API Security Protocol
All API requests must be authenticated with a JWT Token in the request. Your API keys carry many privileges, so be sure to keep them secret!
You authenticate to the sprintVerify API by providing your JWT token in the header of each request.
What is JSON Web Token(JWT)?
JSON Web Token (JWT) is an open standard (RFC 7519) that defines a compact and self-contained way for securely transmitting information between parties as a JSON object. This information can be verified and trusted because it is digitally signed. JWTs can be signed using a secret (with the HMAC algorithm) or a public/private key pair using RSA or ECDSA.
Although JWTs can be encrypted to also provide secrecy between parties, we will focus on signed tokens. Signed tokens can verify the integrity of the claims contained within it, while encrypted tokens hide those claims from other parties. When tokens are signed using public/private key pairs, the signature also certifies that only the party holding the private key is the one that signed it.
What is the JSON Web Token structure?
In its compact form, JSON Web Tokens consist of three parts separated by dots (.), which are:
- Header
- Payload
- Signature
Therefore, a JWT typically looks like the following.
You can find complete reference here
Token Creation using JWT
JWT generation process All APIs will except a JSON Web Tokens (JWT) Token in header value for Authorization. Refer https://jwt.io/ to understand JWT better. JWT signature has to be generated using the partner secret.
Algorithm type - HS256 JWT Payload
{
"timestamp": 1541044257000,
"partnerId": "PROVIDED BY SPRINTVERIFY",
"reqid": "122333" //(send a unique intiger for each request)
}
Timestamp is in seconds and and it will be valid for <=5 minutes from current time.
Token Creation Sample Codes
<?php
//namespace Firebase\JWT;
//use \DomainException;
//use \InvalidArgumentException;
//use \UnexpectedValueException;
//use \DateTime;
/**
* JSON Web Token implementation, based on this spec:
* https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7519
*
* PHP version 5
*
* @category Authentication
* @package Authentication_JWT
* @author Neuman Vong <[email protected]>
* @author Anant Narayanan <[email protected]>
* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause 3-clause BSD
* @link https://github.com/firebase/php-jwt
*/
class Jwt{
/**
* When checking nbf, iat or expiration times,
* we want to provide some extra leeway time to
* account for clock skew.
*/
public static $leeway = 0;
/**
* Allow the current timestamp to be specified.
* Useful for fixing a value within unit testing.
*
* Will default to PHP time() value if null.
*/
public static $timestamp = null;
public static $supported_algs = array(
'HS256' => array('hash_hmac', 'SHA256'),
'HS512' => array('hash_hmac', 'SHA512'),
'HS384' => array('hash_hmac', 'SHA384'),
'RS256' => array('openssl', 'SHA256'),
'RS384' => array('openssl', 'SHA384'),
'RS512' => array('openssl', 'SHA512'),
);
/**
* Decodes a JWT string into a PHP object.
*
* @param string $jwt The JWT
* @param string|array $key The key, or map of keys.
* If the algorithm used is asymmetric, this is the public key
* @param array $allowed_algs List of supported verification algorithms
* Supported algorithms are 'HS256', 'HS384', 'HS512' and 'RS256'
*
* @return object The JWT's payload as a PHP object
*
* @throws UnexpectedValueException Provided JWT was invalid
* @throws SignatureInvalidException Provided JWT was invalid because the signature verification failed
* @throws BeforeValidException Provided JWT is trying to be used before it's eligible as defined by 'nbf'
* @throws BeforeValidException Provided JWT is trying to be used before it's been created as defined by 'iat'
* @throws ExpiredException Provided JWT has since expired, as defined by the 'exp' claim
*
* @uses jsonDecode
* @uses urlsafeB64Decode
*/
public static function decode($jwt, $key, array $allowed_algs = array())
{
$timestamp = is_null(static::$timestamp) ? time() : static::$timestamp;
if (empty($key)) {
throw new InvalidArgumentException('Key may not be empty');
}
$tks = explode('.', $jwt);
if (count($tks) != 3) {
throw new UnexpectedValueException('Wrong number of segments');
}
list($headb64, $bodyb64, $cryptob64) = $tks;
if (null === ($header = static::jsonDecode(static::urlsafeB64Decode($headb64)))) {
throw new UnexpectedValueException('Invalid header encoding');
}
if (null === $payload = static::jsonDecode(static::urlsafeB64Decode($bodyb64))) {
throw new UnexpectedValueException('Invalid claims encoding');
}
if (false === ($sig = static::urlsafeB64Decode($cryptob64))) {
throw new UnexpectedValueException('Invalid signature encoding');
}
if (empty($header->alg)) {
throw new UnexpectedValueException('Empty algorithm');
}
if (empty(static::$supported_algs[$header->alg])) {
throw new UnexpectedValueException('Algorithm not supported');
}
if (!in_array($header->alg, $allowed_algs)) {
throw new UnexpectedValueException('Algorithm not allowed');
}
if (is_array($key) || $key instanceof \ArrayAccess) {
if (isset($header->kid)) {
if (!isset($key[$header->kid])) {
throw new UnexpectedValueException('"kid" invalid, unable to lookup correct key');
}
$key = $key[$header->kid];
} else {
throw new UnexpectedValueException('"kid" empty, unable to lookup correct key');
}
}
// Check the signature
if (!static::verify("$headb64.$bodyb64", $sig, $key, $header->alg)) {
//throw new SignatureInvalidException('Signature verification failed');
throw new UnexpectedValueException('Signature verification failed');
}
// Check if the nbf if it is defined. This is the time that the
// token can actually be used. If it's not yet that time, abort.
if (isset($payload->nbf) && $payload->nbf > ($timestamp + static::$leeway)) {
throw new UnexpectedValueException(
'Cannot handle token prior to ' . date(DateTime::ISO8601, $payload->nbf)
);
}
// Check that this token has been created before 'now'. This prevents
// using tokens that have been created for later use (and haven't
// correctly used the nbf claim).
if (isset($payload->iat) && $payload->iat > ($timestamp + static::$leeway)) {
throw new UnexpectedValueException(
'Cannot handle token prior to ' . date(DateTime::ISO8601, $payload->iat)
);
}
// Check if this token has expired.
if (isset($payload->exp) && ($timestamp - static::$leeway) >= $payload->exp) {
throw new UnexpectedValueException('Expired token');
}
return $payload;
}
/**
* Converts and signs a PHP object or array into a JWT string.
*
* @param object|array $payload PHP object or array
* @param string $key The secret key.
* If the algorithm used is asymmetric, this is the private key
* @param string $alg The signing algorithm.
* Supported algorithms are 'HS256', 'HS384', 'HS512' and 'RS256'
* @param mixed $keyId
* @param array $head An array with header elements to attach
*
* @return string A signed JWT
*
* @uses jsonEncode
* @uses urlsafeB64Encode
*/
public static function encode($payload, $key, $alg = 'HS256', $keyId = null, $head = null)
{
$header = array('typ' => 'JWT', 'alg' => $alg);
if ($keyId !== null) {
$header['kid'] = $keyId;
}
if ( isset($head) && is_array($head) ) {
$header = array_merge($head, $header);
}
$segments = array();
$segments[] = static::urlsafeB64Encode(static::jsonEncode($header));
$segments[] = static::urlsafeB64Encode(static::jsonEncode($payload));
$signing_input = implode('.', $segments);
$signature = static::sign($signing_input, $key, $alg);
$segments[] = static::urlsafeB64Encode($signature);
return implode('.', $segments);
}
/**
* Sign a string with a given key and algorithm.
*
* @param string $msg The message to sign
* @param string|resource $key The secret key
* @param string $alg The signing algorithm.
* Supported algorithms are 'HS256', 'HS384', 'HS512' and 'RS256'
*
* @return string An encrypted message
*
* @throws DomainException Unsupported algorithm was specified
*/
public static function sign($msg, $key, $alg = 'HS256')
{
if (empty(static::$supported_algs[$alg])) {
throw new DomainException('Algorithm not supported');
}
list($function, $algorithm) = static::$supported_algs[$alg];
switch($function) {
case 'hash_hmac':
return hash_hmac($algorithm, $msg, $key, true);
case 'openssl':
$signature = '';
$success = openssl_sign($msg, $signature, $key, $algorithm);
if (!$success) {
throw new DomainException("OpenSSL unable to sign data");
} else {
return $signature;
}
}
}
/**
* Verify a signature with the message, key and method. Not all methods
* are symmetric, so we must have a separate verify and sign method.
*
* @param string $msg The original message (header and body)
* @param string $signature The original signature
* @param string|resource $key For HS*, a string key works. for RS*, must be a resource of an openssl public key
* @param string $alg The algorithm
*
* @return bool
*
* @throws DomainException Invalid Algorithm or OpenSSL failure
*/
private static function verify($msg, $signature, $key, $alg)
{
if (empty(static::$supported_algs[$alg])) {
throw new DomainException('Algorithm not supported');
}
list($function, $algorithm) = static::$supported_algs[$alg];
switch($function) {
case 'openssl':
$success = openssl_verify($msg, $signature, $key, $algorithm);
if ($success === 1) {
return true;
} elseif ($success === 0) {
return false;
}
// returns 1 on success, 0 on failure, -1 on error.
throw new DomainException(
'OpenSSL error: ' . openssl_error_string()
);
case 'hash_hmac':
default:
$hash = hash_hmac($algorithm, $msg, $key, true);
if (function_exists('hash_equals')) {
return hash_equals($signature, $hash);
}
$len = min(static::safeStrlen($signature), static::safeStrlen($hash));
$status = 0;
for ($i = 0; $i < $len; $i++) {
$status |= (ord($signature[$i]) ^ ord($hash[$i]));
}
$status |= (static::safeStrlen($signature) ^ static::safeStrlen($hash));
return ($status === 0);
}
}
/**
* Decode a JSON string into a PHP object.
*
* @param string $input JSON string
*
* @return object Object representation of JSON string
*
* @throws DomainException Provided string was invalid JSON
*/
public static function jsonDecode($input)
{
if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.4.0', '>=') && !(defined('JSON_C_VERSION') && PHP_INT_SIZE > 4)) {
/** In PHP >=5.4.0, json_decode() accepts an options parameter, that allows you
* to specify that large ints (like Steam Transaction IDs) should be treated as
* strings, rather than the PHP default behaviour of converting them to floats.
*/
$obj = json_decode($input, false, 512, JSON_BIGINT_AS_STRING);
} else {
/** Not all servers will support that, however, so for older versions we must
* manually detect large ints in the JSON string and quote them (thus converting
*them to strings) before decoding, hence the preg_replace() call.
*/
$max_int_length = strlen((string) PHP_INT_MAX) - 1;
$json_without_bigints = preg_replace('/:\s*(-?\d{'.$max_int_length.',})/', ': "$1"', $input);
$obj = json_decode($json_without_bigints);
}
if (function_exists('json_last_error') && $errno = json_last_error()) {
static::handleJsonError($errno);
} elseif ($obj === null && $input !== 'null') {
throw new DomainException('Null result with non-null input');
}
return $obj;
}
/**
* Encode a PHP object into a JSON string.
*
* @param object|array $input A PHP object or array
*
* @return string JSON representation of the PHP object or array
*
* @throws DomainException Provided object could not be encoded to valid JSON
*/
public static function jsonEncode($input)
{
$json = json_encode($input);
if (function_exists('json_last_error') && $errno = json_last_error()) {
static::handleJsonError($errno);
} elseif ($json === 'null' && $input !== null) {
throw new DomainException('Null result with non-null input');
}
return $json;
}
/**
* Decode a string with URL-safe Base64.
*
* @param string $input A Base64 encoded string
*
* @return string A decoded string
*/
public static function urlsafeB64Decode($input)
{
$remainder = strlen($input) % 4;
if ($remainder) {
$padlen = 4 - $remainder;
$input .= str_repeat('=', $padlen);
}
return base64_decode(strtr($input, '-_', '+/'));
}
/**
* Encode a string with URL-safe Base64.
*
* @param string $input The string you want encoded
*
* @return string The base64 encode of what you passed in
*/
public static function urlsafeB64Encode($input)
{
return str_replace('=', '', strtr(base64_encode($input), '+/', '-_'));
}
/**
* Helper method to create a JSON error.
*
* @param int $errno An error number from json_last_error()
*
* @return void
*/
private static function handleJsonError($errno)
{
$messages = array(
JSON_ERROR_DEPTH => 'Maximum stack depth exceeded',
JSON_ERROR_STATE_MISMATCH => 'Invalid or malformed JSON',
JSON_ERROR_CTRL_CHAR => 'Unexpected control character found',
JSON_ERROR_SYNTAX => 'Syntax error, malformed JSON',
JSON_ERROR_UTF8 => 'Malformed UTF-8 characters' //PHP >= 5.3.3
);
throw new DomainException(
isset($messages[$errno])
? $messages[$errno]
: 'Unknown JSON error: ' . $errno
);
}
/**
* Get the number of bytes in cryptographic strings.
*
* @param string
*
* @return int
*/
private static function safeStrlen($str)
{
if (function_exists('mb_strlen')) {
return mb_strlen($str, '8bit');
}
return strlen($str);
}
}
//System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt need to dowload the library.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.IdentityModel;
using System.Security;
using Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens;
using System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt;
namespace CCJWTTokens
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string\[] args)
{
Console.WriteLine("");// Define const Key this should be private secret key stored in some safe place
string key = "UFMwMDEyNGQ2NTliODUzYmViM2I1OWRjMDc2YWNhMTE2M2I1NQ==";
// Create Security key using private key above:
// not that latest version of JWT using Microsoft namespace instead of System
var securityKey = new Microsoft
.IdentityModel.Tokens.SymmetricSecurityKey(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(key));
// Also note that securityKey length should be >256b
// so you have to make sure that your private key has a proper length
//
var credentials = new Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens.SigningCredentials
(securityKey, "HS256");
// Finally create a Token
var header = new JwtHeader(credentials);
//Some PayLoad that contain information about the customer
var payload = new JwtPayload
{
{"timestamp", DateTimeOffset.Now.ToUnixTimeMilliseconds()},
{"partnerId","CORP00001" },
{ "reqid","12233773"},
};
//
var secToken = new JwtSecurityToken(header, payload);
var handler = new JwtSecurityTokenHandler();
// Token to String so you can use it in your client
var tokenString = handler.WriteToken(secToken);
Console.WriteLine(tokenString);
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
public static void main(String\[] args){
System.out.println(getToken());
}
private static int getRandom() {
int random = (int) Math.round(Math.random() \* 1000000000);
return random;
}
private static long getTimestamp() {
long timestamp = Instant.now().getEpochSecond();
return timestamp;
}
public static String getToken() {
int random = getRandom();
long timestamp = getTimestamp();
String secretKey = io.jsonwebtoken.impl.TextCodec.BASE64.encode("YOUR SECRECT KEY");
String token = io.jsonwebtoken.Jwts.builder()
.setIssuer("PSPRINT")
.setHeaderParam("typ", "JWT")
.setHeaderParam("alg", "HS256")
.claim("iss", "PSPRINT") // not Compulsary
.claim("timestamp", timestamp)
.claim("partnerId", "CORP000XX") // PARTNER ID
.claim("product","WALLET") // not Compulsary
.claim("reqid", random) // Random request no
.signWith(io.jsonwebtoken.SignatureAlgorithm.HS256, secretKey)
.compact();
return token;
}
import random
import time
import jwt
# Get current timestamp in epoch format
current_timestamp = int(time.time())
print("Current timestamp in epoch format:", current_timestamp)
# Generate a random integer between 1 and 9999999
random_number = random.randint(1, 9999999)
print("Random number:", random_number)
# Define your secret key (keep this secure!)
SECRET_KEY = 'YOUR SECRECT KEY'
# Define payload (data you want to include in the token)
payload = {
'timestamp': current_timestamp, # Timestamp
'partnerId': "CORP00001", # Partner ID
'reqid': random_number # Request ID
}
# Generate token
token = jwt.encode(payload, SECRET_KEY, algorithm='HS256')
print("Generated token:", token)
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