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Alliance Access LAU Sign Message (XML Signature using HMAC-SHA-256)

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Demonstrates how to sign XML according to the requirements for Alliance Access LAU (Local Authentication) using HMAC-SHA-256.

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local chilkat = require("chilkat")

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

-- We begin with this message:

-- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-- <Saa:DataPDU xmlns:Saa="urn:swift:saa:xsd:saa.2.0" xmlns:Sw="urn:swift:snl:ns.Sw"
--   xmlns:SwGbl="urn:swift:snl:ns.SwGbl" xmlns:SwInt="urn:swift:snl:ns:SwInt" xmlns:SwSec="url:swift:snl:ns.SwSec">
--     <Saa:Revision>2.0.7</Saa:Revision>
--     <Saa:Header>
--         <Saa:Message>
--             <test>blah blah</test>
--         </Saa:Message>
--     </Saa:Header>
--     <Saa:Body>...</Saa:Body>
--     <Saa:LAU>
--     </Saa:LAU>
-- </Saa:DataPDU>

-- And we want so sign to create this as the result:
-- The signed XML we'll create will not be indented and pretty-printed like this.
-- Instead, we'll use the "CompactSignedXml" behavior to produce compact single-line XML.

-- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-- <Saa:DataPDU xmlns:Saa="urn:swift:saa:xsd:saa.2.0" xmlns:Sw="urn:swift:snl:ns.Sw"
--   xmlns:SwGbl="urn:swift:snl:ns.SwGbl" xmlns:SwInt="urn:swift:snl:ns:SwInt" xmlns:SwSec="url:swift:snl:ns.SwSec">
--     <Saa:Revision>2.0.7</Saa:Revision>
--     <Saa:Header>
--         <Saa:Message>
--             <test>blah blah</test>
--         </Saa:Message>
--     </Saa:Header>
--     <Saa:Body>...</Saa:Body>
--     <Saa:LAU>
--         <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#hmac-sha256"/>
--                 <ds:Reference URI="">
--                     <ds:Transforms>
--                         <ds:Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#enveloped-signature"/>
--                         <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>Y7oScHnYOUQvni/TSzZbDec+HR+mWIFH149GXpwj1Ws=</ds:DigestValue>
--                 </ds:Reference>
--             </ds:SignedInfo>
--             <ds:SignatureValue>6ynF/FcwbPsHrtlj3h2agJigdnvpbO6hOzKSRGzqkw0=</ds:SignatureValue>
--         </ds:Signature>
--     </Saa:LAU>
-- </Saa:DataPDU>

local success = true

-- Create the XML to be signed...

-- (The XML does not need to be created this way.  It can be loaded from a file or a string.)
-- Also, use this online tool to generate code from sample XML:
-- Generate Code to Create XML

local xmlToSign = chilkat.Xml.new()
xmlToSign.tag = "Saa:DataPDU"
xmlToSign:add_attribute("xmlns:Saa", "urn:swift:saa:xsd:saa.2.0")
xmlToSign:add_attribute("xmlns:Sw", "urn:swift:snl:ns.Sw")
xmlToSign:add_attribute("xmlns:SwGbl", "urn:swift:snl:ns.SwGbl")
xmlToSign:add_attribute("xmlns:SwInt", "urn:swift:snl:ns:SwInt")
xmlToSign:add_attribute("xmlns:SwSec", "url:swift:snl:ns.SwSec")
xmlToSign:update_child_content("Saa:Revision", "2.0.7")
xmlToSign:update_child_content("Saa:Header|Saa:Message|test", "blah blah")
xmlToSign:update_child_content("Saa:Body", "...")
xmlToSign:update_child_content("Saa:LAU", "")

local gen = chilkat.XmlDSigGen.new()

gen.sig_location = "Saa:DataPDU|Saa:LAU"
gen.sig_location_mod = 0
gen.sig_namespace_prefix = "ds"
gen.sig_namespace_uri = "http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"
gen.signed_info_canon_alg = "EXCL_C14N"
gen.signed_info_digest_method = "sha256"

-- You may alternatively choose "IndentedSignature" instead of "CompactSignedXml"
gen.behaviors = "CompactSignedXml"

gen:add_same_doc_ref("", "sha256", "EXCL_C14N", "", "")

-- Specify the HMAC key.
-- For example, if the HMAC key is to be the us-ascii bytes of the string "secret",
-- the HMAC key can be set in any of the following ways (and also more ways not shown here..)
gen:set_hmac_key("secret", "ascii")
-- or
gen:set_hmac_key("c2VjcmV0", "base64")
-- or
gen:set_hmac_key("736563726574", "hex")

-- Sign the XML..
local sbXml = chilkat.StringBuilder.new()
xmlToSign:get_xml_sb(sbXml)
success = gen:create_xml_dsig_sb(sbXml)
if not success then
    print(gen.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- Save the signed XML to a file.
success = sbXml:write_file("qa_output/signedXml.xml", "utf-8", false)

-- Show the signed XML.
print(sbXml:get_as_string())