Charset = "utf-8"
rsa.EncodingMode = "base64"

success = rsa.UsePublicKey(pubkey)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(rsa.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' Returns the encrypted password as base64 (because the EncodingMode = "base64")
Dim encPassword As String = rsa.EncryptStringENC(password,False)
If (rsa.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(rsa.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' Generate a random app_key.  This should be 32 bytes (us-ascii chars)
' We need 32 bytes because we'll be doing 256-bit AES ECB encryption, and 32 bytes = 256 bits.
Dim prng As New Chilkat.Prng
' Generate a random string containing some numbers, uppercase, and lowercase.
Dim app_key As String = prng.RandomString(32,True,True,True)

Debug.WriteLine("app_key = " & app_key)

' RSA encrypt the app_key.
Dim encAppKey As String = rsa.EncryptStringENC(app_key,False)
If (rsa.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(rsa.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' Prepare the JSON body for the HTTP POST that gets the access token.
Dim jsonBody As New Chilkat.JsonObject
jsonBody.UpdateString("action","ACCESSTOKEN")
' Use your username instead of "09ABDC24212B1FK".
jsonBody.UpdateString("username","09ABDC24212B1FK")
jsonBody.UpdateString("password",encPassword)
jsonBody.UpdateString("app_key",encAppKey)

Dim http As New Chilkat.Http

' Add required headers.
' Use your ewb-user-id instead of "03AEXPR16A9M010"
http.SetRequestHeader("ewb-user-id","03AEXPR16A9M010")
' The Gstin should be the same as the username in the jsonBody above.
http.SetRequestHeader("Gstin","09ABDC24212B1FK")
http.Accept = "application/json"

' POST the JSON...
Dim resp As New Chilkat.HttpResponse
success = http.HttpJson("POST","http://ewb.wepgst.com/api/Authenticate",jsonBody,"application/json",resp)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Dim respStatusCode As Integer = resp.StatusCode
Debug.WriteLine("response status code =" & respStatusCode)
Debug.WriteLine("response body:")
Debug.WriteLine(resp.BodyStr)

If (respStatusCode <> 200) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed in some unknown way.")
    Exit Sub
End If


' When the response status code = 200, we'll have either
' success response like this:
'  {"status":"1","authtoken":"...","sek":"..."}
' 
' or a failed response like this:
' 
' {"status":"0","error":"eyJlcnJvckNvZGVzIjoiMTA4In0="}

' Load the response body into a JSON object.
Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
json.Load(resp.BodyStr)

Dim status As Integer = json.IntOf("status")
Debug.WriteLine("status = " & status)

If (status <> 1) Then
    ' Failed.  Base64 decode the error
    ' {"status":"0","error":"eyJlcnJvckNvZGVzIjoiMTA4In0="}
    ' For an invalid password, the error is: {"errorCodes":"108"}
    Dim sbError As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
    json.StringOfSb("error",sbError)
    sbError.Decode("base64","utf-8")
    Debug.WriteLine("error: " & sbError.GetAsString())
    Exit Sub
End If


' At this point, we know the request was entirely successful.
Dim authToken As String = json.StringOf("authtoken")

' Decrypt the sek key using our app_key.
Dim crypt As New Chilkat.Crypt2
crypt.CryptAlgorithm = "aes"
crypt.CipherMode = "ecb"
crypt.KeyLength = 256
crypt.SetEncodedKey(app_key,"us-ascii")
crypt.EncodingMode = "base64"

Dim bdSek As New Chilkat.BinData
bdSek.AppendEncoded(json.StringOf("sek"),"base64")
crypt.DecryptBd(bdSek)

' bdSek now contains the decrypted symmetric encryption key...
' We'll use it to encrypt the JSON payloads we send.

' Let's persist our authtoken and decrypted sek (symmetric encryption key).
' To send EWAY requests (such as to create an e-way bill), we'll just load 
' and use these pre-obtained credentials.
Dim jsonEwayAuth As New Chilkat.JsonObject
jsonEwayAuth.UpdateString("authToken",authToken)
jsonEwayAuth.UpdateString("decryptedSek",bdSek.GetEncoded("base64"))
jsonEwayAuth.EmitCompact = False

Dim fac As New Chilkat.FileAccess
fac.WriteEntireTextFile("qa_data/tokens/ewayAuth.json",jsonEwayAuth.Emit(),"utf-8",False)

Debug.WriteLine("Saved:")
Debug.WriteLine(jsonEwayAuth.Emit())

' Sample output:
' {
'   "authToken": "IBTeFtxNfVurg71LTzZ2r0xK7",
'   "decryptedSek": "5g1TyTie7yoslU3DrbYATa7mWyPazlODE7cEh5Vy4Ho="
'