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Create/Verify XML Signature with External Text Reference

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Demonstrates how to create an XML digital signature where the referenced data is external. In this case, the data is a text file located at the following URL: https://www.chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.txt Zig

const std = @import("std");
const chilkat = @import("chilkat");

pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
    const alloc = init.arena.allocator();

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

    // This example inserts an XML signature into the following XML:

    // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
    // <abc>
    //   <xyz>
    //     <name>helloWorld.txt</name>
    //     <url>https://www.chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.txt</url>
    //   </xyz>
    // </abc>

    // Build the above XML to be signed.
    const xml = try chilkat.Xml.init();
    defer xml.deinit();
    xml.setTag("abc");
    xml.updateChildContent("xyz|name", "helloWorld.txt");
    xml.updateChildContent("xyz|url", "https://www.chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.txt");

    const cert = try chilkat.Cert.init();
    defer cert.deinit();

    cert.loadPfxFile("qa_data/pfx/test_secret.pfx", "secret") catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try cert.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    const gen = try chilkat.XmlDSigGen.init();
    defer gen.deinit();

    // Indicate the location within the XML the Signature will be inserted.
    gen.setSigLocation("abc|xyz");

    // Get the content of the text data to be referenced.
    const http = try chilkat.Http.init();
    defer http.deinit();
    const sb_external_txt = try chilkat.StringBuilder.init();
    defer sb_external_txt.deinit();
    http.quickGetSb("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.txt", sb_external_txt) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try http.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    gen.addExternalTextRef("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.txt", sb_external_txt, "utf-8", false, "sha256", "") catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try gen.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    // Provide the private key for signing via the certificate, and indicate that
    // we want the base64 of the certificate embedded in the KeyInfo.
    gen.setKeyInfoType("X509Data");
    gen.setX509Type("Certificate");

    const b_use_private_key = true;
    gen.setX509Cert(cert, b_use_private_key) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try gen.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    // Indicate we want an indented signature for readability.
    // This can be removed after debugging is finished..
    gen.setBehaviors("IndentedSignature");

    // Now create and insert the Signature
    const sb_xml = try chilkat.StringBuilder.init();
    defer sb_xml.deinit();
    xml.getXmlSb(sb_xml) catch {};
    gen.createXmlDSigSb(sb_xml) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try gen.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    // Examine the XML with the digital signature inserted
    std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try sb_xml.getAsString(alloc)});

    // Here is the output:

    // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    // <abc>
    //     <xyz>
    //         <name>helloWorld.txt</name>
    //         <url>https://www.chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.txt</url>
    //     <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="https://www.chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.txt">
    //       <ds:DigestMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha256"/>
    //       <ds:DigestValue>f4OxZX/x/FO5LcGBSKHWXfwtSx+j1ncoSt3SABJtkGk=</ds:DigestValue>
    //     </ds:Reference>
    //   </ds:SignedInfo>
    //   <ds:SignatureValue>syFSl...pZDiFQ==</ds:SignatureValue>
    //   <ds:KeyInfo>
    //     <ds:X509Data>
    //       <ds:X509Certificate>MIIHAz...GwnUZWCaDE=</ds:X509Certificate>
    //     </ds:X509Data>
    //   </ds:KeyInfo>
    // </ds:Signature></xyz>
    // </abc>

    // Let's verify the signature...
    const verifier = try chilkat.XmlDSig.init();
    defer verifier.deinit();
    verifier.loadSignatureSb(sb_xml) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try verifier.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    // Let's examine the external references, and fetch the data for each..
    const sb_external_data = try chilkat.StringBuilder.init();
    defer sb_external_data.deinit();
    const num_refs = verifier.getNumReferences();
    var i: i32 = 0;
    while (i < num_refs) {
        const b_external = verifier.isReferenceExternal(i);
        if (b_external) {
            const uri = try verifier.referenceUri(alloc, i);

            // We're assuming the URI is an https:// or http:// URL...
            // Let's also assume we know that the referenced data is text and we want the utf-8 byte representation.
            sb_external_data.clear();
            http.quickGetSb(uri, sb_external_data) catch {
                std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try http.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
                return;
            };

            verifier.setRefDataSb(i, sb_external_data, "utf-8") catch {
                std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try verifier.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
                return;
            };
        }

        i = i + 1;
    }

    // Now that we have the external data available, we can verify the reference digest(s) and the signature.
    verifier.verifySignature(true) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try verifier.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    std.debug.print("Signature verified!\n", .{});
}