Xbase++ Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+
Xbase++
Sign ITIDA JSON and Send to ETA (Egypt Tax Authority) Portal
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Demonstrates how to ITIDA canonicalize JSON, create signature, and send to the ETA Portal.Chilkat Xbase++ Downloads
LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oCrypt
LOCAL oCert
LOCAL oCmsOptions
LOCAL oJsonSigningAttrs
LOCAL cJsonInvoice
LOCAL cSigBase64
LOCAL oJson
LOCAL oSbToSend
LOCAL cClientId
LOCAL cClientSecretKey
LOCAL oHttp
LOCAL oReq
LOCAL oResp
LOCAL oJsonToken
LOCAL cAccessToken
LOCAL cUrl
LOCAL cJsonStr
nSuccess := 0
// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
oCrypt := CreateObject("Chilkat.Crypt2")
oCrypt:VerboseLogging := 1
oCert := CreateObject("Chilkat.Cert")
oCert:VerboseLogging := 1
// Set the smart card PIN, which will be needed for signing.
oCert:SmartCardPin := "12345678"
// There are many ways to load the certificate.
// This example was created for a customer using an ePass2003 USB token.
// Assuming the USB token is the only source of a hardware-based private key..
nSuccess := oCert:LoadFromSmartcard("")
IF (nSuccess == 0)
? oCert:LastErrorText
oCrypt:destroy()
oCert:destroy()
RETURN
ENDIF
// Tell the crypt class to use this cert.
nSuccess := oCrypt:SetSigningCert(oCert)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
? oCrypt:LastErrorText
oCrypt:destroy()
oCert:destroy()
RETURN
ENDIF
oCmsOptions := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
// Setting "DigestData" causes OID 1.2.840.113549.1.7.5 (digestData) to be used.
oCmsOptions:UpdateBool("DigestData", 1)
oCmsOptions:UpdateBool("OmitAlgorithmIdNull", 1)
// Indicate that we are passing normal JSON and we want Chilkat do automatically
// do the ITIDA JSON canonicalization:
oCmsOptions:UpdateBool("CanonicalizeITIDA", 1)
oCrypt:CmsOptions := oCmsOptions:Emit()
// The CadesEnabled property applies to all methods that create CMS/PKCS7 signatures.
// To create a CAdES-BES signature, set this property equal to true.
oCrypt:CadesEnabled := 1
oCrypt:HashAlgorithm := "sha256"
oJsonSigningAttrs := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
oJsonSigningAttrs:UpdateInt("contentType", 1)
oJsonSigningAttrs:UpdateInt("signingTime", 1)
oJsonSigningAttrs:UpdateInt("messageDigest", 1)
oJsonSigningAttrs:UpdateInt("signingCertificateV2", 1)
oCrypt:SigningAttributes := oJsonSigningAttrs:Emit()
// By default, all the certs in the chain of authentication are included in the signature.
// If desired, we can choose to only include the signing certificate:
oCrypt:IncludeCertChain := 0
// Pass a JSON document such as the following. Chilkat will do the ITIDA canonicalization.
// (It is the canonicalized JSON that gets signed.)
// Note: The JSON should NOT begin with "{ "documents" : [ ..."
// {
// "issuer":{
// "address":{
// "branchID":"0",
// "country":"EG",
// "regionCity":"Cairo",
// "postalCode":"",
// "buildingNumber":"0",
// "street":"123rd Street",
// "governate":"GOVERNATE"
// },
// "type":"B",
// "id":"209999899",
// "name":"Xyz SAE"
// },
// "receiver":{
// "address":{
// "country":"EG",
// "regionCity":"CAIRO",
// "postalCode":"11435",
// "buildingNumber":"0",
// "street":"Autostrad Road Abc",
// "governate":"GOVERNATE"
// },
// "type":"B",
// "id":"999999999",
// "name":"XYZ EGYPT FOR TRADE"
// },
// "documentType":"I",
// "documentTypeVersion":"1.0",
// "dateTimeIssued":"2020-11-15T11:04:53Z",
// "taxpayerActivityCode":"1073",
// "internalID":"ZZZZ999",
// "purchaseOrderReference":"2009199918",
// "salesOrderReference":"",
// "payment":{
// "bankName":"",
// "bankAddress":"",
// "bankAccountNo":"",
// "bankAccountIBAN":"",
// "swiftCode":"",
// "terms":""
// },
// "delivery":{
// "approach":"",
// "packaging":"",
// "dateValidity":"",
// "exportPort":"",
// "countryOfOrigin":"EG",
// "grossWeight":0,
// "netWeight":0,
// "terms":""
// },
// "invoiceLines":[
// {
// "description":"CDM Widget 48GX99X12BA",
// "itemType":"GS1",
// "itemCode":"7622213335056",
// "unitType":"CS",
// "quantity":1.00,
// "unitValue":{
// "currencySold":"EGP",
// "amountEGP":588.67,
// "amountSold":0,
// "currencyExchangeRate":0
// },
// "salesTotal":588.67,
// "total":603.97,
// "valueDifference":0,
// "totalTaxableFees":0,
// "netTotal":529.8,
// "itemsDiscount":0,
// "discount":{
// "rate":10.00,
// "amount":58.87
// },
// "taxableItems":[
// {
// "taxType":"T1",
// "amount":74.17,
// "subType":"No sub",
// "rate":14.00
// }
// ],
// "internalCode":"9099994"
// }
// ],
// "totalSales":588.67,
// "totalSalesAmount":588.67,
// "totalDiscountAmount":58.87,
// "netAmount":529.80,
// "taxTotals":[
// {
// "taxType":"T1",
// "amount":74.17
// }
// ],
// "extraDiscountAmount":0,
// "totalItemsDiscountAmount":0,
// "totalAmount":603.97,
// }
// Create the CAdES-BES signature.
oCrypt:EncodingMode := "base64"
// Make sure we sign the utf-8 byte representation of the JSON string
oCrypt:Charset := "utf-8"
cJsonInvoice := "{ ... }"
cSigBase64 := oCrypt:SignStringENC(cJsonInvoice)
IF (oCrypt:LastMethodSuccess == 0)
? oCrypt:LastErrorText
oCrypt:destroy()
oCert:destroy()
oCmsOptions:destroy()
oJsonSigningAttrs:destroy()
RETURN
ENDIF
? "Base64 signature:"
? cSigBase64
// Insert the base64 signature into the JSON to be sent
oJson := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
oJson:Load(cJsonInvoice)
oJson:UpdateString("signatures[0].signatureType", "I")
oJson:UpdateString("signatures[0].value", cSigBase64)
oJson:EmitCompact := 1
// Wrap the JSON in {"documents":[ ... ]}
oSbToSend := CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
oSbToSend:Append('{"documents":[')
oSbToSend:Append(oJson:Emit())
oSbToSend:Append("]}")
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Get an access token using our client ID and client secret key
cClientId := "abc999ff-1234"
cClientSecretKey := "123fff22-1234-abcd"
oHttp := CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")
// Causes the Authorization: Basic header to be added..
oHttp:Login := cClientId
oHttp:Password := cClientSecretKey
oHttp:BasicAuth := 1
oReq := CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpRequest")
oReq:HttpVerb := "POST"
oReq:Path := "/connect/token"
oReq:ContentType := "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
oReq:AddParam("grant_type", "client_credentials")
oReq:AddHeader("Connection", "close")
oHttp:Accept := "application/json"
oResp := CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpResponse")
nSuccess := oHttp:HttpReq("https://id.preprod.eta.gov.eg/connect/token", oReq, oResp)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
? oHttp:LastErrorText
oCrypt:destroy()
oCert:destroy()
oCmsOptions:destroy()
oJsonSigningAttrs:destroy()
oJson:destroy()
oSbToSend:destroy()
oHttp:destroy()
oReq:destroy()
oResp:destroy()
RETURN
ENDIF
oHttp:CloseAllConnections()
? "Response status code: " + Str(oResp:StatusCode)
? "Response body:"
? oResp:BodyStr
IF (oResp:StatusCode != 200)
? "Failed."
oCrypt:destroy()
oCert:destroy()
oCmsOptions:destroy()
oJsonSigningAttrs:destroy()
oJson:destroy()
oSbToSend:destroy()
oHttp:destroy()
oReq:destroy()
oResp:destroy()
RETURN
ENDIF
oJsonToken := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
nSuccess := oJsonToken:Load(oResp:BodyStr)
cAccessToken := oJsonToken:StringOf("access_token")
? "access_token = " + cAccessToken
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Submit the signed JSON to the ETA (Egypt Tax Authority) Portal
// No longer sending basic authentication...
oHttp:Login := ""
oHttp:Password := ""
oHttp:BasicAuth := 0
// Setting the AuthToken property causes the "Authorization: Bearer <token>" header to be added to each request.
oHttp:AuthToken := cAccessToken
cUrl := "https://api.preprod.invoicing.eta.gov.eg/api/v1/documentsubmissions"
cJsonStr := oSbToSend:GetAsString()
nSuccess := oHttp:HttpStr("POST", cUrl, cJsonStr, "utf-8", "application/json; charset=utf-8", oResp)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
? oHttp:LastErrorText
oCrypt:destroy()
oCert:destroy()
oCmsOptions:destroy()
oJsonSigningAttrs:destroy()
oJson:destroy()
oSbToSend:destroy()
oHttp:destroy()
oReq:destroy()
oResp:destroy()
oJsonToken:destroy()
RETURN
ENDIF
? "Response status code: " + Str(oResp:StatusCode)
? "Response body:"
? oResp:BodyStr
oCrypt:destroy()
oCert:destroy()
oCmsOptions:destroy()
oJsonSigningAttrs:destroy()
oJson:destroy()
oSbToSend:destroy()
oHttp:destroy()
oReq:destroy()
oResp:destroy()
oJsonToken:destroy()