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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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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oPfx
LOCAL oSigningCert
LOCAL oBdCert
LOCAL oSbCert64
LOCAL oXmlToSign
LOCAL oGen
LOCAL oCert
LOCAL oXmlCustomKeyInfo
LOCAL oSbXml
LOCAL nNReplaced

nSuccess := 0

//  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..)
oPfx := CreateObject("Chilkat.Pfx")
nSuccess := oPfx:LoadPfxFile("qa_data/pfx/cert_test123.pfx", "test123")
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oPfx:LastErrorText
    oPfx:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  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.

oSigningCert := CreateObject("Chilkat.Cert")
nSuccess := oPfx:CertAt(0, oSigningCert)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oPfx:LastErrorText
    oPfx:destroy()
    oSigningCert:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

oBdCert := CreateObject("Chilkat.BinData")
oSigningCert:ExportCertDerBd(oBdCert)
oSbCert64 := CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
oBdCert:GetEncodedSb("base64", oSbCert64)

//  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  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...
oXmlToSign := CreateObject("Chilkat.Xml")
oXmlToSign:Tag := "SOAP-ENV:Envelope"
oXmlToSign:AddAttribute("xmlns:SOAP-ENV", "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/")
oXmlToSign:AddAttribute("xmlns:xsd", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema")
oXmlToSign:AddAttribute("xmlns:xsi", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance")
oXmlToSign:UpdateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security", 1, "xmlns:wsse", "http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd")
oXmlToSign:UpdateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security|wsse:BinarySecurityToken", 1, "xmlns:wsu", "http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd")
oXmlToSign:UpdateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security|wsse:BinarySecurityToken", 1, "EncodingType", "http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-soap-message-security-1.0#Base64Binary")
oXmlToSign:UpdateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security|wsse:BinarySecurityToken", 1, "ValueType", "http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-x509-token-profile-1.0#X509v3")
oXmlToSign:UpdateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security|wsse:BinarySecurityToken", 1, "wsu:Id", "CertId-1673181727")
oXmlToSign:UpdateChildContent("SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security|wsse:BinarySecurityToken", oSbCert64:GetAsString())
oXmlToSign:UpdateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader", 1, "xmlns:ns1", "http://www.irs.gov/a2a/mef/MeFHeader.xsd")
oXmlToSign:UpdateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader", 1, "xmlns:wsu", "http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd")
oXmlToSign:UpdateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader", 1, "wsu:Id", "id-1214941501")
oXmlToSign:UpdateChildContent("SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:MessageID", "12345202018200000234")
oXmlToSign:UpdateChildContent("SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:Action", "Login")
oXmlToSign:UpdateChildContent("SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:MessageTs", "2020-06-30T15:25:42.678Z")
oXmlToSign:UpdateChildContentInt("SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:ETIN", 12345)
oXmlToSign:UpdateChildContent("SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:SessionKeyCd", "Y")
oXmlToSign:UpdateChildContent("SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:TestCd", "P")
oXmlToSign:UpdateChildContentInt("SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:AppSysID", 65432190)
oXmlToSign:UpdateChildContent("SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:WSDLVersionNum", "10.3")
oXmlToSign:UpdateChildContent("SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:ClientSoftwareTxt", "SOATest")
oXmlToSign:UpdateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Body", 1, "xmlns:wsu", "http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd")
oXmlToSign:UpdateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Body", 1, "wsu:Id", "id-1871558655")
oXmlToSign:UpdateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Body|LoginRequest", 1, "xmlns", "http://www.irs.gov/a2a/mef/MeFMSIServices.xsd")

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

oGen := CreateObject("Chilkat.XmlDSigGen")

oGen:SigLocation := "SOAP-ENV:Envelope|SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security"
oGen:SigLocationMod := 0
oGen:SigNamespacePrefix := "ds"
oGen:SigNamespaceUri := "http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"
oGen:SignedInfoCanonAlg := "EXCL_C14N"
oGen:SignedInfoDigestMethod := "sha256"

//  Set the KeyInfoId before adding references..
oGen:KeyInfoId := "KeyId-256137097"

//  -------- Reference 1 --------
oGen:AddSameDocRef("id-1214941501", "sha256", "EXCL_C14N", "", "")

//  -------- Reference 2 --------
oGen:AddSameDocRef("id-1871558655", "sha256", "EXCL_C14N", "", "")

//  Provide a certificate + private key. (PFX password is test123)
oCert := CreateObject("Chilkat.Cert")
nSuccess := oCert:LoadPfxFile("qa_data/pfx/cert_test123.pfx", "test123")
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oCert:LastErrorText
    oPfx:destroy()
    oSigningCert:destroy()
    oBdCert:destroy()
    oSbCert64:destroy()
    oXmlToSign:destroy()
    oGen:destroy()
    oCert:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

oGen:SetX509Cert(oCert, 1)

oGen:KeyInfoType := "Custom"

//  Create the custom KeyInfo XML..
oXmlCustomKeyInfo := CreateObject("Chilkat.Xml")
oXmlCustomKeyInfo:Tag := "wsse:SecurityTokenReference"
oXmlCustomKeyInfo:AddAttribute("xmlns:wsu", "http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd")
oXmlCustomKeyInfo:AddAttribute("wsu:Id", "STRId-1862925355")
oXmlCustomKeyInfo:UpdateAttrAt("wsse:Reference", 1, "URI", "#CertId-1673181727")
oXmlCustomKeyInfo:UpdateAttrAt("wsse:Reference", 1, "ValueType", "http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-x509-token-profile-1.0#X509v3")

oXmlCustomKeyInfo:EmitXmlDecl := 0
oGen:CustomKeyInfoXml := oXmlCustomKeyInfo:GetXml()

//  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  Load XML to be signed...
oSbXml := CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
oXmlToSign:GetXmlSb(oSbXml)

//  Update BinarySecurityToken_Base64Binary_Content with the actual X509 of the signing cert.
nNReplaced := oSbXml:Replace("BinarySecurityToken_Base64Binary_Content", oCert:GetEncoded())

oGen:Behaviors := "IndentedSignature"

//  Sign the XML...
nSuccess := oGen:CreateXmlDSigSb(oSbXml)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oGen:LastErrorText
    oPfx:destroy()
    oSigningCert:destroy()
    oBdCert:destroy()
    oSbCert64:destroy()
    oXmlToSign:destroy()
    oGen:destroy()
    oCert:destroy()
    oXmlCustomKeyInfo:destroy()
    oSbXml:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

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

//  Save the signed XML to a file.
nSuccess := oSbXml:WriteFile("c:/temp/qa_output/signedXml.xml", "utf-8", 0)

? oSbXml:GetAsString()

oPfx:destroy()
oSigningCert:destroy()
oBdCert:destroy()
oSbCert64:destroy()
oXmlToSign:destroy()
oGen:destroy()
oCert:destroy()
oXmlCustomKeyInfo:destroy()
oSbXml:destroy()