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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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import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.BinData;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Cert;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Pfx;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.StringBuilder;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Xml;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.XmlDSigGen;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // 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 pfx = new Pfx();
        try {
            pfx.loadPfxFile("qa_data/pfx/cert_test123.pfx", "test123");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            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.

        Cert signingCert = new Cert();
        try {
            pfx.certAt(0, signingCert);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        BinData bdCert = new BinData();
        signingCert.exportCertDerBd(bdCert);
        StringBuilder sbCert64 = new StringBuilder();
        bdCert.getEncodedSb("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...
        Xml xmlToSign = new Xml();
        xmlToSign.setTag("SOAP-ENV:Envelope");
        xmlToSign.addAttribute("xmlns:SOAP-ENV", "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/");
        xmlToSign.addAttribute("xmlns:xsd", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema");
        xmlToSign.addAttribute("xmlns:xsi", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance");
        xmlToSign.updateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security", true, "xmlns:wsse", "http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd");
        xmlToSign.updateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security|wsse:BinarySecurityToken", true, "xmlns:wsu", "http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd");
        xmlToSign.updateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security|wsse:BinarySecurityToken", true, "EncodingType", "http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-soap-message-security-1.0#Base64Binary");
        xmlToSign.updateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security|wsse:BinarySecurityToken", true, "ValueType", "http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-x509-token-profile-1.0#X509v3");
        xmlToSign.updateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security|wsse:BinarySecurityToken", true, "wsu:Id", "CertId-1673181727");
        xmlToSign.updateChildContent("SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security|wsse:BinarySecurityToken", sbCert64.getAsString());
        xmlToSign.updateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader", true, "xmlns:ns1", "http://www.irs.gov/a2a/mef/MeFHeader.xsd");
        xmlToSign.updateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader", true, "xmlns:wsu", "http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd");
        xmlToSign.updateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader", true, "wsu:Id", "id-1214941501");
        xmlToSign.updateChildContent("SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:MessageID", "12345202018200000234");
        xmlToSign.updateChildContent("SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:Action", "Login");
        xmlToSign.updateChildContent("SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:MessageTs", "2020-06-30T15:25:42.678Z");
        xmlToSign.updateChildContentInt("SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:ETIN", 12345);
        xmlToSign.updateChildContent("SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:SessionKeyCd", "Y");
        xmlToSign.updateChildContent("SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:TestCd", "P");
        xmlToSign.updateChildContentInt("SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:AppSysID", 65432190);
        xmlToSign.updateChildContent("SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:WSDLVersionNum", "10.3");
        xmlToSign.updateChildContent("SOAP-ENV:Header|ns1:MeFHeader|ns1:ClientSoftwareTxt", "SOATest");
        xmlToSign.updateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Body", true, "xmlns:wsu", "http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd");
        xmlToSign.updateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Body", true, "wsu:Id", "id-1871558655");
        xmlToSign.updateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Body|LoginRequest", true, "xmlns", "http://www.irs.gov/a2a/mef/MeFMSIServices.xsd");

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

        XmlDSigGen gen = new XmlDSigGen();

        gen.setSigLocation("SOAP-ENV:Envelope|SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security");
        gen.setSigLocationMod(0);
        gen.setSigNamespacePrefix("ds");
        gen.setSigNamespaceUri("http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#");
        gen.setSignedInfoCanonAlg("EXCL_C14N");
        gen.setSignedInfoDigestMethod("sha256");

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

        // -------- Reference 1 --------
        gen.addSameDocRef("id-1214941501", "sha256", "EXCL_C14N", "", "");

        // -------- Reference 2 --------
        gen.addSameDocRef("id-1871558655", "sha256", "EXCL_C14N", "", "");

        // Provide a certificate + private key. (PFX password is test123)
        Cert cert = new Cert();
        try {
            cert.loadPfxFile("qa_data/pfx/cert_test123.pfx", "test123");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        gen.setX509Cert(cert, true);

        gen.setKeyInfoType("Custom");

        // Create the custom KeyInfo XML..
        Xml xmlCustomKeyInfo = new Xml();
        xmlCustomKeyInfo.setTag("wsse:SecurityTokenReference");
        xmlCustomKeyInfo.addAttribute("xmlns:wsu", "http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd");
        xmlCustomKeyInfo.addAttribute("wsu:Id", "STRId-1862925355");
        xmlCustomKeyInfo.updateAttrAt("wsse:Reference", true, "URI", "#CertId-1673181727");
        xmlCustomKeyInfo.updateAttrAt("wsse:Reference", true, "ValueType", "http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-x509-token-profile-1.0#X509v3");

        xmlCustomKeyInfo.setEmitXmlDecl(false);
        gen.setCustomKeyInfoXml(xmlCustomKeyInfo.getXml());

        // -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        // Load XML to be signed...
        StringBuilder sbXml = new StringBuilder();
        xmlToSign.getXmlSb(sbXml);

        // Update BinarySecurityToken_Base64Binary_Content with the actual X509 of the signing cert.
        int nReplaced = sbXml.replace("BinarySecurityToken_Base64Binary_Content", cert.getEncoded());

        gen.setBehaviors("IndentedSignature");

        // Sign the XML...
        try {
            gen.createXmlDSigSb(sbXml);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

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

        // Save the signed XML to a file.
        sbXml.writeFile("c:/temp/qa_output/signedXml.xml", "utf-8", false);

        System.out.println(sbXml.getAsString());
    }
}