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Send ZATCA Invoice for Clearance
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Demonstrates how to send a ZATCA invoice for clearance, which is to send the HTTP POST with invoice hash and the signed invoice in base64 format.Chilkat VB.NET Downloads
Dim success As Boolean = False
' This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
' This example will send a POST with HTTP Basic Authentication to
' https://gw-fatoora.zatca.sa/e-invoicing/simulation/invoices/clearance/single
' NOTE: At the time of this writing, I don't know for sure if the above URL is correct.
'
' The body of the POST will contain JSON formatted as such:
' {
' "summary": "Standard Invoice",
' "value": {
' "invoiceHash": "PEx8bNFcEMEpHzUVvQntQI6ot8eFqTT/l59b+H1HqX4=",
' "uuid": "16e78469-64af-406d-9cfd-895e724198f0",
' "invoice": "PD94bWwgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4wIiBlbmNvZGluZz0iVVRGLTgiPz4KPEl....."
' }
' }
' The above JSON is created from the signed XML invoice, such as the following:
' *** Look at the above base64 data for the invoiceHash and uuid. These values are found in the invoice as shown below.
' *** We'll write code to load the signed invoice into a Chilkat XML object, grab the invoice hash and the uuid,
' *** and then construct the above JSON, which will then be sent in a POST. (See below...)
' <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
' <Invoice xmlns="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:Invoice-2" xmlns:cac="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonAggregateComponents-2" xmlns:cbc="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonBasicComponents-2" xmlns:ext="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonExtensionComponents-2"><ext:UBLExtensions>
' <ext:UBLExtension>
' <ext:ExtensionURI>urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:dsig:enveloped:xades</ext:ExtensionURI>
' <ext:ExtensionContent>
' <!-- Please note that the signature values are sample values only -->
' <sig:UBLDocumentSignatures xmlns:sig="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonSignatureComponents-2" xmlns:sac="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:SignatureAggregateComponents-2" xmlns:sbc="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:SignatureBasicComponents-2">
' <sac:SignatureInformation>
' <cbc:ID>urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:signature:1</cbc:ID>
' <sbc:ReferencedSignatureID>urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:signature:Invoice</sbc:ReferencedSignatureID>
' <ds:Signature xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" Id="signature">
' <ds:SignedInfo>
' <ds:CanonicalizationMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2006/12/xml-c14n11"/>
' <ds:SignatureMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmldsig-more#ecdsa-sha256"/>
' <ds:Reference Id="invoiceSignedData" URI="">
' <ds:Transforms>
' <ds:Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xpath-19991116">
' <ds:XPath>not(//ancestor-or-self::ext:UBLExtensions)</ds:XPath>
' </ds:Transform>
' <ds:Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xpath-19991116">
' <ds:XPath>not(//ancestor-or-self::cac:Signature)</ds:XPath>
' </ds:Transform>
' <ds:Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xpath-19991116">
' <ds:XPath>not(//ancestor-or-self::cac:AdditionalDocumentReference[cbc:ID='QR'])</ds:XPath>
' </ds:Transform>
' <ds:Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2006/12/xml-c14n11"/>
' </ds:Transforms>
' <ds:DigestMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha256"/>
' <ds:DigestValue>PEx8bNFcEMEpHzUVvQntQI6ot8eFqTT/l59b+H1HqX4=</ds:DigestValue>
' </ds:Reference>
' <ds:Reference Type="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#SignatureProperties" URI="#xadesSignedProperties">
' <ds:DigestMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha256"/>
' <ds:DigestValue>ZDEyMDUyODJjYzk4MGViNTJhNmYzMGIyZTgxODhkY2JlOWEzNmRiMTFlZTVhMDAxNjk5OTRkYTg3ODhlY2ZiMw==</ds:DigestValue>
' </ds:Reference>
' </ds:SignedInfo>
' ...
' ...
' ...
' </ext:ExtensionContent>
' </ext:UBLExtension>
' </ext:UBLExtensions>
'
' <cbc:ProfileID>reporting:1.0</cbc:ProfileID>
' <cbc:ID>SME00062</cbc:ID>
' <cbc:UUID>16e78469-64af-406d-9cfd-895e724198f0</cbc:UUID>
' <cbc:IssueDate>2022-03-13</cbc:IssueDate>
' <cbc:IssueTime>14:40:40</cbc:IssueTime>
' <cbc:InvoiceTypeCode name="0111010">388</cbc:InvoiceTypeCode>
' ...
' ...
' ...
' </cac:InvoiceLine>
' </Invoice>
' -------------------------------------------------------------------
' First, let's load our signed XML into a Chilkat XML object so we can get the uuid and invoice hash.
Dim signedXmlFilePath As String = "qa_data/zatca/http_post_clearance/sample_signed_invoice.xml"
Dim signedXml As New Chilkat.Xml
success = signedXml.LoadXmlFile(signedXmlFilePath)
If (success = False) Then
Debug.WriteLine(signedXml.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
Dim invoiceHash As String = signedXml.GetChildContent("ext:UBLExtensions|ext:UBLExtension|ext:ExtensionContent|sig:UBLDocumentSignatures|sac:SignatureInformation|ds:Signature|ds:SignedInfo|ds:Reference[0]|ds:DigestValue")
Debug.WriteLine("invoiceHash: " & invoiceHash)
Dim cbc_UUID As String = signedXml.GetChildContent("cbc:UUID")
Debug.WriteLine("UUID: " & cbc_UUID)
' The Chilkat XML object was used purely for getting the above 2 values.
' We must send the EXACT signed XML in base64 format. Therefore, we should load the signed XML into a Chilkat BinData and get it in base64 single-line format.
Dim bd As New Chilkat.BinData
success = bd.LoadFile(signedXmlFilePath)
Dim base64Invoice As String = bd.GetEncoded("base64")
' OK, let's build the JSON that will be in the HTTP POST body.
Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
json.UpdateString("summary","Standard Invoice")
json.UpdateString("value.invoiceHash",invoiceHash)
json.UpdateString("value.uuid",cbc_UUID)
json.UpdateString("value.invoice",base64Invoice)
' Now create the HTTP object and send the POST.
Dim http As New Chilkat.Http
' We'll want HTTP basic authentication.
http.BasicAuth = True
http.Login = "your login"
http.Password = "your password"
Dim resp As New Chilkat.HttpResponse
success = http.HttpJson("POST","https://gw-fatoora.zatca.sa/e-invoicing/simulation/invoices/clearance/single",json,"application/json",resp)
If (success = False) Then
Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
' Check the response status code. A 200 or 202 indicates success..
Dim statusCode As Integer = resp.StatusCode
Debug.WriteLine("Response status code = " & statusCode)
' Examine the response, which is JSON.
Dim jsonResp As New Chilkat.JsonObject
resp.GetBodyJson(jsonResp)
jsonResp.EmitCompact = False
Debug.WriteLine("JSON Response:")
Debug.WriteLine(jsonResp.Emit())
' Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
' Generate Parsing Code from JSON