Xojo Plugin

SSL Client Certificate

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Demonstrates how to connect to an SSL server using a client-side certificate, send a simple message, receive a simple response, and disconnect. Xojo Plugin

Dim success As Boolean
success = False

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

Dim socket As New Chilkat.Socket

// Create an instance of a certificate store object, load a PFX file,
// locate the certificate we need, and use it for signing.
// (a PFX file may contain more than one certificate.)
Dim certStore As New Chilkat.CertStore
// The 1st argument is the filename, the 2nd arg is the 
// PFX file's password:
success = certStore.LoadPfxFile("chilkat_secret.pfx","secret")
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(certStore.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Find the certificate by the subject common name:
Dim jsonCN As New Chilkat.JsonObject
success = jsonCN.UpdateString("CN","cert common name")

Dim cert As New Chilkat.Cert
success = certStore.FindCert(jsonCN,cert)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(certStore.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

success = socket.SetSslClientCert(cert)

Dim ssl As Boolean
ssl = True
Dim maxWaitMillisec As Int32
maxWaitMillisec = 20000

// The SSL server hostname may be an IP address, a domain name,
// or "localhost".  You'll need to change this:
Dim sslServerHost As String
sslServerHost = "123.123.88.88"
Dim sslServerPort As Int32
sslServerPort = 8123

// Connect to the SSL server:
success = socket.Connect(sslServerHost,sslServerPort,ssl,maxWaitMillisec)
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(socket.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Set maximum timeouts for reading an writing (in millisec)
socket.MaxReadIdleMs = 20000
socket.MaxSendIdleMs = 20000

// Send a "Hello Server! -EOM-" message:
success = socket.SendString("Hello Server! -EOM-")
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(socket.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// The server (in this example) is going to send a "Hello Client! -EOM-" 
// message.  Read it:
Dim receivedMsg As String
receivedMsg = socket.ReceiveUntilMatch("-EOM-")
If (socket.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(socket.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Close the connection with the server
// Wait a max of 20 seconds (20000 millsec)
success = socket.Close(20000)

System.DebugLog(receivedMsg)