Create a MAC signature

Sign a message using the public key part of an asymmetric key.

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• Creating and validating MAC digital signatures

Code sample

C#

To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud KMS, see Cloud KMS client libraries.

To authenticate to Cloud KMS, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

using Google.Cloud.Kms.V1;
using Google.Protobuf;

public class SignMacSample
{
    public byte[] SignMac(
      string projectId = "my-project", string locationId = "us-east1", string keyRingId = "my-key-ring", string keyId = "my-key", string keyVersionId = "123",
      string data = "Sample data")
    {
        // Create the client.
        KeyManagementServiceClient client = KeyManagementServiceClient.Create();

        // Build the key version name.
        CryptoKeyVersionName keyVersionName = new CryptoKeyVersionName(projectId, locationId, keyRingId, keyId, keyVersionId);

        // Convert the data into a ByteString.
        ByteString dataByteString = ByteString.CopyFromUtf8(data);

        // Call the API.
        MacSignResponse result = client.MacSign(keyVersionName, dataByteString);

        // The data comes back as raw bytes, which may include non-printable
        // characters. To print the result, you could encode it as base64.
        // string encodedSignature = result.Mac.ToBase64();

        // Get the signature.
        byte[] signature = result.Mac.ToByteArray();

        // Return the result.
        return signature;
    }
}

Go

To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud KMS, see Cloud KMS client libraries.

To authenticate to Cloud KMS, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import (
	"context"
	"encoding/base64"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	kms "cloud.google.com/go/kms/apiv1"
	"cloud.google.com/go/kms/apiv1/kmspb"
)

// signMac will sign a plaintext message using the HMAC algorithm.
func signMac(w io.Writer, name string, data string) error {
	// name := "projects/my-project/locations/us-east1/keyRings/my-key-ring/cryptoKeys/my-key/cryptoKeyVersions/123"
	// data := "my data to sign"

	// Create the client.
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := kms.NewKeyManagementClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create kms client: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	// Build the request.
	req := &kmspb.MacSignRequest{
		Name: name,
		Data: []byte(data),
	}

	// Generate HMAC of data.
	result, err := client.MacSign(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to hmac sign: %w", err)
	}

	// The data comes back as raw bytes, which may include non-printable
	// characters. This base64-encodes the result so it can be printed below.
	encodedSignature := base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(result.Mac)

	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Signature: %s", encodedSignature)
	return nil
}

Java

To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud KMS, see Cloud KMS client libraries.

To authenticate to Cloud KMS, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import com.google.cloud.kms.v1.CryptoKeyVersionName;
import com.google.cloud.kms.v1.KeyManagementServiceClient;
import com.google.cloud.kms.v1.MacSignResponse;
import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Base64;

public class SignMac {

  public void signMac() throws IOException {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "your-project-id";
    String locationId = "us-east1";
    String keyRingId = "my-key-ring";
    String keyId = "my-key";
    String keyVersionId = "123";
    String data = "Data to sign";
    signMac(projectId, locationId, keyRingId, keyId, keyVersionId, data);
  }

  // Sign data with a given mac key.
  public void signMac(
      String projectId,
      String locationId,
      String keyRingId,
      String keyId,
      String keyVersionId,
      String data)
      throws IOException {
    // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only
    // needs to be created once, and can be reused for multiple requests. After
    // completing all of your requests, call the "close" method on the client to
    // safely clean up any remaining background resources.
    try (KeyManagementServiceClient client = KeyManagementServiceClient.create()) {
      // Build the key version name from the project, location, key ring, key,
      // and key version.
      CryptoKeyVersionName keyVersionName =
          CryptoKeyVersionName.of(projectId, locationId, keyRingId, keyId, keyVersionId);

      // Generate an HMAC of the data.
      MacSignResponse response = client.macSign(keyVersionName, ByteString.copyFromUtf8(data));

      // The data comes back as raw bytes, which may include non-printable
      // characters. This base64-encodes the result so it can be printed below.
      String encodedSignature = Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(response.getMac().toByteArray());
      System.out.printf("Signature: %s%n", encodedSignature);
    }
  }
}

Node.js

To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud KMS, see Cloud KMS client libraries.

To authenticate to Cloud KMS, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

//
// TODO(developer): Uncomment these variables before running the sample.
//
// const projectId = 'your-project-id';
// const locationId = 'us-east1';
// const keyRingId = 'my-key-ring';
// const keyId = 'my-key';
// const versionId = '123';
// const data = Buffer.from('...');

// Imports the Cloud KMS library
const {KeyManagementServiceClient} = require('@google-cloud/kms');

// Instantiates a client
const client = new KeyManagementServiceClient();

// Build the version name
const versionName = client.cryptoKeyVersionPath(
  projectId,
  locationId,
  keyRingId,
  keyId,
  versionId
);

async function signMac() {
  // Sign the data with Cloud KMS
  const [signResponse] = await client.macSign({
    name: versionName,
    data: data,
  });

  // Example of how to display signature. Because the signature is in a binary
  // format, you need to encode the output before printing it to a console or
  // displaying it on a screen.
  const encoded = signResponse.mac.toString('base64');
  console.log(`Signature: ${encoded}`);

  return signResponse;
}

return signMac();

PHP

To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud KMS, see Cloud KMS client libraries.

To authenticate to Cloud KMS, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

use Google\Cloud\Kms\V1\Client\KeyManagementServiceClient;
use Google\Cloud\Kms\V1\MacSignRequest;

function sign_mac(
    string $projectId = 'my-project',
    string $locationId = 'us-east1',
    string $keyRingId = 'my-key-ring',
    string $keyId = 'my-key',
    string $versionId = '123',
    string $data = '...'
) {
    // Create the Cloud KMS client.
    $client = new KeyManagementServiceClient();

    // Build the key version name.
    $keyVersionName = $client->cryptoKeyVersionName($projectId, $locationId, $keyRingId, $keyId, $versionId);

    // Call the API.
    $macSignRequest = (new MacSignRequest())
        ->setName($keyVersionName)
        ->setData($data);
    $signMacResponse = $client->macSign($macSignRequest);

    // The data comes back as raw bytes, which may include non-printable
    // characters. This base64-encodes the result so it can be printed below.
    $signature = base64_encode($signMacResponse->getMac());
    printf('Signature: %s' . PHP_EOL, $signature);

    return $signMacResponse;
}

Python

To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud KMS, see Cloud KMS client libraries.

To authenticate to Cloud KMS, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

from google.cloud import kms


def sign_mac(
    project_id: str,
    location_id: str,
    key_ring_id: str,
    key_id: str,
    version_id: str,
    data: str,
) -> kms.MacSignResponse:
    """
    Sign a message using the private key part of an asymmetric key.

    Args:
        project_id (string): Google Cloud project ID (e.g. 'my-project').
        location_id (string): Cloud KMS location (e.g. 'us-east1').
        key_ring_id (string): ID of the Cloud KMS key ring (e.g. 'my-key-ring').
        key_id (string): ID of the key to use (e.g. 'my-key').
        version_id (string): Version to use (e.g. '1').
        data (string): Data to sign.

    Returns:
        MacSignResponse: Signature.
    """

    # Import base64 for printing the ciphertext.
    import base64

    # Create the client.
    client = kms.KeyManagementServiceClient()

    # Build the key version name.
    key_version_name = client.crypto_key_version_path(
        project_id, location_id, key_ring_id, key_id, version_id
    )

    # Convert the message to bytes.
    data_bytes = data.encode("utf-8")

    # Call the API
    sign_response = client.mac_sign(
        request={"name": key_version_name, "data": data_bytes}
    )

    print(f"Signature: {base64.b64encode(sign_response.mac)!r}")
    return sign_response

Ruby

To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud KMS, see Cloud KMS client libraries.

To authenticate to Cloud KMS, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

# TODO(developer): uncomment these values before running the sample.
# project_id  = "my-project"
# location_id = "us-east1"
# key_ring_id = "my-key-ring"
# key_id      = "my-key"
# version_id  = "123"
# data        = "my data"

# Require the library.
require "google/cloud/kms"

# Require digest.
require "digest"

# Create the client.
client = Google::Cloud::Kms.key_management_service

# Build the key version name.
key_version_name = client.crypto_key_version_path project:            project_id,
                                                  location:           location_id,
                                                  key_ring:           key_ring_id,
                                                  crypto_key:         key_id,
                                                  crypto_key_version: version_id

# Call the API.
sign_response = client.mac_sign name: key_version_name, data: data

# The data comes back as raw bytes, which may include non-printable
# characters. This base64-encodes the result so it can be printed below.
encoded_signature = Base64.strict_encode64 sign_response.mac

puts "Signature: #{encoded_signature}"

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