HTTPClient Class

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The HTTPClient class implements client-side functionality of HTTP and HTTPS protocols.

Syntax

HTTPClient

Remarks

HTTPClient provides means of exchanging HTTP messages with HTTP servers. Both plain (HTTP) and secure (HTTPS) connection types are supported.

Features supported

  • All standard request types (GET, POST, PUT etc.), plus custom VERBs
  • TLS 1.2 and 1.3 (and earlier versions for older servers)
  • Strong client and server authentication on TLS and HTTP levels
  • Flexible custom header adjustment
  • A variety of proxy server types

Configuring the component

HTTPClient is very easy to configure. In some cases, like in the example given below, you do not need any special tuneups whatsoever: client.Get("http://www.mywebserver.com/"); if (client.StatusCode == 200) { string response = client.OutputString; } You may need to adjust the component settings if you plan to connect to endpoints secured with TLS. By default, HTTPClient relies on the system settings when validating server certificates. If you would prefer to ignore the system trust and implement customized chain validation procedures - such as certificate pinning - in your code instead, set TLSSettings.AutoValidateCertificates to false, and subscribe to CertificateValidate event. This event will fire whenever a server certificate validation needs to be performed.

Use TLSClientChain collection to provide your certificates for client authentication. Make sure the provided certificate contains a private key; otherwise it will be unable to authenticate.

To provide custom HTTP headers, subscribe to HeadersPrepared event. HTTPClient fires this event right before sending the request out to the server, giving you an opportunity to alter the headers or add your own. The list of headers can be accessed via the RequestHeaders collection. Note: the headers can only be modified from the HeadersPrepared event handler. Setting them earlier or later in your code won't provide the expected effect.

Having set up the component, use the appropriate output property (such as OutputFile) to obtain the response in the desired format (string, memory buffer, or file).

Property List


The following is the full list of the properties of the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

AuthTypesDefines allowed HTTP authentication types.
BlockedCertificatesThe certificates that must be rejected as trust anchors.
ConnectionInfoReturns the details of the underlying network connection.
CustomRequestSpecifies a custom request verb.
DynamicDataTakes a piece of data to be sent to the server within a dynamic POST or PUT request.
ExternalCryptoProvides access to external signing and DC parameters.
FIPSModeReserved.
KeepAlivePolicyDefines the keep-alive handling policy.
KnownCertificatesAdditional certificates for chain validation.
KnownCRLsAdditional CRLs for chain validation.
KnownOCSPsAdditional OCSP responses for chain validation.
OutputBytesContains the response content.
OutputFileA path to the output file.
OutputStringContains the response content.
ProxyThe proxy server settings.
ReasonPhraseContains the Reason Phrase element of the server's response.
RequestHeadersContains HTTP request headers.
RequestParametersProvides access to common HTTP request properties.
ResponseHeadersContains the HTTP server's response headers.
ResponseParametersContains the HTTP server's response parameters.
SocketSettingsManages network connection settings.
StatusCodeContains the Status Code element of the server's response.
TLSClientChainThe TLS client certificate chain.
TLSServerChainThe TLS server's certificate chain.
TLSSettingsManages TLS layer settings.
TrustedCertificatesA list of trusted certificates for chain validation.

Method List


The following is the full list of the methods of the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

ConfigSets or retrieves a configuration setting.
DeleteSends a DELETE request to the server.
DoActionPerforms an additional action.
GetSends a GET request to the server.
HeadSends a HEAD request to the server.
OptionsSends an OPTIONS request to the server.
PostSends a POST request to the server.
PostBytesSends a POST request to the server.
PostFileSends a file to the server using a POST request.
PostStreamSends a POST request to the server.
PostWebFormPosts a web form data to the server.
PutSends a PUT request to the server.
PutBytesSends a PUT request to the server.
PutFileSends a file to the server using a PUT request.
PutStreamSends a PUT request to the server.
ResetResets the class settings.
TraceSends a TRACE request to the server.

Event List


The following is the full list of the events fired by the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

CookieFired to report a received cookie.
DocumentBeginMarks the start of the incoming HTML document or file.
DocumentEndMarks the successful receipt of the incoming HTML document or file.
DynamicDataNeededRequests a portion of data to be uploaded from the application.
ErrorInformation about errors during data delivery.
ExternalSignHandles remote or external signing initiated by the SignExternal method or other source.
HeadersPreparedFires when the request headers have been formed and are about to be sent to the server.
HeadersReceivedFires when the HTTP response headers have just been received from the server.
NotificationThis event notifies the application about an underlying control flow event.
ProgressFires periodically during the data transfer.
RedirectionFires when the server suggests a redirect.
TLSCertNeededFires when a remote TLS party requests a client certificate.
TLSCertValidateThis event is fired upon receipt of the TLS server's certificate, allowing the user to control its acceptance.
TLSEstablishedFires when a TLS handshake with Host successfully completes.
TLSHandshakeFires when a new TLS handshake is initiated, before the handshake commences.
TLSPSKNotifies the application about the PSK key exchange.
TLSShutdownReports the graceful closure of a TLS connection.

Config Settings


The following is a list of config settings for the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

AuthStickToLastURLTBD.
CacheStreamOutputTells the class whether to cache stream- and file-bound responses in the class.
CookiesTBD.
DefClientCookieFmtTBD.
ForceNTLMAuthActivates and enforces NTLM authentication.
IgnoreCookieSecureFlagTBD.
IgnoreSystemTrustWhether trusted Windows Certificate Stores should be treated as trusted.
IgnoreUnknownTransferEncodingsAll incoming responses with unknown transfer encodings are ignored if this property is true.
KeepConnectionOpenTBD.
MaxRedirectionsThe maximum number of HTTP redirects.
OutputFileSpecifies the file where the received content should be saved to.
PersistentAuthHeaderWhether to resend NTLM negotiation on every request.
RequestCompressionGZipAsk server to use GZip compression.
RequestCompressionLevelAsk server to use the specified compression level.
SendBufferSizeSize of send buffer in bytes.
StaticDNSSpecifies whether static DNS rules should be used.
StaticIPAddress[domain]Gets or sets an IP address for the specified domain name.
StaticIPAddressesGets or sets all the static DNS rules.
SuppressRedirectionContentWhether to suppress the redirection content.
TempPathPath for storing temporary files.
TLSExtensionsTBD.
TLSPeerExtensionsTBD.
TLSSessionGroupSpecifies the group name of TLS sessions to be used for session resumption.
TLSSessionLifetimeSpecifies lifetime in seconds of the cached TLS session.
TLSSessionPurgeIntervalSpecifies how often the session cache should remove the expired TLS sessions.
TolerateMinorChainIssuesWhether to tolerate minor chain issues.
Use100ContinueWhether to use 100-continue for POST and PUT commands.
UseCompressionWhether to use GZip compression.
UseKerberosAuthTBD.
UseMicrosoftCTLEnables or disables the automatic use of the Microsoft online certificate trust list.
UseSystemCertificatesEnables or disables the use of the system certificates.
ASN1UseGlobalTagCacheControls whether ASN.1 module should use a global object cache.
AssignSystemSmartCardPinsSpecifies whether CSP-level PINs should be assigned to CNG keys.
CheckKeyIntegrityBeforeUseEnables or disable private key integrity check before use.
CookieCachingSpecifies whether a cookie cache should be used for HTTP(S) transports.
CookiesGets or sets local cookies for the class.
DefDeriveKeyIterationsSpecifies the default key derivation algorithm iteration count.
DNSLocalSuffixThe suffix to assign for TLD names.
EnableClientSideSSLFFDHEEnables or disables finite field DHE key exchange support in TLS clients.
GlobalCookiesGets or sets global cookies for all the HTTP transports.
HardwareCryptoUsePolicyThe hardware crypto usage policy.
HttpUserAgentSpecifies the user agent name to be used by all HTTP clients.
HttpVersionThe HTTP version to use in any inner HTTP client classes created.
IgnoreExpiredMSCTLSigningCertWhether to tolerate the expired Windows Update signing certificate.
ListDelimiterThe delimiter character for multi-element lists.
LogDestinationSpecifies the debug log destination.
LogDetailsSpecifies the debug log details to dump.
LogFileSpecifies the debug log filename.
LogFiltersSpecifies the debug log filters.
LogFlushModeSpecifies the log flush mode.
LogLevelSpecifies the debug log level.
LogMaxEventCountSpecifies the maximum number of events to cache before further action is taken.
LogRotationModeSpecifies the log rotation mode.
MaxASN1BufferLengthSpecifies the maximal allowed length for ASN.1 primitive tag data.
MaxASN1TreeDepthSpecifies the maximal depth for processed ASN.1 trees.
OCSPHashAlgorithmSpecifies the hash algorithm to be used to identify certificates in OCSP requests.
OldClientSideRSAFallbackSpecifies whether the SSH client should use a SHA1 fallback.
PKICacheSpecifies which PKI elements (certificates, CRLs, OCSP responses) should be cached.
PKICachePathSpecifies the file system path where cached PKI data is stored.
ProductVersionReturns the version of the SecureBlackbox library.
ServerSSLDHKeyLengthSets the size of the TLS DHE key exchange group.
StaticDNSSpecifies whether static DNS rules should be used.
StaticIPAddress[domain]Gets or sets an IP address for the specified domain name.
StaticIPAddressesGets or sets all the static DNS rules.
TagAllows to store any custom data.
TLSSessionGroupSpecifies the group name of TLS sessions to be used for session resumption.
TLSSessionLifetimeSpecifies lifetime in seconds of the cached TLS session.
TLSSessionPurgeIntervalSpecifies how often the session cache should remove the expired TLS sessions.
UseCRLObjectCachingSpecifies whether reuse of loaded CRL objects is enabled.
UseInternalRandomSwitches between SecureBlackbox-own and platform PRNGs.
UseLegacyAdESValidationEnables legacy AdES validation mode.
UseOCSPResponseObjectCachingSpecifies whether reuse of loaded OCSP response objects is enabled.
UseOwnDNSResolverSpecifies whether the client classes should use own DNS resolver.
UseSharedSystemStoragesSpecifies whether the validation engine should use a global per-process copy of the system certificate stores.
UseSystemNativeSizeCalculationAn internal CryptoAPI access tweak.
UseSystemOAEPAndPSSEnforces or disables the use of system-driven RSA OAEP and PSS computations.
UseSystemRandomEnables or disables the use of the OS PRNG.
XMLRDNDescriptorName[OID]Defines an OID mapping to descriptor names for the certificate's IssuerRDN or SubjectRDN.
XMLRDNDescriptorPriority[OID]Specifies the priority of descriptor names associated with a specific OID.
XMLRDNDescriptorReverseOrderSpecifies whether to reverse the order of descriptors in RDN.
XMLRDNDescriptorSeparatorSpecifies the separator used between descriptors in RDN.

AuthTypes Property (HTTPClient Class)

Defines allowed HTTP authentication types.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int GetAuthTypes();
int SetAuthTypes(int iAuthTypes); Unicode (Windows) INT GetAuthTypes();
INT SetAuthTypes(INT iAuthTypes);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getauthtypes(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setauthtypes(void* lpObj, int iAuthTypes);
int GetAuthTypes();
int SetAuthTypes(int iAuthTypes);

Default Value

0

Remarks

Use this property to define which authentication types the component should support or attempt to use by enabling the relevant bitmask flags:

haBasic0x01Basic authentication

haDigest0x02Digest authentication (RFC 2617)

haNTLM0x04Windows NTLM authentication

haKerberos0x08Kerberos (Negotiate) authentication

haOAuth20x10OAuth2 authentication

Data Type

Integer

BlockedCertificates Property (HTTPClient Class)

The certificates that must be rejected as trust anchors.

Syntax

SecureBlackboxList<SecureBlackboxCertificate>* GetBlockedCertificates();
int SetBlockedCertificates(SecureBlackboxList<SecureBlackboxCertificate>* val);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getblockedcertcount(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setblockedcertcount(void* lpObj, int iBlockedCertCount);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getblockedcertbytes(void* lpObj, int blockedcertindex, char** lpBlockedCertBytes, int* lenBlockedCertBytes);
int64 secureblackbox_httpclient_getblockedcerthandle(void* lpObj, int blockedcertindex);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setblockedcerthandle(void* lpObj, int blockedcertindex, int64 lBlockedCertHandle);
int GetBlockedCertCount();
int SetBlockedCertCount(int iBlockedCertCount); QByteArray GetBlockedCertBytes(int iBlockedCertIndex); qint64 GetBlockedCertHandle(int iBlockedCertIndex);
int SetBlockedCertHandle(int iBlockedCertIndex, qint64 lBlockedCertHandle);

Remarks

Use this property to provide a list of compromised or blocked certificates. Any chain containing a blocked certificate will fail validation.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

SecureBlackboxCertificate

ConnectionInfo Property (HTTPClient Class)

Returns the details of the underlying network connection.

Syntax

SecureBlackboxTLSConnectionInfo* GetConnectionInfo();

int secureblackbox_httpclient_getconninfoaeadcipher(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getconninfochainvalidationdetails(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getconninfochainvalidationresult(void* lpObj);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getconninfociphersuite(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getconninfoclientauthenticated(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getconninfoclientauthrequested(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getconninfoconnectionestablished(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getconninfoconnectionid(void* lpObj, char** lpConnInfoConnectionID, int* lenConnInfoConnectionID);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getconninfodigestalgorithm(void* lpObj);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getconninfoencryptionalgorithm(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getconninfoexportable(void* lpObj);
int64 secureblackbox_httpclient_getconninfoid(void* lpObj);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getconninfokeyexchangealgorithm(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getconninfokeyexchangekeybits(void* lpObj);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getconninfonamedeccurve(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getconninfopfscipher(void* lpObj);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getconninfopresharedidentity(void* lpObj);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getconninfopresharedidentityhint(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getconninfopublickeybits(void* lpObj);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getconninforemoteaddress(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getconninforemoteport(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getconninforesumedsession(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getconninfosecureconnection(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getconninfoserverauthenticated(void* lpObj);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getconninfosignaturealgorithm(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getconninfosymmetricblocksize(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getconninfosymmetrickeybits(void* lpObj);
int64 secureblackbox_httpclient_getconninfototalbytesreceived(void* lpObj);
int64 secureblackbox_httpclient_getconninfototalbytessent(void* lpObj);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getconninfovalidationlog(void* lpObj);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getconninfoversion(void* lpObj);
bool GetConnInfoAEADCipher();

int GetConnInfoChainValidationDetails();

int GetConnInfoChainValidationResult();

QString GetConnInfoCiphersuite();

bool GetConnInfoClientAuthenticated();

bool GetConnInfoClientAuthRequested();

bool GetConnInfoConnectionEstablished();

QByteArray GetConnInfoConnectionID();

QString GetConnInfoDigestAlgorithm();

QString GetConnInfoEncryptionAlgorithm();

bool GetConnInfoExportable();

qint64 GetConnInfoID();

QString GetConnInfoKeyExchangeAlgorithm();

int GetConnInfoKeyExchangeKeyBits();

QString GetConnInfoNamedECCurve();

bool GetConnInfoPFSCipher();

QString GetConnInfoPreSharedIdentity();

QString GetConnInfoPreSharedIdentityHint();

int GetConnInfoPublicKeyBits();

QString GetConnInfoRemoteAddress();

int GetConnInfoRemotePort();

bool GetConnInfoResumedSession();

bool GetConnInfoSecureConnection();

bool GetConnInfoServerAuthenticated();

QString GetConnInfoSignatureAlgorithm();

int GetConnInfoSymmetricBlockSize();

int GetConnInfoSymmetricKeyBits();

qint64 GetConnInfoTotalBytesReceived();

qint64 GetConnInfoTotalBytesSent();

QString GetConnInfoValidationLog();

QString GetConnInfoVersion();

Remarks

Use this property to learn about the connection setup, such as the protocol security details and amounts of data transferred each way.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

SecureBlackboxTLSConnectionInfo

CustomRequest Property (HTTPClient Class)

Specifies a custom request verb.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* GetCustomRequest();
int SetCustomRequest(const char* lpszCustomRequest); Unicode (Windows) LPWSTR GetCustomRequest();
INT SetCustomRequest(LPCWSTR lpszCustomRequest);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getcustomrequest(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setcustomrequest(void* lpObj, const char* lpszCustomRequest);
QString GetCustomRequest();
int SetCustomRequest(QString qsCustomRequest);

Default Value

""

Remarks

Use this property to specify a custom HTTP method verb to use instead of the original method. PATCH is one of the commonly used custom verbs.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

String

DynamicData Property (HTTPClient Class)

Takes a piece of data to be sent to the server within a dynamic POST or PUT request.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int GetDynamicData(char* &lpDynamicData, int &lenDynamicData);
int SetDynamicData(const char* lpDynamicData, int lenDynamicData); Unicode (Windows) INT GetDynamicData(LPSTR &lpDynamicData, INT &lenDynamicData);
INT SetDynamicData(LPCSTR lpDynamicData, INT lenDynamicData);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getdynamicdata(void* lpObj, char** lpDynamicData, int* lenDynamicData);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setdynamicdata(void* lpObj, const char* lpDynamicData, int lenDynamicData);
QByteArray GetDynamicData();
int SetDynamicData(QByteArray qbaDynamicData);

Remarks

Assign the next chunk of data to this property from your DynamicDataNeeded event handler to pass it to the server. Leave it empty to tell the component that no more data is available.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Byte Array

ExternalCrypto Property (HTTPClient Class)

Provides access to external signing and DC parameters.

Syntax

SecureBlackboxExternalCrypto* GetExternalCrypto();

char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getexternalcryptoasyncdocumentid(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setexternalcryptoasyncdocumentid(void* lpObj, const char* lpszExternalCryptoAsyncDocumentID);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getexternalcryptocustomparams(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setexternalcryptocustomparams(void* lpObj, const char* lpszExternalCryptoCustomParams);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getexternalcryptodata(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setexternalcryptodata(void* lpObj, const char* lpszExternalCryptoData);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getexternalcryptoexternalhashcalculation(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setexternalcryptoexternalhashcalculation(void* lpObj, int bExternalCryptoExternalHashCalculation);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getexternalcryptohashalgorithm(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setexternalcryptohashalgorithm(void* lpObj, const char* lpszExternalCryptoHashAlgorithm);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getexternalcryptokeyid(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setexternalcryptokeyid(void* lpObj, const char* lpszExternalCryptoKeyID);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getexternalcryptokeysecret(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setexternalcryptokeysecret(void* lpObj, const char* lpszExternalCryptoKeySecret);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getexternalcryptomethod(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setexternalcryptomethod(void* lpObj, int iExternalCryptoMethod);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getexternalcryptomode(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setexternalcryptomode(void* lpObj, int iExternalCryptoMode);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getexternalcryptopublickeyalgorithm(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setexternalcryptopublickeyalgorithm(void* lpObj, const char* lpszExternalCryptoPublicKeyAlgorithm);
QString GetExternalCryptoAsyncDocumentID();
int SetExternalCryptoAsyncDocumentID(QString qsExternalCryptoAsyncDocumentID); QString GetExternalCryptoCustomParams();
int SetExternalCryptoCustomParams(QString qsExternalCryptoCustomParams); QString GetExternalCryptoData();
int SetExternalCryptoData(QString qsExternalCryptoData); bool GetExternalCryptoExternalHashCalculation();
int SetExternalCryptoExternalHashCalculation(bool bExternalCryptoExternalHashCalculation); QString GetExternalCryptoHashAlgorithm();
int SetExternalCryptoHashAlgorithm(QString qsExternalCryptoHashAlgorithm); QString GetExternalCryptoKeyID();
int SetExternalCryptoKeyID(QString qsExternalCryptoKeyID); QString GetExternalCryptoKeySecret();
int SetExternalCryptoKeySecret(QString qsExternalCryptoKeySecret); int GetExternalCryptoMethod();
int SetExternalCryptoMethod(int iExternalCryptoMethod); int GetExternalCryptoMode();
int SetExternalCryptoMode(int iExternalCryptoMode); QString GetExternalCryptoPublicKeyAlgorithm();
int SetExternalCryptoPublicKeyAlgorithm(QString qsExternalCryptoPublicKeyAlgorithm);

Remarks

Use this property to tune-up remote cryptography settings. SecureBlackbox supports two independent types of external cryptography: synchronous (based on the ExternalSign event) and asynchronous (based on the DC protocol and the DCAuth signing component).

This property is read-only.

Data Type

SecureBlackboxExternalCrypto

FIPSMode Property (HTTPClient Class)

Reserved.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int GetFIPSMode();
int SetFIPSMode(int bFIPSMode); Unicode (Windows) BOOL GetFIPSMode();
INT SetFIPSMode(BOOL bFIPSMode);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getfipsmode(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setfipsmode(void* lpObj, int bFIPSMode);
bool GetFIPSMode();
int SetFIPSMode(bool bFIPSMode);

Default Value

FALSE

Remarks

This property is reserved for future use.

Data Type

Boolean

KeepAlivePolicy Property (HTTPClient Class)

Defines the keep-alive handling policy.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int GetKeepAlivePolicy();
int SetKeepAlivePolicy(int iKeepAlivePolicy); Unicode (Windows) INT GetKeepAlivePolicy();
INT SetKeepAlivePolicy(INT iKeepAlivePolicy);

Possible Values

CKAP_STANDARD_DEFINED(0), 
CKAP_PREFER_KEEP_ALIVE(1),
CKAP_RELY_ON_SERVER(2),
CKAP_KEEP_ALIVES_DISABLED(3)
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getkeepalivepolicy(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setkeepalivepolicy(void* lpObj, int iKeepAlivePolicy);
int GetKeepAlivePolicy();
int SetKeepAlivePolicy(int iKeepAlivePolicy);

Default Value

0

Remarks

Use this property to tune-up the keep-alive mechanism as per the needs of your application.

ckapStandardDefined0Follow the standard
ckapPreferKeepAlive1Always request a keep-alive connection
ckapRelyOnServer2Not include the "Connection" header, allowing the server to choose the keep-alive mode
ckapKeepAlivesDisabled3Disable keep-alives by including the "Connection: Close" header

Data Type

Integer

KnownCertificates Property (HTTPClient Class)

Additional certificates for chain validation.

Syntax

SecureBlackboxList<SecureBlackboxCertificate>* GetKnownCertificates();
int SetKnownCertificates(SecureBlackboxList<SecureBlackboxCertificate>* val);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getknowncertcount(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setknowncertcount(void* lpObj, int iKnownCertCount);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getknowncertbytes(void* lpObj, int knowncertindex, char** lpKnownCertBytes, int* lenKnownCertBytes);
int64 secureblackbox_httpclient_getknowncerthandle(void* lpObj, int knowncertindex);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setknowncerthandle(void* lpObj, int knowncertindex, int64 lKnownCertHandle);
int GetKnownCertCount();
int SetKnownCertCount(int iKnownCertCount); QByteArray GetKnownCertBytes(int iKnownCertIndex); qint64 GetKnownCertHandle(int iKnownCertIndex);
int SetKnownCertHandle(int iKnownCertIndex, qint64 lKnownCertHandle);

Remarks

Use this property to supply a list of additional certificates that might be needed for chain validation. An example of a scenario where you might want to do that is when intermediary CA certificates are absent from the standard system locations (or when there are no standard system locations), and therefore should be supplied to the class manually.

The purpose of the certificates to be added to this collection is roughly equivalent to that of the Intermediate Certification Authorities system store in Windows.

Do not add trust anchors or root certificates to this collection: add them to TrustedCertificates instead.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

SecureBlackboxCertificate

KnownCRLs Property (HTTPClient Class)

Additional CRLs for chain validation.

Syntax

SecureBlackboxList<SecureBlackboxCRL>* GetKnownCRLs();
int SetKnownCRLs(SecureBlackboxList<SecureBlackboxCRL>* val);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getknowncrlcount(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setknowncrlcount(void* lpObj, int iKnownCRLCount);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getknowncrlbytes(void* lpObj, int knowncrlindex, char** lpKnownCRLBytes, int* lenKnownCRLBytes);
int64 secureblackbox_httpclient_getknowncrlhandle(void* lpObj, int knowncrlindex);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setknowncrlhandle(void* lpObj, int knowncrlindex, int64 lKnownCRLHandle);
int GetKnownCRLCount();
int SetKnownCRLCount(int iKnownCRLCount); QByteArray GetKnownCRLBytes(int iKnownCRLIndex); qint64 GetKnownCRLHandle(int iKnownCRLIndex);
int SetKnownCRLHandle(int iKnownCRLIndex, qint64 lKnownCRLHandle);

Remarks

Use this property to supply additional CRLs that might be needed for chain validation. This property may be helpful when a chain is validated in offline mode, and the associated CRLs are stored separately from the signed message or document.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

SecureBlackboxCRL

KnownOCSPs Property (HTTPClient Class)

Additional OCSP responses for chain validation.

Syntax

int secureblackbox_httpclient_getknownocspcount(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setknownocspcount(void* lpObj, int iKnownOCSPCount);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getknownocspbytes(void* lpObj, int knownocspindex, char** lpKnownOCSPBytes, int* lenKnownOCSPBytes);
int64 secureblackbox_httpclient_getknownocsphandle(void* lpObj, int knownocspindex);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setknownocsphandle(void* lpObj, int knownocspindex, int64 lKnownOCSPHandle);
int GetKnownOCSPCount();
int SetKnownOCSPCount(int iKnownOCSPCount); QByteArray GetKnownOCSPBytes(int iKnownOCSPIndex); qint64 GetKnownOCSPHandle(int iKnownOCSPIndex);
int SetKnownOCSPHandle(int iKnownOCSPIndex, qint64 lKnownOCSPHandle);

Remarks

Use this property to supply additional OCSP responses that might be needed for chain validation. This property may be helpful when a chain is validated in offline mode, and the associated OCSP responses are stored separately from the signed message or document.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

SecureBlackboxOCSPResponse

OutputBytes Property (HTTPClient Class)

Contains the response content.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int GetOutputBytes(char* &lpOutputBytes, int &lenOutputBytes);

Unicode (Windows)
INT GetOutputBytes(LPSTR &lpOutputBytes, INT &lenOutputBytes);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getoutputbytes(void* lpObj, char** lpOutputBytes, int* lenOutputBytes);
QByteArray GetOutputBytes();

Remarks

Use this property to access the content received from the server in response to a prior request.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Byte Array

OutputFile Property (HTTPClient Class)

A path to the output file.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* GetOutputFile();
int SetOutputFile(const char* lpszOutputFile); Unicode (Windows) LPWSTR GetOutputFile();
INT SetOutputFile(LPCWSTR lpszOutputFile);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getoutputfile(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setoutputfile(void* lpObj, const char* lpszOutputFile);
QString GetOutputFile();
int SetOutputFile(QString qsOutputFile);

Default Value

""

Remarks

Use this property to specify the file to store the content received from the server in response to a prior request.

Data Type

String

OutputString Property (HTTPClient Class)

Contains the response content.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* GetOutputString();

Unicode (Windows)
LPWSTR GetOutputString();
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getoutputstring(void* lpObj);
QString GetOutputString();

Default Value

""

Remarks

Use this property to access the content received from the server in response to a prior request, as a string.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

Proxy Property (HTTPClient Class)

The proxy server settings.

Syntax

char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getproxyaddress(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setproxyaddress(void* lpObj, const char* lpszProxyAddress);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getproxyauthentication(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setproxyauthentication(void* lpObj, int iProxyAuthentication);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getproxypassword(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setproxypassword(void* lpObj, const char* lpszProxyPassword);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getproxyport(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setproxyport(void* lpObj, int iProxyPort);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getproxyproxytype(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setproxyproxytype(void* lpObj, int iProxyProxyType);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getproxyrequestheaders(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setproxyrequestheaders(void* lpObj, const char* lpszProxyRequestHeaders);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getproxyresponsebody(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setproxyresponsebody(void* lpObj, const char* lpszProxyResponseBody);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getproxyresponseheaders(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setproxyresponseheaders(void* lpObj, const char* lpszProxyResponseHeaders);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getproxyuseipv6(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setproxyuseipv6(void* lpObj, int bProxyUseIPv6);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getproxyusername(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setproxyusername(void* lpObj, const char* lpszProxyUsername);
QString GetProxyAddress();
int SetProxyAddress(QString qsProxyAddress); int GetProxyAuthentication();
int SetProxyAuthentication(int iProxyAuthentication); QString GetProxyPassword();
int SetProxyPassword(QString qsProxyPassword); int GetProxyPort();
int SetProxyPort(int iProxyPort); int GetProxyProxyType();
int SetProxyProxyType(int iProxyProxyType); QString GetProxyRequestHeaders();
int SetProxyRequestHeaders(QString qsProxyRequestHeaders); QString GetProxyResponseBody();
int SetProxyResponseBody(QString qsProxyResponseBody); QString GetProxyResponseHeaders();
int SetProxyResponseHeaders(QString qsProxyResponseHeaders); bool GetProxyUseIPv6();
int SetProxyUseIPv6(bool bProxyUseIPv6); QString GetProxyUsername();
int SetProxyUsername(QString qsProxyUsername);

Remarks

Use this property to tune up the proxy server settings.

This property is read-only.

Data Type

SecureBlackboxProxySettings

ReasonPhrase Property (HTTPClient Class)

Contains the Reason Phrase element of the server's response.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* GetReasonPhrase();

Unicode (Windows)
LPWSTR GetReasonPhrase();
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getreasonphrase(void* lpObj);
QString GetReasonPhrase();

Default Value

""

Remarks

Use this property to access the reason phrase supplied by the server in its response (such as OK in HTTP 200 OK).

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

RequestHeaders Property (HTTPClient Class)

Contains HTTP request headers.

Syntax

int secureblackbox_httpclient_getreqheadercount(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setreqheadercount(void* lpObj, int iReqHeaderCount);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getreqheadercategory(void* lpObj, int reqheaderindex);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setreqheadercategory(void* lpObj, int reqheaderindex, const char* lpszReqHeaderCategory);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getreqheaderformat(void* lpObj, int reqheaderindex);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setreqheaderformat(void* lpObj, int reqheaderindex, int iReqHeaderFormat);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getreqheadername(void* lpObj, int reqheaderindex);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setreqheadername(void* lpObj, int reqheaderindex, const char* lpszReqHeaderName);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getreqheadervalue(void* lpObj, int reqheaderindex);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setreqheadervalue(void* lpObj, int reqheaderindex, const char* lpszReqHeaderValue);
int GetReqHeaderCount();
int SetReqHeaderCount(int iReqHeaderCount); QString GetReqHeaderCategory(int iReqHeaderIndex);
int SetReqHeaderCategory(int iReqHeaderIndex, QString qsReqHeaderCategory); int GetReqHeaderFormat(int iReqHeaderIndex);
int SetReqHeaderFormat(int iReqHeaderIndex, int iReqHeaderFormat); QString GetReqHeaderName(int iReqHeaderIndex);
int SetReqHeaderName(int iReqHeaderIndex, QString qsReqHeaderName); QString GetReqHeaderValue(int iReqHeaderIndex);
int SetReqHeaderValue(int iReqHeaderIndex, QString qsReqHeaderValue);

Remarks

Use this property to check and/or adjust the HTTP request headers from your HeadersPrepared event handler.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

SecureBlackboxStringNameValuePair

RequestParameters Property (HTTPClient Class)

Provides access to common HTTP request properties.

Syntax

SecureBlackboxHTTPRequestParameters* GetRequestParameters();
int SetRequestParameters(SecureBlackboxHTTPRequestParameters* val);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getreqparamsaccept(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setreqparamsaccept(void* lpObj, const char* lpszReqParamsAccept);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getreqparamsacceptcharset(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setreqparamsacceptcharset(void* lpObj, const char* lpszReqParamsAcceptCharset);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getreqparamsacceptlanguage(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setreqparamsacceptlanguage(void* lpObj, const char* lpszReqParamsAcceptLanguage);
int64 secureblackbox_httpclient_getreqparamsacceptrangeend(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setreqparamsacceptrangeend(void* lpObj, int64 lReqParamsAcceptRangeEnd);
int64 secureblackbox_httpclient_getreqparamsacceptrangestart(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setreqparamsacceptrangestart(void* lpObj, int64 lReqParamsAcceptRangeStart);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getreqparamsauthorization(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setreqparamsauthorization(void* lpObj, const char* lpszReqParamsAuthorization);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getreqparamsconnection(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setreqparamsconnection(void* lpObj, const char* lpszReqParamsConnection);
int64 secureblackbox_httpclient_getreqparamscontentlength(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setreqparamscontentlength(void* lpObj, int64 lReqParamsContentLength);
int64 secureblackbox_httpclient_getreqparamscontentrangeend(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setreqparamscontentrangeend(void* lpObj, int64 lReqParamsContentRangeEnd);
int64 secureblackbox_httpclient_getreqparamscontentrangefullsize(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setreqparamscontentrangefullsize(void* lpObj, int64 lReqParamsContentRangeFullSize);
int64 secureblackbox_httpclient_getreqparamscontentrangestart(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setreqparamscontentrangestart(void* lpObj, int64 lReqParamsContentRangeStart);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getreqparamscontenttype(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setreqparamscontenttype(void* lpObj, const char* lpszReqParamsContentType);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getreqparamscookie(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setreqparamscookie(void* lpObj, const char* lpszReqParamsCookie);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getreqparamscustomheaders(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setreqparamscustomheaders(void* lpObj, const char* lpszReqParamsCustomHeaders);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getreqparamsdate(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setreqparamsdate(void* lpObj, const char* lpszReqParamsDate);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getreqparamsfrom(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setreqparamsfrom(void* lpObj, const char* lpszReqParamsFrom);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getreqparamshost(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setreqparamshost(void* lpObj, const char* lpszReqParamsHost);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getreqparamshttpversion(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setreqparamshttpversion(void* lpObj, int iReqParamsHTTPVersion);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getreqparamsifmatch(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setreqparamsifmatch(void* lpObj, const char* lpszReqParamsIfMatch);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getreqparamsifmodifiedsince(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setreqparamsifmodifiedsince(void* lpObj, const char* lpszReqParamsIfModifiedSince);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getreqparamsifnonematch(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setreqparamsifnonematch(void* lpObj, const char* lpszReqParamsIfNoneMatch);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getreqparamsifunmodifiedsince(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setreqparamsifunmodifiedsince(void* lpObj, const char* lpszReqParamsIfUnmodifiedSince);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getreqparamspassword(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setreqparamspassword(void* lpObj, const char* lpszReqParamsPassword);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getreqparamsreferer(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setreqparamsreferer(void* lpObj, const char* lpszReqParamsReferer);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getreqparamsuseragent(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setreqparamsuseragent(void* lpObj, const char* lpszReqParamsUserAgent);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getreqparamsusername(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setreqparamsusername(void* lpObj, const char* lpszReqParamsUsername);
QString GetReqParamsAccept();
int SetReqParamsAccept(QString qsReqParamsAccept); QString GetReqParamsAcceptCharset();
int SetReqParamsAcceptCharset(QString qsReqParamsAcceptCharset); QString GetReqParamsAcceptLanguage();
int SetReqParamsAcceptLanguage(QString qsReqParamsAcceptLanguage); qint64 GetReqParamsAcceptRangeEnd();
int SetReqParamsAcceptRangeEnd(qint64 lReqParamsAcceptRangeEnd); qint64 GetReqParamsAcceptRangeStart();
int SetReqParamsAcceptRangeStart(qint64 lReqParamsAcceptRangeStart); QString GetReqParamsAuthorization();
int SetReqParamsAuthorization(QString qsReqParamsAuthorization); QString GetReqParamsConnection();
int SetReqParamsConnection(QString qsReqParamsConnection); qint64 GetReqParamsContentLength();
int SetReqParamsContentLength(qint64 lReqParamsContentLength); qint64 GetReqParamsContentRangeEnd();
int SetReqParamsContentRangeEnd(qint64 lReqParamsContentRangeEnd); qint64 GetReqParamsContentRangeFullSize();
int SetReqParamsContentRangeFullSize(qint64 lReqParamsContentRangeFullSize); qint64 GetReqParamsContentRangeStart();
int SetReqParamsContentRangeStart(qint64 lReqParamsContentRangeStart); QString GetReqParamsContentType();
int SetReqParamsContentType(QString qsReqParamsContentType); QString GetReqParamsCookie();
int SetReqParamsCookie(QString qsReqParamsCookie); QString GetReqParamsCustomHeaders();
int SetReqParamsCustomHeaders(QString qsReqParamsCustomHeaders); QString GetReqParamsDate();
int SetReqParamsDate(QString qsReqParamsDate); QString GetReqParamsFrom();
int SetReqParamsFrom(QString qsReqParamsFrom); QString GetReqParamsHost();
int SetReqParamsHost(QString qsReqParamsHost); int GetReqParamsHTTPVersion();
int SetReqParamsHTTPVersion(int iReqParamsHTTPVersion); QString GetReqParamsIfMatch();
int SetReqParamsIfMatch(QString qsReqParamsIfMatch); QString GetReqParamsIfModifiedSince();
int SetReqParamsIfModifiedSince(QString qsReqParamsIfModifiedSince); QString GetReqParamsIfNoneMatch();
int SetReqParamsIfNoneMatch(QString qsReqParamsIfNoneMatch); QString GetReqParamsIfUnmodifiedSince();
int SetReqParamsIfUnmodifiedSince(QString qsReqParamsIfUnmodifiedSince); QString GetReqParamsPassword();
int SetReqParamsPassword(QString qsReqParamsPassword); QString GetReqParamsReferer();
int SetReqParamsReferer(QString qsReqParamsReferer); QString GetReqParamsUserAgent();
int SetReqParamsUserAgent(QString qsReqParamsUserAgent); QString GetReqParamsUsername();
int SetReqParamsUsername(QString qsReqParamsUsername);

Remarks

Use this property to configure the HTTP request properties.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

SecureBlackboxHTTPRequestParameters

ResponseHeaders Property (HTTPClient Class)

Contains the HTTP server's response headers.

Syntax

int secureblackbox_httpclient_getrespheadercount(void* lpObj);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getrespheadercategory(void* lpObj, int respheaderindex);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getrespheaderformat(void* lpObj, int respheaderindex);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getrespheadername(void* lpObj, int respheaderindex);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getrespheadervalue(void* lpObj, int respheaderindex);
int GetRespHeaderCount();

QString GetRespHeaderCategory(int iRespHeaderIndex);

int GetRespHeaderFormat(int iRespHeaderIndex);

QString GetRespHeaderName(int iRespHeaderIndex);

QString GetRespHeaderValue(int iRespHeaderIndex);

Remarks

Use this property to check the headers of the HTTP response received from the server. The headers become available as soon as HeadersReceived event is fired.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

SecureBlackboxStringNameValuePair

ResponseParameters Property (HTTPClient Class)

Contains the HTTP server's response parameters.

Syntax

SecureBlackboxHTTPResponseParameters* GetResponseParameters();

int64 secureblackbox_httpclient_getrespparamscontentlength(void* lpObj);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getrespparamsdate(void* lpObj);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getrespparamsreasonphrase(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getrespparamsstatuscode(void* lpObj);
qint64 GetRespParamsContentLength();

QString GetRespParamsDate();

QString GetRespParamsReasonPhrase();

int GetRespParamsStatusCode();

Remarks

Use this property to access the properties of the received HTTP response.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

SecureBlackboxHTTPResponseParameters

SocketSettings Property (HTTPClient Class)

Manages network connection settings.

Syntax

SecureBlackboxSocketSettings* GetSocketSettings();

int secureblackbox_httpclient_getsocketdnsmode(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setsocketdnsmode(void* lpObj, int iSocketDNSMode);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getsocketdnsport(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setsocketdnsport(void* lpObj, int iSocketDNSPort);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getsocketdnsquerytimeout(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setsocketdnsquerytimeout(void* lpObj, int iSocketDNSQueryTimeout);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getsocketdnsservers(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setsocketdnsservers(void* lpObj, const char* lpszSocketDNSServers);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getsocketdnstotaltimeout(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setsocketdnstotaltimeout(void* lpObj, int iSocketDNSTotalTimeout);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getsocketincomingspeedlimit(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setsocketincomingspeedlimit(void* lpObj, int iSocketIncomingSpeedLimit);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_getsocketlocaladdress(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setsocketlocaladdress(void* lpObj, const char* lpszSocketLocalAddress);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getsocketlocalport(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setsocketlocalport(void* lpObj, int iSocketLocalPort);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getsocketoutgoingspeedlimit(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setsocketoutgoingspeedlimit(void* lpObj, int iSocketOutgoingSpeedLimit);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getsockettimeout(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setsockettimeout(void* lpObj, int iSocketTimeout);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getsocketuseipv6(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_setsocketuseipv6(void* lpObj, int bSocketUseIPv6);
int GetSocketDNSMode();
int SetSocketDNSMode(int iSocketDNSMode); int GetSocketDNSPort();
int SetSocketDNSPort(int iSocketDNSPort); int GetSocketDNSQueryTimeout();
int SetSocketDNSQueryTimeout(int iSocketDNSQueryTimeout); QString GetSocketDNSServers();
int SetSocketDNSServers(QString qsSocketDNSServers); int GetSocketDNSTotalTimeout();
int SetSocketDNSTotalTimeout(int iSocketDNSTotalTimeout); int GetSocketIncomingSpeedLimit();
int SetSocketIncomingSpeedLimit(int iSocketIncomingSpeedLimit); QString GetSocketLocalAddress();
int SetSocketLocalAddress(QString qsSocketLocalAddress); int GetSocketLocalPort();
int SetSocketLocalPort(int iSocketLocalPort); int GetSocketOutgoingSpeedLimit();
int SetSocketOutgoingSpeedLimit(int iSocketOutgoingSpeedLimit); int GetSocketTimeout();
int SetSocketTimeout(int iSocketTimeout); bool GetSocketUseIPv6();
int SetSocketUseIPv6(bool bSocketUseIPv6);

Remarks

Use this property to tune up network connection parameters.

This property is read-only.

Data Type

SecureBlackboxSocketSettings

StatusCode Property (HTTPClient Class)

Contains the Status Code element of the server's response.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int GetStatusCode();

Unicode (Windows)
INT GetStatusCode();
int secureblackbox_httpclient_getstatuscode(void* lpObj);
int GetStatusCode();

Default Value

0

Remarks

Use this property to access the status code supplied by the server in its response (such as 200 in HTTP 200 OK).

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

TLSClientChain Property (HTTPClient Class)

The TLS client certificate chain.

Syntax

SecureBlackboxList<SecureBlackboxCertificate>* GetTLSClientChain();
int SetTLSClientChain(SecureBlackboxList<SecureBlackboxCertificate>* val);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_gettlsclientcertcount(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_settlsclientcertcount(void* lpObj, int iTLSClientCertCount);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_gettlsclientcertbytes(void* lpObj, int tlsclientcertindex, char** lpTLSClientCertBytes, int* lenTLSClientCertBytes);
int64 secureblackbox_httpclient_gettlsclientcerthandle(void* lpObj, int tlsclientcertindex);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_settlsclientcerthandle(void* lpObj, int tlsclientcertindex, int64 lTLSClientCertHandle);
int GetTLSClientCertCount();
int SetTLSClientCertCount(int iTLSClientCertCount); QByteArray GetTLSClientCertBytes(int iTLSClientCertIndex); qint64 GetTLSClientCertHandle(int iTLSClientCertIndex);
int SetTLSClientCertHandle(int iTLSClientCertIndex, qint64 lTLSClientCertHandle);

Remarks

Assign a certificate chain to this property to enable TLS client authentication in the class. Note that the client's end-entity certificate should have a private key associated with it.

Use the CertificateStorage or CertificateManager components to import the certificate from a file, system store, or PKCS11 device.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

SecureBlackboxCertificate

TLSServerChain Property (HTTPClient Class)

The TLS server's certificate chain.

Syntax

int secureblackbox_httpclient_gettlsservercertcount(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_gettlsservercertbytes(void* lpObj, int tlsservercertindex, char** lpTLSServerCertBytes, int* lenTLSServerCertBytes);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_gettlsservercertfingerprint(void* lpObj, int tlsservercertindex);
int64 secureblackbox_httpclient_gettlsservercerthandle(void* lpObj, int tlsservercertindex);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_gettlsservercertissuer(void* lpObj, int tlsservercertindex);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_gettlsservercertissuerrdn(void* lpObj, int tlsservercertindex);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_gettlsservercertkeyalgorithm(void* lpObj, int tlsservercertindex);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_gettlsservercertkeybits(void* lpObj, int tlsservercertindex);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_gettlsservercertkeyusage(void* lpObj, int tlsservercertindex);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_gettlsservercertselfsigned(void* lpObj, int tlsservercertindex);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_gettlsservercertserialnumber(void* lpObj, int tlsservercertindex, char** lpTLSServerCertSerialNumber, int* lenTLSServerCertSerialNumber);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_gettlsservercertsigalgorithm(void* lpObj, int tlsservercertindex);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_gettlsservercertsubject(void* lpObj, int tlsservercertindex);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_gettlsservercertsubjectrdn(void* lpObj, int tlsservercertindex);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_gettlsservercertvalidfrom(void* lpObj, int tlsservercertindex);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_gettlsservercertvalidto(void* lpObj, int tlsservercertindex);
int GetTLSServerCertCount();

QByteArray GetTLSServerCertBytes(int iTLSServerCertIndex);

QString GetTLSServerCertFingerprint(int iTLSServerCertIndex);

qint64 GetTLSServerCertHandle(int iTLSServerCertIndex);

QString GetTLSServerCertIssuer(int iTLSServerCertIndex);

QString GetTLSServerCertIssuerRDN(int iTLSServerCertIndex);

QString GetTLSServerCertKeyAlgorithm(int iTLSServerCertIndex);

int GetTLSServerCertKeyBits(int iTLSServerCertIndex);

int GetTLSServerCertKeyUsage(int iTLSServerCertIndex);

bool GetTLSServerCertSelfSigned(int iTLSServerCertIndex);

QByteArray GetTLSServerCertSerialNumber(int iTLSServerCertIndex);

QString GetTLSServerCertSigAlgorithm(int iTLSServerCertIndex);

QString GetTLSServerCertSubject(int iTLSServerCertIndex);

QString GetTLSServerCertSubjectRDN(int iTLSServerCertIndex);

QString GetTLSServerCertValidFrom(int iTLSServerCertIndex);

QString GetTLSServerCertValidTo(int iTLSServerCertIndex);

Remarks

Use this property to access the certificate chain sent by the TLS server. This property is ready to read when the TLSCertValidate event is fired by the client component.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

SecureBlackboxCertificate

TLSSettings Property (HTTPClient Class)

Manages TLS layer settings.

Syntax

SecureBlackboxTLSSettings* GetTLSSettings();

int secureblackbox_httpclient_gettlsautovalidatecertificates(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_settlsautovalidatecertificates(void* lpObj, int bTLSAutoValidateCertificates);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_gettlsbaseconfiguration(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_settlsbaseconfiguration(void* lpObj, int iTLSBaseConfiguration);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_gettlsciphersuites(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_settlsciphersuites(void* lpObj, const char* lpszTLSCiphersuites);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_gettlsclientauth(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_settlsclientauth(void* lpObj, int iTLSClientAuth);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_gettlseccurves(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_settlseccurves(void* lpObj, const char* lpszTLSECCurves);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_gettlsextensions(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_settlsextensions(void* lpObj, const char* lpszTLSExtensions);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_gettlsforceresumeifdestinationchanges(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_settlsforceresumeifdestinationchanges(void* lpObj, int bTLSForceResumeIfDestinationChanges);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_gettlspresharedidentity(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_settlspresharedidentity(void* lpObj, const char* lpszTLSPreSharedIdentity);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_gettlspresharedkey(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_settlspresharedkey(void* lpObj, const char* lpszTLSPreSharedKey);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_gettlspresharedkeyciphersuite(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_settlspresharedkeyciphersuite(void* lpObj, const char* lpszTLSPreSharedKeyCiphersuite);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_gettlsrenegotiationattackpreventionmode(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_settlsrenegotiationattackpreventionmode(void* lpObj, int iTLSRenegotiationAttackPreventionMode);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_gettlsrevocationcheck(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_settlsrevocationcheck(void* lpObj, int iTLSRevocationCheck);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_gettlsssloptions(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_settlsssloptions(void* lpObj, int iTLSSSLOptions);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_gettlstlsmode(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_settlstlsmode(void* lpObj, int iTLSTLSMode);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_gettlsuseextendedmastersecret(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_settlsuseextendedmastersecret(void* lpObj, int bTLSUseExtendedMasterSecret);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_gettlsusesessionresumption(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_settlsusesessionresumption(void* lpObj, int bTLSUseSessionResumption);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_gettlsversions(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_settlsversions(void* lpObj, int iTLSVersions);
bool GetTLSAutoValidateCertificates();
int SetTLSAutoValidateCertificates(bool bTLSAutoValidateCertificates); int GetTLSBaseConfiguration();
int SetTLSBaseConfiguration(int iTLSBaseConfiguration); QString GetTLSCiphersuites();
int SetTLSCiphersuites(QString qsTLSCiphersuites); int GetTLSClientAuth();
int SetTLSClientAuth(int iTLSClientAuth); QString GetTLSECCurves();
int SetTLSECCurves(QString qsTLSECCurves); QString GetTLSExtensions();
int SetTLSExtensions(QString qsTLSExtensions); bool GetTLSForceResumeIfDestinationChanges();
int SetTLSForceResumeIfDestinationChanges(bool bTLSForceResumeIfDestinationChanges); QString GetTLSPreSharedIdentity();
int SetTLSPreSharedIdentity(QString qsTLSPreSharedIdentity); QString GetTLSPreSharedKey();
int SetTLSPreSharedKey(QString qsTLSPreSharedKey); QString GetTLSPreSharedKeyCiphersuite();
int SetTLSPreSharedKeyCiphersuite(QString qsTLSPreSharedKeyCiphersuite); int GetTLSRenegotiationAttackPreventionMode();
int SetTLSRenegotiationAttackPreventionMode(int iTLSRenegotiationAttackPreventionMode); int GetTLSRevocationCheck();
int SetTLSRevocationCheck(int iTLSRevocationCheck); int GetTLSSSLOptions();
int SetTLSSSLOptions(int iTLSSSLOptions); int GetTLSTLSMode();
int SetTLSTLSMode(int iTLSTLSMode); bool GetTLSUseExtendedMasterSecret();
int SetTLSUseExtendedMasterSecret(bool bTLSUseExtendedMasterSecret); bool GetTLSUseSessionResumption();
int SetTLSUseSessionResumption(bool bTLSUseSessionResumption); int GetTLSVersions();
int SetTLSVersions(int iTLSVersions);

Remarks

Use this property to tune up the TLS layer parameters.

This property is read-only.

Data Type

SecureBlackboxTLSSettings

TrustedCertificates Property (HTTPClient Class)

A list of trusted certificates for chain validation.

Syntax

SecureBlackboxList<SecureBlackboxCertificate>* GetTrustedCertificates();
int SetTrustedCertificates(SecureBlackboxList<SecureBlackboxCertificate>* val);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_gettrustedcertcount(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_settrustedcertcount(void* lpObj, int iTrustedCertCount);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_gettrustedcertbytes(void* lpObj, int trustedcertindex, char** lpTrustedCertBytes, int* lenTrustedCertBytes);
int64 secureblackbox_httpclient_gettrustedcerthandle(void* lpObj, int trustedcertindex);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_settrustedcerthandle(void* lpObj, int trustedcertindex, int64 lTrustedCertHandle);
int GetTrustedCertCount();
int SetTrustedCertCount(int iTrustedCertCount); QByteArray GetTrustedCertBytes(int iTrustedCertIndex); qint64 GetTrustedCertHandle(int iTrustedCertIndex);
int SetTrustedCertHandle(int iTrustedCertIndex, qint64 lTrustedCertHandle);

Remarks

Use this property to supply a list of trusted certificates that might be needed for chain validation. An example of a scenario where you might want to do that is when root CA certificates are absent from the standard system locations (or when there are no standard system locations), and therefore should be supplied to the component manually.

The purpose of this certificate collection is largely the same as that of the Windows Trusted Root Certification Authorities system store.

Use this property with extreme care as it directly affects chain verifiability; a wrong certificate added to the trusted list may result in bad chains being accepted, and forfeited signatures being recognized as genuine. Only add certificates that originate from the parties that you know and trust.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

SecureBlackboxCertificate

Config Method (HTTPClient Class)

Sets or retrieves a configuration setting.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* Config(const char* lpszConfigurationString);

Unicode (Windows)
LPWSTR Config(LPCWSTR lpszConfigurationString);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_config(void* lpObj, const char* lpszConfigurationString);
QString Config(const QString& qsConfigurationString);

Remarks

Config is a generic method available in every class. It is used to set and retrieve configuration settings for the class.

These settings are similar in functionality to properties, but they are rarely used. In order to avoid "polluting" the property namespace of the class, access to these internal properties is provided through the Config method.

To set a configuration setting named PROPERTY, you must call Config("PROPERTY=VALUE"), where VALUE is the value of the setting expressed as a string. For boolean values, use the strings "True", "False", "0", "1", "Yes", or "No" (case does not matter).

To read (query) the value of a configuration setting, you must call Config("PROPERTY"). The value will be returned as a string.

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a String value; after it returns, call the GetLastErrorCode() method to obtain its result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message.

Delete Method (HTTPClient Class)

Sends a DELETE request to the server.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int Delete(const char* lpszUrl);

Unicode (Windows)
INT Delete(LPCWSTR lpszUrl);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_delete(void* lpObj, const char* lpszUrl);
int Delete(const QString& qsUrl);

Remarks

Use this method to send a DELETE request to server. In response to this request, the server may (without any guarantees) delete the resource specified in Url. Most of the servers disable DELETE requests.

If this request fails, an exception will be thrown, and the error details published in StatusCode and ReasonPhrase properties.

Note that any parameters you intend to pass to this method should be properly encoded before this method is called.

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)

DoAction Method (HTTPClient Class)

Performs an additional action.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* DoAction(const char* lpszActionID, const char* lpszActionParams);

Unicode (Windows)
LPWSTR DoAction(LPCWSTR lpszActionID, LPCWSTR lpszActionParams);
char* secureblackbox_httpclient_doaction(void* lpObj, const char* lpszActionID, const char* lpszActionParams);
QString DoAction(const QString& qsActionID, const QString& qsActionParams);

Remarks

DoAction is a generic method available in every class. It is used to perform an additional action introduced after the product major release. The list of actions is not fixed, and may be flexibly extended over time.

The unique identifier (case insensitive) of the action is provided in the ActionID parameter.

ActionParams contains the value of a single parameter, or a list of multiple parameters for the action in the form of PARAM1=VALUE1;PARAM2=VALUE2;....

Common ActionIDs:

ActionParametersReturned valueDescription
ResetTrustedListCachenonenoneClears the cached list of trusted lists.
ResetCertificateCachenonenoneClears the cached certificates.
ResetCRLCachenonenoneClears the cached CRLs.
ResetOCSPResponseCachenonenoneClears the cached OCSP responses.

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a String value; after it returns, call the GetLastErrorCode() method to obtain its result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message.

Get Method (HTTPClient Class)

Sends a GET request to the server.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int Get(const char* lpszUrl);

Unicode (Windows)
INT Get(LPCWSTR lpszUrl);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_get(void* lpObj, const char* lpszUrl);
int Get(const QString& qsUrl);

Remarks

GET is one of the most widely used HTTP requests. The server responds with the content of the resource specified in Url.

If the request is successful, the received content will be available in OutputBytes and OutputString properties. Otherwise an exception will be thrown, and the error details published in StatusCode and ReasonPhrase properties.

Note that any parameters you intend to pass to this method should be properly encoded before this method is called.

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)

Head Method (HTTPClient Class)

Sends a HEAD request to the server.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int Head(const char* lpszUrl);

Unicode (Windows)
INT Head(LPCWSTR lpszUrl);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_head(void* lpObj, const char* lpszUrl);
int Head(const QString& qsUrl);

Remarks

HEAD is very similar to GET, with the only difference being that only the headers (but not the content) is returned.

HEAD is often use to retrieve the parameters of the resource, such as its size and modification date. If the request is successful, those details will be available via ResponseParameters and ResponseHeaders properties. Otherwise, an exception will be thrown, and the error details published in StatusCode and ReasonPhrase properties.

Note that any parameters you intend to pass to this method should be properly encoded before this method is called.

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)

Options Method (HTTPClient Class)

Sends an OPTIONS request to the server.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int Options(const char* lpszUrl);

Unicode (Windows)
INT Options(LPCWSTR lpszUrl);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_options(void* lpObj, const char* lpszUrl);
int Options(const QString& qsUrl);

Remarks

This request gets various information about the server such as supported HTTP methods. No content is included in the response.

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)

Post Method (HTTPClient Class)

Sends a POST request to the server.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int Post(const char* lpszUrl, const char* lpszContent);

Unicode (Windows)
INT Post(LPCWSTR lpszUrl, LPCWSTR lpszContent);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_post(void* lpObj, const char* lpszUrl, const char* lpszContent);
int Post(const QString& qsUrl, const QString& qsContent);

Remarks

POST is used to send data to the remote HTTP endpoint/script.

Provide the data you need to send via the Content parameter. If Content is omitted, and only Url is set, the data will be streamed dynamically using the DynamicDataNeeded event.

To post a web form's data (including file attachments to the form) use PostWebForm method.

Note that any parameters you intend to pass to this method should be properly encoded before this method is called.

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)

PostBytes Method (HTTPClient Class)

Sends a POST request to the server.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int PostBytes(const char* lpszUrl, const char* lpContentBytes, int lenContentBytes);

Unicode (Windows)
INT PostBytes(LPCWSTR lpszUrl, LPCSTR lpContentBytes, INT lenContentBytes);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_postbytes(void* lpObj, const char* lpszUrl, const char* lpContentBytes, int lenContentBytes);
int PostBytes(const QString& qsUrl, QByteArray qbaContentBytes);

Remarks

POST is used to send data to the remote HTTP endpoint/script.

Provide the data you need to send via the ContentBytes parameter. If content is omitted, and only Url is set, the data will be streamed dynamically using the DynamicDataNeeded event.

To post a web form's data (including file attachments to the form) use PostWebForm method.

Note that any parameters you intend to pass to this method should be properly encoded before this method is called.

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)

PostFile Method (HTTPClient Class)

Sends a file to the server using a POST request.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int PostFile(const char* lpszUrl, const char* lpszFileName);

Unicode (Windows)
INT PostFile(LPCWSTR lpszUrl, LPCWSTR lpszFileName);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_postfile(void* lpObj, const char* lpszUrl, const char* lpszFileName);
int PostFile(const QString& qsUrl, const QString& qsFileName);

Remarks

POST is used to send data to the remote HTTP endpoint/script. The content to send will be taken from FileName.

To post a web form's data (including file attachments to the form) use PostWebForm method.

Note that any parameters you intend to pass to this method should be properly encoded before this method is called.

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)

PostStream Method (HTTPClient Class)

Sends a POST request to the server.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int PostStream(const char* lpszUrl, SecureBlackboxStream* sInputStream);

Unicode (Windows)
INT PostStream(LPCWSTR lpszUrl, SecureBlackboxStream* sInputStream);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_poststream(void* lpObj, const char* lpszUrl, SecureBlackboxStream* sInputStream);
int PostStream(const QString& qsUrl, SecureBlackboxStream* sInputStream);

Remarks

POST is used to send data to the remote HTTP endpoint/script.

Provide the data you need to send via the InputStream parameter.

To post a web form data (including file attachments to the form) use PostWebForm method.

Note that any parameters you intend to pass to this method should be properly encoded before this method is called.

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)

PostWebForm Method (HTTPClient Class)

Posts a web form data to the server.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int PostWebForm(const char* lpszUrl, const char* lpszFields, const char* lpszFileField, const char* lpszFileName, const char* lpszContentType);

Unicode (Windows)
INT PostWebForm(LPCWSTR lpszUrl, LPCWSTR lpszFields, LPCWSTR lpszFileField, LPCWSTR lpszFileName, LPCWSTR lpszContentType);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_postwebform(void* lpObj, const char* lpszUrl, const char* lpszFields, const char* lpszFileField, const char* lpszFileName, const char* lpszContentType);
int PostWebForm(const QString& qsUrl, const QString& qsFields, const QString& qsFileField, const QString& qsFileName, const QString& qsContentType);

Remarks

This variant of the POST method provides means to submit a form (as in a web browser) with an optional file attachment. Fields are expected to contain a list of field names and values in "Name=Value" format separated with EOLs. This list can be empty.

If including a file with your request, use the FileField and FileName properties to specify the file field name and the local filename for the uploaded file. Use ContentType to override the default content type chosen by the client, e.g., "application/x-www-form-urlencoded".

Note that any parameters you intend to pass to this method should be properly encoded before this method is called.

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)

Put Method (HTTPClient Class)

Sends a PUT request to the server.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int Put(const char* lpszUrl, const char* lpszContent);

Unicode (Windows)
INT Put(LPCWSTR lpszUrl, LPCWSTR lpszContent);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_put(void* lpObj, const char* lpszUrl, const char* lpszContent);
int Put(const QString& qsUrl, const QString& qsContent);

Remarks

PUT method is used to write data to the server. This method is optional to support and is disabled on most of HTTP servers.

If Content is not present, and only Url is set, the data will be streamed dynamically using the DynamicDataNeeded event. Note that some servers do not support streaming.

Note that any parameters you intend to pass to this method should be properly encoded before this method is called.

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)

PutBytes Method (HTTPClient Class)

Sends a PUT request to the server.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int PutBytes(const char* lpszUrl, const char* lpContentBytes, int lenContentBytes);

Unicode (Windows)
INT PutBytes(LPCWSTR lpszUrl, LPCSTR lpContentBytes, INT lenContentBytes);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_putbytes(void* lpObj, const char* lpszUrl, const char* lpContentBytes, int lenContentBytes);
int PutBytes(const QString& qsUrl, QByteArray qbaContentBytes);

Remarks

PUT method is used to write data to the server. This method is optional to support and is disabled on most of HTTP servers.

If ContentBytes is not present, and only Url is set, the data will be streamed dynamically using the DynamicDataNeeded event. Note that some servers do not support streaming.

Note that any parameters you intend to pass to this method should be properly encoded before this method is called.

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)

PutFile Method (HTTPClient Class)

Sends a file to the server using a PUT request.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int PutFile(const char* lpszUrl, const char* lpszFileName);

Unicode (Windows)
INT PutFile(LPCWSTR lpszUrl, LPCWSTR lpszFileName);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_putfile(void* lpObj, const char* lpszUrl, const char* lpszFileName);
int PutFile(const QString& qsUrl, const QString& qsFileName);

Remarks

PUT is an alternative to POST and is used to send data to the remote HTTP endpoint/script. Many servers have this method switched off. The content to send will be taken from FileName.

Note that any parameters you intend to pass to this method should be properly encoded before this method is called.

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)

PutStream Method (HTTPClient Class)

Sends a PUT request to the server.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int PutStream(const char* lpszUrl, SecureBlackboxStream* sInputStream);

Unicode (Windows)
INT PutStream(LPCWSTR lpszUrl, SecureBlackboxStream* sInputStream);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_putstream(void* lpObj, const char* lpszUrl, SecureBlackboxStream* sInputStream);
int PutStream(const QString& qsUrl, SecureBlackboxStream* sInputStream);

Remarks

PUT is an alternative to POST, and is used to send data to the remote HTTP endpoint/script. Many servers have this method switched off.

Provide the data you need to send via the InputStream parameter.

Note that any parameters you intend to pass to this method should be properly encoded before this method is called.

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)

Reset Method (HTTPClient Class)

Resets the class settings.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int Reset();

Unicode (Windows)
INT Reset();
int secureblackbox_httpclient_reset(void* lpObj);
int Reset();

Remarks

Reset is a generic method available in every class.

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)

Trace Method (HTTPClient Class)

Sends a TRACE request to the server.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int Trace(const char* lpszUrl);

Unicode (Windows)
INT Trace(LPCWSTR lpszUrl);
int secureblackbox_httpclient_trace(void* lpObj, const char* lpszUrl);
int Trace(const QString& qsUrl);

Remarks

TRACE is a debug command and is typically switched off and/or not supported by web servers.

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)

Cookie Event (HTTPClient Class)

Fired to report a received cookie.

Syntax

Remarks

The CookieText parameter contains the text of the cookie.

DocumentBegin Event (HTTPClient Class)

Marks the start of the incoming HTML document or file.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireDocumentBegin(HTTPClientDocumentBeginEventParams *e);
typedef struct { int reserved; } HTTPClientDocumentBeginEventParams;
Unicode (Windows) virtual INT FireDocumentBegin(HTTPClientDocumentBeginEventParams *e);
typedef struct { INT reserved; } HTTPClientDocumentBeginEventParams;
#define EID_HTTPCLIENT_DOCUMENTBEGIN 2

virtual INT SECUREBLACKBOX_CALL FireDocumentBegin();
class HTTPClientDocumentBeginEventParams {
public:
  int EventRetVal();
  void SetEventRetVal(int iRetVal);
};
// To handle, connect one or more slots to this signal. void DocumentBegin(HTTPClientDocumentBeginEventParams *e);
// Or, subclass HTTPClient and override this emitter function. virtual int FireDocumentBegin(HTTPClientDocumentBeginEventParams *e) {...}

Remarks

This event is followed by one or more Progress calls. When the document has been received in full, the DocumentEnd event is fired.

DocumentEnd Event (HTTPClient Class)

Marks the successful receipt of the incoming HTML document or file.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireDocumentEnd(HTTPClientDocumentEndEventParams *e);
typedef struct { int reserved; } HTTPClientDocumentEndEventParams;
Unicode (Windows) virtual INT FireDocumentEnd(HTTPClientDocumentEndEventParams *e);
typedef struct { INT reserved; } HTTPClientDocumentEndEventParams;
#define EID_HTTPCLIENT_DOCUMENTEND 3

virtual INT SECUREBLACKBOX_CALL FireDocumentEnd();
class HTTPClientDocumentEndEventParams {
public:
  int EventRetVal();
  void SetEventRetVal(int iRetVal);
};
// To handle, connect one or more slots to this signal. void DocumentEnd(HTTPClientDocumentEndEventParams *e);
// Or, subclass HTTPClient and override this emitter function. virtual int FireDocumentEnd(HTTPClientDocumentEndEventParams *e) {...}

Remarks

This event fires when the document has been received in full.

DynamicDataNeeded Event (HTTPClient Class)

Requests a portion of data to be uploaded from the application.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireDynamicDataNeeded(HTTPClientDynamicDataNeededEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
int BytesNeeded; int reserved; } HTTPClientDynamicDataNeededEventParams;
Unicode (Windows) virtual INT FireDynamicDataNeeded(HTTPClientDynamicDataNeededEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
INT BytesNeeded; INT reserved; } HTTPClientDynamicDataNeededEventParams;
#define EID_HTTPCLIENT_DYNAMICDATANEEDED 4

virtual INT SECUREBLACKBOX_CALL FireDynamicDataNeeded(INT &iBytesNeeded);
class HTTPClientDynamicDataNeededEventParams {
public:
  int BytesNeeded();

  int EventRetVal();
  void SetEventRetVal(int iRetVal);
};
// To handle, connect one or more slots to this signal. void DynamicDataNeeded(HTTPClientDynamicDataNeededEventParams *e);
// Or, subclass HTTPClient and override this emitter function. virtual int FireDynamicDataNeeded(HTTPClientDynamicDataNeededEventParams *e) {...}

Remarks

If dynamic ('streaming') variants of PUT or POST methods are used, this event is fired periodically to request portions of data to be sent to the server.

When handling this event, assign the next portion of data of BytesNeeded length (or less) to DynamicData. If no more data is available to upload (the whole document has been sent), leave DynamicData empty.

Error Event (HTTPClient Class)

Information about errors during data delivery.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireError(HTTPClientErrorEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
int ErrorCode;
const char *Description; int reserved; } HTTPClientErrorEventParams;
Unicode (Windows) virtual INT FireError(HTTPClientErrorEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
INT ErrorCode;
LPCWSTR Description; INT reserved; } HTTPClientErrorEventParams;
#define EID_HTTPCLIENT_ERROR 5

virtual INT SECUREBLACKBOX_CALL FireError(INT &iErrorCode, LPSTR &lpszDescription);
class HTTPClientErrorEventParams {
public:
  int ErrorCode();

  const QString &Description();

  int EventRetVal();
  void SetEventRetVal(int iRetVal);
};
// To handle, connect one or more slots to this signal. void Error(HTTPClientErrorEventParams *e);
// Or, subclass HTTPClient and override this emitter function. virtual int FireError(HTTPClientErrorEventParams *e) {...}

Remarks

The event is fired in case of exceptional conditions during message processing.

ErrorCode contains an error code and Description contains a textual description of the error. For a list of valid error codes and their descriptions, please refer to the HTTPS section.

ExternalSign Event (HTTPClient Class)

Handles remote or external signing initiated by the SignExternal method or other source.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireExternalSign(HTTPClientExternalSignEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
const char *OperationId;
const char *HashAlgorithm;
const char *Pars;
const char *Data;
char *SignedData; int reserved; } HTTPClientExternalSignEventParams;
Unicode (Windows) virtual INT FireExternalSign(HTTPClientExternalSignEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
LPCWSTR OperationId;
LPCWSTR HashAlgorithm;
LPCWSTR Pars;
LPCWSTR Data;
LPWSTR SignedData; INT reserved; } HTTPClientExternalSignEventParams;
#define EID_HTTPCLIENT_EXTERNALSIGN 6

virtual INT SECUREBLACKBOX_CALL FireExternalSign(LPSTR &lpszOperationId, LPSTR &lpszHashAlgorithm, LPSTR &lpszPars, LPSTR &lpszData, LPSTR &lpszSignedData);
class HTTPClientExternalSignEventParams {
public:
  const QString &OperationId();

  const QString &HashAlgorithm();

  const QString &Pars();

  const QString &Data();

  const QString &SignedData();
  void SetSignedData(const QString &qsSignedData);

  int EventRetVal();
  void SetEventRetVal(int iRetVal);
};
// To handle, connect one or more slots to this signal. void ExternalSign(HTTPClientExternalSignEventParams *e);
// Or, subclass HTTPClient and override this emitter function. virtual int FireExternalSign(HTTPClientExternalSignEventParams *e) {...}

Remarks

Assign a handler to this event if you need to delegate a low-level signing operation to an external, remote, or custom signing engine. Depending on the settings, the handler will receive a hashed or unhashed value to be signed.

The event handler must pass the value of Data to the signer, obtain the signature, and pass it back to the class via the SignedData parameter.

OperationId provides a comment about the operation and its origin. It depends on the exact class being used, and may be empty. HashAlgorithm specifies the hash algorithm being used for the operation, and Pars contains algorithm-dependent parameters.

The class uses base16 (hex) encoding for the Data, SignedData, and Pars parameters. If your signing engine uses a different input and output encoding, you may need to decode and/or encode the data before and/or after the signing.

A sample MD5 hash encoded in base16: a0dee2a0382afbb09120ffa7ccd8a152 - lower case base16 A0DEE2A0382AFBB09120FFA7CCD8A152 - upper case base16

A sample event handler that uses the .NET RSACryptoServiceProvider class may look like the following: signer.OnExternalSign += (s, e) => { var cert = new X509Certificate2("cert.pfx", "", X509KeyStorageFlags.Exportable); var key = (RSACryptoServiceProvider)cert.PrivateKey; var dataToSign = e.Data.FromBase16String(); var signedData = key.SignHash(dataToSign, "2.16.840.1.101.3.4.2.1"); e.SignedData = signedData.ToBase16String(); };

HeadersPrepared Event (HTTPClient Class)

Fires when the request headers have been formed and are about to be sent to the server.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireHeadersPrepared(HTTPClientHeadersPreparedEventParams *e);
typedef struct { int reserved; } HTTPClientHeadersPreparedEventParams;
Unicode (Windows) virtual INT FireHeadersPrepared(HTTPClientHeadersPreparedEventParams *e);
typedef struct { INT reserved; } HTTPClientHeadersPreparedEventParams;
#define EID_HTTPCLIENT_HEADERSPREPARED 7

virtual INT SECUREBLACKBOX_CALL FireHeadersPrepared();
class HTTPClientHeadersPreparedEventParams {
public:
  int EventRetVal();
  void SetEventRetVal(int iRetVal);
};
// To handle, connect one or more slots to this signal. void HeadersPrepared(HTTPClientHeadersPreparedEventParams *e);
// Or, subclass HTTPClient and override this emitter function. virtual int FireHeadersPrepared(HTTPClientHeadersPreparedEventParams *e) {...}

Remarks

The prepared headers are available in RequestHeaders property. This event provides you the last chance to review/alter them.

HeadersReceived Event (HTTPClient Class)

Fires when the HTTP response headers have just been received from the server.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireHeadersReceived(HTTPClientHeadersReceivedEventParams *e);
typedef struct { int reserved; } HTTPClientHeadersReceivedEventParams;
Unicode (Windows) virtual INT FireHeadersReceived(HTTPClientHeadersReceivedEventParams *e);
typedef struct { INT reserved; } HTTPClientHeadersReceivedEventParams;
#define EID_HTTPCLIENT_HEADERSRECEIVED 8

virtual INT SECUREBLACKBOX_CALL FireHeadersReceived();
class HTTPClientHeadersReceivedEventParams {
public:
  int EventRetVal();
  void SetEventRetVal(int iRetVal);
};
// To handle, connect one or more slots to this signal. void HeadersReceived(HTTPClientHeadersReceivedEventParams *e);
// Or, subclass HTTPClient and override this emitter function. virtual int FireHeadersReceived(HTTPClientHeadersReceivedEventParams *e) {...}

Remarks

The received headers are available via the ResponseHeaders property.

Notification Event (HTTPClient Class)

This event notifies the application about an underlying control flow event.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireNotification(HTTPClientNotificationEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
const char *EventID;
const char *EventParam; int reserved; } HTTPClientNotificationEventParams;
Unicode (Windows) virtual INT FireNotification(HTTPClientNotificationEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
LPCWSTR EventID;
LPCWSTR EventParam; INT reserved; } HTTPClientNotificationEventParams;
#define EID_HTTPCLIENT_NOTIFICATION 9

virtual INT SECUREBLACKBOX_CALL FireNotification(LPSTR &lpszEventID, LPSTR &lpszEventParam);
class HTTPClientNotificationEventParams {
public:
  const QString &EventID();

  const QString &EventParam();

  int EventRetVal();
  void SetEventRetVal(int iRetVal);
};
// To handle, connect one or more slots to this signal. void Notification(HTTPClientNotificationEventParams *e);
// Or, subclass HTTPClient and override this emitter function. virtual int FireNotification(HTTPClientNotificationEventParams *e) {...}

Remarks

The class fires this event to let the application know about some event, occurrence, or milestone in the class. For example, it may fire to report completion of the document processing. The list of events being reported is not fixed, and may be flexibly extended over time.

The unique identifier of the event is provided in the EventID parameter. EventParam contains any parameters accompanying the occurrence. Depending on the type of the class, the exact action it is performing, or the document being processed, one or both may be omitted.

This class can fire this event with the following EventID values:

TLSExtensions.CertificateStatusTBD
TLSExtensions.PreSharedIdentityHintTBD

Progress Event (HTTPClient Class)

Fires periodically during the data transfer.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireProgress(HTTPClientProgressEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
int64 Total;
int64 Current;
int Cancel; int reserved; } HTTPClientProgressEventParams;
Unicode (Windows) virtual INT FireProgress(HTTPClientProgressEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
LONG64 Total;
LONG64 Current;
BOOL Cancel; INT reserved; } HTTPClientProgressEventParams;
#define EID_HTTPCLIENT_PROGRESS 10

virtual INT SECUREBLACKBOX_CALL FireProgress(LONG64 &lTotal, LONG64 &lCurrent, BOOL &bCancel);
class HTTPClientProgressEventParams {
public:
  qint64 Total();

  qint64 Current();

  bool Cancel();
  void SetCancel(bool bCancel);

  int EventRetVal();
  void SetEventRetVal(int iRetVal);
};
// To handle, connect one or more slots to this signal. void Progress(HTTPClientProgressEventParams *e);
// Or, subclass HTTPClient and override this emitter function. virtual int FireProgress(HTTPClientProgressEventParams *e) {...}

Remarks

Use this event to check the progress of an upload or download operation. Total indicates the total number of bytes to be transferred; Current specifies how much data has been transferred so far, and Cancel gives you a chance to cancel the operation.

Redirection Event (HTTPClient Class)

Fires when the server suggests a redirect.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireRedirection(HTTPClientRedirectionEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
const char *OldURL;
char *NewURL;
int AllowRedirection; int reserved; } HTTPClientRedirectionEventParams;
Unicode (Windows) virtual INT FireRedirection(HTTPClientRedirectionEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
LPCWSTR OldURL;
LPWSTR NewURL;
BOOL AllowRedirection; INT reserved; } HTTPClientRedirectionEventParams;
#define EID_HTTPCLIENT_REDIRECTION 11

virtual INT SECUREBLACKBOX_CALL FireRedirection(LPSTR &lpszOldURL, LPSTR &lpszNewURL, BOOL &bAllowRedirection);
class HTTPClientRedirectionEventParams {
public:
  const QString &OldURL();

  const QString &NewURL();
  void SetNewURL(const QString &qsNewURL);

  bool AllowRedirection();
  void SetAllowRedirection(bool bAllowRedirection);

  int EventRetVal();
  void SetEventRetVal(int iRetVal);
};
// To handle, connect one or more slots to this signal. void Redirection(HTTPClientRedirectionEventParams *e);
// Or, subclass HTTPClient and override this emitter function. virtual int FireRedirection(HTTPClientRedirectionEventParams *e) {...}

Remarks

This event is fired when the server suggests a redirection request (typically via a 301 or 302 response). OldURL indicates the 'from' page, and NewURL indicates the 'to' one. The destination page can be altered by the application if needed. Use AllowRedirection to block undesirable redirects.

Generally, this is a notification event: the component handles redirections automatically. Use the MaxRedirections config property to limit the number of redirection hops.

TLSCertNeeded Event (HTTPClient Class)

Fires when a remote TLS party requests a client certificate.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireTLSCertNeeded(HTTPClientTLSCertNeededEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
const char *Host;
const char *CANames; int reserved; } HTTPClientTLSCertNeededEventParams;
Unicode (Windows) virtual INT FireTLSCertNeeded(HTTPClientTLSCertNeededEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
LPCWSTR Host;
LPCWSTR CANames; INT reserved; } HTTPClientTLSCertNeededEventParams;
#define EID_HTTPCLIENT_TLSCERTNEEDED 12

virtual INT SECUREBLACKBOX_CALL FireTLSCertNeeded(LPSTR &lpszHost, LPSTR &lpszCANames);
class HTTPClientTLSCertNeededEventParams {
public:
  const QString &Host();

  const QString &CANames();

  int EventRetVal();
  void SetEventRetVal(int iRetVal);
};
// To handle, connect one or more slots to this signal. void TLSCertNeeded(HTTPClientTLSCertNeededEventParams *e);
// Or, subclass HTTPClient and override this emitter function. virtual int FireTLSCertNeeded(HTTPClientTLSCertNeededEventParams *e) {...}

Remarks

This event fires to notify the implementation that a remote TLS server has requested a client certificate. The Host parameter identifies the host that makes a request, and the CANames parameter (optional, according to the TLS spec) advises on the accepted issuing CAs.

Use the TLSClientChain property in response to this event to provide the requested certificate. Please make sure the client certificate includes the associated private key. Note that you may set the certificates before the connection without waiting for this event to fire.

This event is preceded by the TLSHandshake event for the given host and, if the certificate was accepted, succeeded by the TLSEstablished event.

TLSCertValidate Event (HTTPClient Class)

This event is fired upon receipt of the TLS server's certificate, allowing the user to control its acceptance.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireTLSCertValidate(HTTPClientTLSCertValidateEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
const char *ServerHost;
const char *ServerIP;
int Accept; int reserved; } HTTPClientTLSCertValidateEventParams;
Unicode (Windows) virtual INT FireTLSCertValidate(HTTPClientTLSCertValidateEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
LPCWSTR ServerHost;
LPCWSTR ServerIP;
BOOL Accept; INT reserved; } HTTPClientTLSCertValidateEventParams;
#define EID_HTTPCLIENT_TLSCERTVALIDATE 13

virtual INT SECUREBLACKBOX_CALL FireTLSCertValidate(LPSTR &lpszServerHost, LPSTR &lpszServerIP, BOOL &bAccept);
class HTTPClientTLSCertValidateEventParams {
public:
  const QString &ServerHost();

  const QString &ServerIP();

  bool Accept();
  void SetAccept(bool bAccept);

  int EventRetVal();
  void SetEventRetVal(int iRetVal);
};
// To handle, connect one or more slots to this signal. void TLSCertValidate(HTTPClientTLSCertValidateEventParams *e);
// Or, subclass HTTPClient and override this emitter function. virtual int FireTLSCertValidate(HTTPClientTLSCertValidateEventParams *e) {...}

Remarks

This event is fired during a TLS handshake. Use the TLSServerChain property to access the certificate chain. In general, classes may contact a number of TLS endpoints during their work, depending on their configuration.

Accept is assigned in accordance with the outcome of the internal validation check performed by the class, and can be adjusted if needed.

TLSEstablished Event (HTTPClient Class)

Fires when a TLS handshake with Host successfully completes.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireTLSEstablished(HTTPClientTLSEstablishedEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
const char *Host;
const char *Version;
const char *Ciphersuite;
const char *ConnectionId; int lenConnectionId;
int Abort; int reserved; } HTTPClientTLSEstablishedEventParams;
Unicode (Windows) virtual INT FireTLSEstablished(HTTPClientTLSEstablishedEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
LPCWSTR Host;
LPCWSTR Version;
LPCWSTR Ciphersuite;
LPCSTR ConnectionId; INT lenConnectionId;
BOOL Abort; INT reserved; } HTTPClientTLSEstablishedEventParams;
#define EID_HTTPCLIENT_TLSESTABLISHED 14

virtual INT SECUREBLACKBOX_CALL FireTLSEstablished(LPSTR &lpszHost, LPSTR &lpszVersion, LPSTR &lpszCiphersuite, LPSTR &lpConnectionId, INT &lenConnectionId, BOOL &bAbort);
class HTTPClientTLSEstablishedEventParams {
public:
  const QString &Host();

  const QString &Version();

  const QString &Ciphersuite();

  const QByteArray &ConnectionId();

  bool Abort();
  void SetAbort(bool bAbort);

  int EventRetVal();
  void SetEventRetVal(int iRetVal);
};
// To handle, connect one or more slots to this signal. void TLSEstablished(HTTPClientTLSEstablishedEventParams *e);
// Or, subclass HTTPClient and override this emitter function. virtual int FireTLSEstablished(HTTPClientTLSEstablishedEventParams *e) {...}

Remarks

The class uses this event to notify the application about a successful completion of a TLS handshake.

The Version, Ciphersuite, and ConnectionId parameters indicate the security parameters of the new connection. Use the Abort parameter if you need to terminate the connection at this stage.

TLSHandshake Event (HTTPClient Class)

Fires when a new TLS handshake is initiated, before the handshake commences.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireTLSHandshake(HTTPClientTLSHandshakeEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
const char *Host;
int Abort; int reserved; } HTTPClientTLSHandshakeEventParams;
Unicode (Windows) virtual INT FireTLSHandshake(HTTPClientTLSHandshakeEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
LPCWSTR Host;
BOOL Abort; INT reserved; } HTTPClientTLSHandshakeEventParams;
#define EID_HTTPCLIENT_TLSHANDSHAKE 15

virtual INT SECUREBLACKBOX_CALL FireTLSHandshake(LPSTR &lpszHost, BOOL &bAbort);
class HTTPClientTLSHandshakeEventParams {
public:
  const QString &Host();

  bool Abort();
  void SetAbort(bool bAbort);

  int EventRetVal();
  void SetEventRetVal(int iRetVal);
};
// To handle, connect one or more slots to this signal. void TLSHandshake(HTTPClientTLSHandshakeEventParams *e);
// Or, subclass HTTPClient and override this emitter function. virtual int FireTLSHandshake(HTTPClientTLSHandshakeEventParams *e) {...}

Remarks

The class uses this event to notify the application about the start of a new TLS handshake to Host. If the handshake is successful, this event will be followed by the TLSEstablished event. If the server chooses to request a client certificate, the TLSCertNeeded event will also be fired.

TLSPSK Event (HTTPClient Class)

Notifies the application about the PSK key exchange.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireTLSPSK(HTTPClientTLSPSKEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
const char *Host;
const char *Hint; int reserved; } HTTPClientTLSPSKEventParams;
Unicode (Windows) virtual INT FireTLSPSK(HTTPClientTLSPSKEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
LPCWSTR Host;
LPCWSTR Hint; INT reserved; } HTTPClientTLSPSKEventParams;
#define EID_HTTPCLIENT_TLSPSK 16

virtual INT SECUREBLACKBOX_CALL FireTLSPSK(LPSTR &lpszHost, LPSTR &lpszHint);
class HTTPClientTLSPSKEventParams {
public:
  const QString &Host();

  const QString &Hint();

  int EventRetVal();
  void SetEventRetVal(int iRetVal);
};
// To handle, connect one or more slots to this signal. void TLSPSK(HTTPClientTLSPSKEventParams *e);
// Or, subclass HTTPClient and override this emitter function. virtual int FireTLSPSK(HTTPClientTLSPSKEventParams *e) {...}

Remarks

The class fires this event to notify the application about the beginning of TLS-PSK key exchange with Host. The Hint parameter may be used by the server to identify the key or service to use. Use the PreSharedKey field of TLSSettings to provide the pre-shared key to the component.

TLSShutdown Event (HTTPClient Class)

Reports the graceful closure of a TLS connection.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireTLSShutdown(HTTPClientTLSShutdownEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
const char *Host; int reserved; } HTTPClientTLSShutdownEventParams;
Unicode (Windows) virtual INT FireTLSShutdown(HTTPClientTLSShutdownEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
LPCWSTR Host; INT reserved; } HTTPClientTLSShutdownEventParams;
#define EID_HTTPCLIENT_TLSSHUTDOWN 17

virtual INT SECUREBLACKBOX_CALL FireTLSShutdown(LPSTR &lpszHost);
class HTTPClientTLSShutdownEventParams {
public:
  const QString &Host();

  int EventRetVal();
  void SetEventRetVal(int iRetVal);
};
// To handle, connect one or more slots to this signal. void TLSShutdown(HTTPClientTLSShutdownEventParams *e);
// Or, subclass HTTPClient and override this emitter function. virtual int FireTLSShutdown(HTTPClientTLSShutdownEventParams *e) {...}

Remarks

This event notifies the application about the closure of an earlier established TLS connection. Note that only graceful connection closures are reported.

Certificate Type

Encapsulates an individual X.509 certificate.

Syntax

SecureBlackboxCertificate (declared in secureblackbox.h)

Remarks

This type keeps and provides access to X.509 certificate details.

The following fields are available:

Fields

Bytes
char* (read-only)

Default Value:

Returns the raw certificate data in DER format.

CA
int

Default Value: FALSE

Indicates whether the certificate has a CA capability. For the certificate to be considered a CA, it must have its Basic Constraints extension set with the CA indicator enabled.

Set this field when generating a new certificate to have its Basic Constraints extension generated automatically.

CAKeyID
char* (read-only)

Default Value:

A unique identifier (fingerprint) of the CA certificate's cryptographic key.

Authority Key Identifier is a certificate extension which allows identification of certificates belonging to the same issuer, but with different public keys. It is a de-facto standard to include this extension in all certificates to facilitate chain building.

This setting cannot be set when generating a certificate as it always derives from another certificate property. CertificateManager generates this setting automatically if enough information is available to it: for self-signed certificates, this value is copied from the SubjectKeyID setting, and for lower-level certificates, from the parent certificate's subject key ID extension.

CertType
int (read-only)

Default Value: 0

Returns the type of the entity contained in the Certificate object.

A Certificate object can contain two types of cryptographic objects: a ready-to-use X.509 certificate, or a certificate request ("an unsigned certificate"). Certificate requests can be upgraded to full certificates by signing them with a CA certificate.

Use the CertificateManager class to load or create new certificate and certificate requests objects.

CRLDistributionPoints
char*

Default Value: ""

Contains a list of locations of CRL distribution points used to check this certificate's validity. The list is taken from the respective certificate extension.

Use this field when generating a certificate to provide a list of CRL endpoints that should be made part of the new certificate.

The endpoints are provided as a list of CRLF-separated URLs. Note that this differs from the behaviour used in earlier product versions, where the "|" character was used as the location separator.

Curve
char*

Default Value: ""

Specifies the elliptic curve associated with the certificate's public key. This setting only applies to certificates containing EC keys.

SB_EC_SECP112R1SECP112R1
SB_EC_SECP112R2SECP112R2
SB_EC_SECP128R1SECP128R1
SB_EC_SECP128R2SECP128R2
SB_EC_SECP160K1SECP160K1
SB_EC_SECP160R1SECP160R1
SB_EC_SECP160R2SECP160R2
SB_EC_SECP192K1SECP192K1
SB_EC_SECP192R1SECP192R1
SB_EC_SECP224K1SECP224K1
SB_EC_SECP224R1SECP224R1
SB_EC_SECP256K1SECP256K1
SB_EC_SECP256R1SECP256R1
SB_EC_SECP384R1SECP384R1
SB_EC_SECP521R1SECP521R1
SB_EC_SECT113R1SECT113R1
SB_EC_SECT113R2SECT113R2
SB_EC_SECT131R1SECT131R1
SB_EC_SECT131R2SECT131R2
SB_EC_SECT163K1SECT163K1
SB_EC_SECT163R1SECT163R1
SB_EC_SECT163R2SECT163R2
SB_EC_SECT193R1SECT193R1
SB_EC_SECT193R2SECT193R2
SB_EC_SECT233K1SECT233K1
SB_EC_SECT233R1SECT233R1
SB_EC_SECT239K1SECT239K1
SB_EC_SECT283K1SECT283K1
SB_EC_SECT283R1SECT283R1
SB_EC_SECT409K1SECT409K1
SB_EC_SECT409R1SECT409R1
SB_EC_SECT571K1SECT571K1
SB_EC_SECT571R1SECT571R1
SB_EC_PRIME192V1PRIME192V1
SB_EC_PRIME192V2PRIME192V2
SB_EC_PRIME192V3PRIME192V3
SB_EC_PRIME239V1PRIME239V1
SB_EC_PRIME239V2PRIME239V2
SB_EC_PRIME239V3PRIME239V3
SB_EC_PRIME256V1PRIME256V1
SB_EC_C2PNB163V1C2PNB163V1
SB_EC_C2PNB163V2C2PNB163V2
SB_EC_C2PNB163V3C2PNB163V3
SB_EC_C2PNB176W1C2PNB176W1
SB_EC_C2TNB191V1C2TNB191V1
SB_EC_C2TNB191V2C2TNB191V2
SB_EC_C2TNB191V3C2TNB191V3
SB_EC_C2ONB191V4C2ONB191V4
SB_EC_C2ONB191V5C2ONB191V5
SB_EC_C2PNB208W1C2PNB208W1
SB_EC_C2TNB239V1C2TNB239V1
SB_EC_C2TNB239V2C2TNB239V2
SB_EC_C2TNB239V3C2TNB239V3
SB_EC_C2ONB239V4C2ONB239V4
SB_EC_C2ONB239V5C2ONB239V5
SB_EC_C2PNB272W1C2PNB272W1
SB_EC_C2PNB304W1C2PNB304W1
SB_EC_C2TNB359V1C2TNB359V1
SB_EC_C2PNB368W1C2PNB368W1
SB_EC_C2TNB431R1C2TNB431R1
SB_EC_NISTP192NISTP192
SB_EC_NISTP224NISTP224
SB_EC_NISTP256NISTP256
SB_EC_NISTP384NISTP384
SB_EC_NISTP521NISTP521
SB_EC_NISTB163NISTB163
SB_EC_NISTB233NISTB233
SB_EC_NISTB283NISTB283
SB_EC_NISTB409NISTB409
SB_EC_NISTB571NISTB571
SB_EC_NISTK163NISTK163
SB_EC_NISTK233NISTK233
SB_EC_NISTK283NISTK283
SB_EC_NISTK409NISTK409
SB_EC_NISTK571NISTK571
SB_EC_GOSTCPTESTGOSTCPTEST
SB_EC_GOSTCPAGOSTCPA
SB_EC_GOSTCPBGOSTCPB
SB_EC_GOSTCPCGOSTCPC
SB_EC_GOSTCPXCHAGOSTCPXCHA
SB_EC_GOSTCPXCHBGOSTCPXCHB
SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP160R1BRAINPOOLP160R1
SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP160T1BRAINPOOLP160T1
SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP192R1BRAINPOOLP192R1
SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP192T1BRAINPOOLP192T1
SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP224R1BRAINPOOLP224R1
SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP224T1BRAINPOOLP224T1
SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP256R1BRAINPOOLP256R1
SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP256T1BRAINPOOLP256T1
SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP320R1BRAINPOOLP320R1
SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP320T1BRAINPOOLP320T1
SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP384R1BRAINPOOLP384R1
SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP384T1BRAINPOOLP384T1
SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP512R1BRAINPOOLP512R1
SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP512T1BRAINPOOLP512T1
SB_EC_CURVE25519CURVE25519
SB_EC_CURVE448CURVE448

Fingerprint
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

Contains the fingerprint (a hash imprint) of this certificate.

While there is no formal standard defining what a fingerprint is, a SHA1 hash of the certificate's DER-encoded body is typically used.

FriendlyName
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

Contains an associated alias (friendly name) of the certificate. The friendly name is not a property of a certificate: it is maintained by the certificate media rather than being included in its DER representation. Windows certificate stores are one example of media that does support friendly names.

Handle
int64

Default Value: 0

Allows to get or set a 'handle', a unique identifier of the underlying property object. Use this property to assign objects of the same type in a quicker manner, without copying them fieldwise.

When you pass a handle of one object to another, the source object is copied to the destination rather than assigned. It is safe to get rid of the original object after such operation. pdfSigner.setSigningCertHandle(certMgr.getCertHandle());

HashAlgorithm
char*

Default Value: ""

Provides means to set the hash algorithm to be used in the subsequent operation on the certificate (such as generation or key signing). It is not a property of a certificate; use SigAlgorithm to find out the hash algorithm that is part of the certificate signature.

SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA1SHA1
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA224SHA224
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA256SHA256
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA384SHA384
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA512SHA512
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_MD2MD2
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_MD4MD4
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_MD5MD5
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_RIPEMD160RIPEMD160
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_CRC32CRC32
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SSL3SSL3
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3411_1994GOST1994
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_WHIRLPOOLWHIRLPOOL
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_POLY1305POLY1305
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_224SHA3_224
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_256SHA3_256
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_384SHA3_384
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_512SHA3_512
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_128BLAKE2S_128
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_160BLAKE2S_160
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_224BLAKE2S_224
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_256BLAKE2S_256
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_160BLAKE2B_160
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_256BLAKE2B_256
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_384BLAKE2B_384
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_512BLAKE2B_512
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_128SHAKE_128
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_256SHAKE_256
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_128_LENSHAKE_128_LEN
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_256_LENSHAKE_256_LEN

Issuer
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

The common name of the certificate issuer (CA), typically a company name. This is part of a larger set of credentials available via IssuerRDN.

IssuerRDN
char*

Default Value: ""

A list of Property=Value pairs that uniquely identify the certificate issuer.

Example: /C=US/O=Nationwide CA/CN=Web Certification Authority

KeyAlgorithm
char*

Default Value: "0"

Specifies the public key algorithm of this certificate.

SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_RSA_ENCRYPTIONrsaEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_MD2_RSA_ENCRYPTIONmd2withRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_MD5_RSA_ENCRYPTIONmd5withRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA1_RSA_ENCRYPTIONsha1withRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSAid-dsa
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_SHA1id-dsa-with-sha1
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_DH_PUBLICdhpublicnumber
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA224_RSA_ENCRYPTIONsha224WithRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA256_RSA_ENCRYPTIONsha256WithRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA384_RSA_ENCRYPTIONsha384WithRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA512_RSA_ENCRYPTIONsha512WithRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_RSAPSSid-RSASSA-PSS
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_RSAOAEPid-RSAES-OAEP
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_RSASIGNATURE_RIPEMD160ripemd160withRSA
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_ELGAMALelGamal
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA1_ECDSAecdsa-with-SHA1
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_RECOMMENDED_ECDSAecdsa-recommended
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA224_ECDSAecdsa-with-SHA224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA256_ECDSAecdsa-with-SHA256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA384_ECDSAecdsa-with-SHA384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA512_ECDSAecdsa-with-SHA512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ECid-ecPublicKey
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SPECIFIED_ECDSAecdsa-specified
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3410_1994id-GostR3410-94
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3410_2001id-GostR3410-2001
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3411_WITH_R3410_1994id-GostR3411-94-with-GostR3410-94
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3411_WITH_R3410_2001id-GostR3411-94-with-GostR3410-2001
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA1_ECDSA_PLAINecdsa-plain-SHA1
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA224_ECDSA_PLAINecdsa-plain-SHA224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA256_ECDSA_PLAINecdsa-plain-SHA256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA384_ECDSA_PLAINecdsa-plain-SHA384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA512_ECDSA_PLAINecdsa-plain-SHA512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_RIPEMD160_ECDSA_PLAINecdsa-plain-RIPEMD160
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_WHIRLPOOL_RSA_ENCRYPTIONwhirlpoolWithRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_SHA224id-dsa-with-sha224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_SHA256id-dsa-with-sha256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_224_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-sha3-224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_256_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-sha3-256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_384_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-sha3-384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_512_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-sha3-512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_224_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-sha3-224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_256_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-sha3-256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_384_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-sha3-384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_512_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-sha3-512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_224_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-sha3-224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_256_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-sha3-256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_384_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-sha3-384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_512_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-sha3-512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_SHA3_224id-dsa-with-sha3-224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_SHA3_256id-dsa-with-sha3-256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_128_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2s128
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_160_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2s160
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_224_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2s224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_256_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2s256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_160_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2b160
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_256_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2b256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_384_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2b384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_512_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2b512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_128_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2s128
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_160_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2s160
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_224_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2s224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_256_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2s256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_160_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2b160
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_256_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2b256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_384_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2b384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_512_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2b512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_128_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2s128
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_160_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2s160
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_224_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2s224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_256_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2s256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_160_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2b160
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_256_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2b256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_384_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2b384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_512_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2b512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_BLAKE2S_224id-dsa-with-blake2s224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_BLAKE2S_256id-dsa-with-blake2s256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSA_ED25519id-Ed25519
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSA_ED448id-Ed448
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSA_ED25519_PHid-Ed25519ph
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSA_ED448_PHid-Ed448ph
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSAid-EdDSA
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSA_SIGNATUREid-EdDSA-sig

Use the KeyBits, Curve, and PublicKeyBytes fields to get more details about the key the certificate contains.

KeyBits
int (read-only)

Default Value: 0

Returns the length of the public key in bits.

This value indicates the length of the principal cryptographic parameter of the key, such as the length of the RSA modulus or ECDSA field. The key data returned by the PublicKeyBytes or PrivateKeyBytes field would typically contain auxiliary values, and therefore be longer.

KeyFingerprint
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

Returns a SHA1 fingerprint of the public key contained in the certificate.

Note that the key fingerprint is different from the certificate fingerprint accessible via the Fingerprint field. The key fingeprint uniquely identifies the public key, and so can be the same for multiple certificates containing the same key.

KeyUsage
int

Default Value: 0

Indicates the purposes of the key contained in the certificate, in the form of an OR'ed flag set.

This value is a bit mask of the following values:

ckuUnknown0x00000Unknown key usage

ckuDigitalSignature0x00001Digital signature

ckuNonRepudiation0x00002Non-repudiation

ckuKeyEncipherment0x00004Key encipherment

ckuDataEncipherment0x00008Data encipherment

ckuKeyAgreement0x00010Key agreement

ckuKeyCertSign0x00020Certificate signing

ckuCRLSign0x00040Revocation signing

ckuEncipherOnly0x00080Encipher only

ckuDecipherOnly0x00100Decipher only

ckuServerAuthentication0x00200Server authentication

ckuClientAuthentication0x00400Client authentication

ckuCodeSigning0x00800Code signing

ckuEmailProtection0x01000Email protection

ckuTimeStamping0x02000Timestamping

ckuOCSPSigning0x04000OCSP signing

ckuSmartCardLogon0x08000Smartcard logon

ckuKeyPurposeClientAuth0x10000Kerberos - client authentication

ckuKeyPurposeKDC0x20000Kerberos - KDC

Set this field before generating the certificate to propagate the key usage flags to the new certificate.

KeyValid
int (read-only)

Default Value: FALSE

Returns True if the certificate's key is cryptographically valid, and False otherwise.

OCSPLocations
char*

Default Value: ""

Locations of OCSP services that can be used to check this certificate's validity in real time, as recorded by the CA.

Set this field before calling the certificate manager's Generate method to propagate it to the new certificate.

The OCSP locations are provided as a list of CRLF-separated URLs. Note that this differs from the behaviour used in earlier product versions, where the "|" character was used as the location separator.

OCSPNoCheck
int

Default Value: FALSE

Accessor to the value of the certificate's ocsp-no-check extension.

Origin
int (read-only)

Default Value: 0

Returns the location that the certificate was taken or loaded from.

PolicyIDs
char*

Default Value: ""

Contains identifiers (OIDs) of the applicable certificate policies.

The Certificate Policies extension identifies a sequence of policies under which the certificate has been issued, and which regulate its usage.

Set this field when generating a certificate to propagate the policies information to the new certificate.

The policies are provided as a list of CRLF-separated entries. Note that this differs from the behaviour used in earlier product versions, where the "|" character was used as the policy element separator.

PrivateKeyBytes
char* (read-only)

Default Value:

Returns the certificate's private key in DER-encoded format. It is normal for this field to be empty if the private key is non-exportable, which, for example, is typical for certificates originating from hardware security devices.

PrivateKeyExists
int (read-only)

Default Value: FALSE

Indicates whether the certificate has a usable private key associated with it. If it is set to True, the certificate can be used for private key operations, such as signing or decryption.

This field is independent from PrivateKeyBytes, and can be set to True even if the former is empty. This would imply that the private key is non-exportable, but still can be used for cryptographic operations.

PrivateKeyExtractable
int (read-only)

Default Value: FALSE

Indicates whether the private key is extractable (exportable).

PublicKeyBytes
char* (read-only)

Default Value:

Contains the certificate's public key in DER format.

This typically would contain an ASN.1-encoded public key value. The exact format depends on the type of the public key contained in the certificate.

Qualified
int (read-only)

Default Value: FALSE

Indicates whether the certificate is qualified.

This property is set to True if the certificate is confirmed by a Trusted List to be qualified.

QualifiedStatements
int

Default Value: 0

Returns a simplified qualified status of the certificate.

Qualifiers
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

A list of qualifiers.

Contains a comma-separated list of qualifier aliases for the certificate, for example QCP-n-qscd,QCWithSSCD.

SelfSigned
int (read-only)

Default Value: FALSE

Indicates whether the certificate is self-signed (root) or signed by an external CA.

SerialNumber
char*

Default Value:

Returns the certificate's serial number.

The serial number is a binary string that uniquely identifies a certificate among others issued by the same CA. According to the X.509 standard, the (issuer, serial number) pair should be globally unique to facilitate chain building.

SigAlgorithm
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

Indicates the algorithm that was used by the CA to sign this certificate.

A signature algorithm typically combines hash and public key algorithms together, such as sha256WithRSAEncryption or ecdsa-with-SHA256.

Source
int (read-only)

Default Value: 0

Returns the source (location or disposition) of a cryptographic primitive entity, such as a certificate, CRL, or OCSP response.

Subject
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

The common name of the certificate holder, typically an individual's name, a URL, an e-mail address, or a company name. This is part of a larger set of credentials available via SubjectRDN.

SubjectAlternativeName
char*

Default Value: ""

Returns or sets the value of the Subject Alternative Name extension of the certificate.

Subject alternative names are used to provide additional names that are impractical to store in the main SubjectRDN field. For example, it is often used to store all the domain names that a TLS certificate is authorized to protect.

The alternative names are provided as a list of CRLF-separated entries. Note that this differs from the behaviour used in earlier product versions, where the "|" character was used as the element separator.

SubjectKeyID
char*

Default Value:

Contains a unique identifier of the certificate's cryptographic key.

Subject Key Identifier is a certificate extension which allows a specific public key to be associated with a certificate holder. Typically, subject key identifiers of CA certificates are recorded as respective CA key identifiers in the subordinate certificates that they issue, which facilitates chain building.

The SubjectKeyID and CAKeyID fields of self-signed certificates typically contain identical values, as in that specific case, the issuer and the subject are the same entity.

SubjectRDN
char*

Default Value: ""

A list of Property=Value pairs that uniquely identify the certificate holder (subject).

Depending on the purpose of the certificate and the policies of the CA that issued it, the values included in the subject record may differ drastically and contain business or personal names, web URLs, email addresses, and other data.

Example: /C=US/O=Oranges and Apples, Inc./OU=Accounts Receivable/1.2.3.4.5=Value with unknown OID/CN=Margaret Watkins.

Valid
int (read-only)

Default Value: FALSE

Indicates whether or not the signature over the certificate or the request is valid and matches the public key contained in the CA certificate/request.

ValidFrom
char*

Default Value: ""

The time point at which the certificate becomes valid, in UTC.

ValidTo
char*

Default Value: ""

The time point at which the certificate expires, in UTC.

Constructors

Certificate()

Creates a new object with default field values.

CRL Type

Represents a Certificate Revocation List.

Syntax

SecureBlackboxCRL (declared in secureblackbox.h)

Remarks

CRLs store information about revoked certificates, i.e., certificates that have been identified as invalid by their issuing certificate authority (CA) for any number of reasons.

Each CRL object lists certificates from a single CA and identifies them by their serial numbers. A CA may or may not publish a CRL, may publish several CRLs, or may publish the same CRL in multiple locations.

Unlike OCSP responses, CRLs only list certificates that have been revoked. They do not list certificates that are still valid.

The following fields are available:

Fields

Bytes
char* (read-only)

Default Value:

Returns the raw CRL data in DER format.

CAKeyID
char*

Default Value:

A unique identifier (fingerprint) of the CA certificate's private key, if present in the CRL.

EntryCount
int (read-only)

Default Value: 0

Returns the number of certificate status entries in the CRL.

Handle
int64

Default Value: 0

Allows to get or set a 'handle', a unique identifier of the underlying property object. Use this property to assign objects of the same type in a quicker manner, without copying them fieldwise.

When you pass a handle of one object to another, the source object is copied to the destination rather than assigned. It is safe to get rid of the original object after such operation. pdfSigner.setSigningCertHandle(certMgr.getCertHandle());

Issuer
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

The common name of the CRL issuer (CA), typically a company name.

IssuerRDN
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

A collection of information, in the form of [OID, Value] pairs, uniquely identifying the CRL issuer.

Location
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

The URL that the CRL was downloaded from.

NextUpdate
char*

Default Value: ""

The planned time and date of the next version of this CRL to be published.

SigAlgorithm
char*

Default Value: "0"

The public key algorithm that was used by the CA to sign this CRL.

Source
int (read-only)

Default Value: 0

Returns the source (location or disposition) of a cryptographic primitive entity, such as a certificate, CRL, or OCSP response.

TBS
char* (read-only)

Default Value:

The to-be-signed part of the CRL (the CRL without the signature part).

ThisUpdate
char*

Default Value: ""

The date and time at which this version of the CRL was published.

Constructors

CRL()

Creates an empty CRL object.

ExternalCrypto Type

Specifies the parameters of external cryptographic calls.

Syntax

SecureBlackboxExternalCrypto (declared in secureblackbox.h)

Remarks

External cryptocalls are used in a Distributed Cryptography (DC) subsystem, which allows the delegation of security operations to the remote agent. For instance, it can be used to compute the signature value on the server, while retaining the client's private key locally.

The following fields are available:

Fields

AsyncDocumentID
char*

Default Value: ""

Specifies an optional document ID for SignAsyncBegin() and SignAsyncEnd() calls.

Use this property when working with multi-signature DCAuth requests and responses to uniquely identify documents signed within a larger batch. On the completion stage, this value helps the signing component identify the correct signature in the returned batch of responses.

If using batched requests, make sure to set this property to the same value on both the pre-signing (SignAsyncBegin) and completion (SignAsyncEnd) stages.

CustomParams
char*

Default Value: ""

Custom parameters to be passed to the signing service (uninterpreted).

Data
char*

Default Value: ""

Additional data to be included in the async state and mirrored back by the requestor.

ExternalHashCalculation
int

Default Value: FALSE

Specifies whether the message hash is to be calculated at the external endpoint. Please note that this mode is not supported by the DCAuth class.

If set to true, the class will pass a few kilobytes of to-be-signed data from the document to the OnExternalSign event. This only applies when SignExternal() is called.

HashAlgorithm
char*

Default Value: "SHA256"

Specifies the request's signature hash algorithm.

SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA1SHA1
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA224SHA224
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA256SHA256
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA384SHA384
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA512SHA512
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_MD2MD2
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_MD4MD4
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_MD5MD5
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_RIPEMD160RIPEMD160
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_CRC32CRC32
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SSL3SSL3
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3411_1994GOST1994
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_WHIRLPOOLWHIRLPOOL
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_POLY1305POLY1305
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_224SHA3_224
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_256SHA3_256
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_384SHA3_384
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_512SHA3_512
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_128BLAKE2S_128
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_160BLAKE2S_160
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_224BLAKE2S_224
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_256BLAKE2S_256
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_160BLAKE2B_160
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_256BLAKE2B_256
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_384BLAKE2B_384
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_512BLAKE2B_512
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_128SHAKE_128
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_256SHAKE_256
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_128_LENSHAKE_128_LEN
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_256_LENSHAKE_256_LEN

KeyID
char*

Default Value: ""

The ID of the pre-shared key used for DC request authentication.

Asynchronous DCAuth-driven communication requires that parties authenticate each other with a secret pre-shared cryptographic key. This provides an extra protection layer for the protocol and diminishes the risk of the private key becoming abused by foreign parties. Use this property to provide the pre-shared key identifier, and use KeySecret to pass the key itself.

The same KeyID/KeySecret pair should be used on the DCAuth side for the signing requests to be accepted.

Note: The KeyID/KeySecret scheme is very similar to the AuthKey scheme used in various Cloud service providers to authenticate users.

Example: signer.ExternalCrypto.KeyID = "MainSigningKey"; signer.ExternalCrypto.KeySecret = "abcdef0123456789";

KeySecret
char*

Default Value: ""

The pre-shared key used for DC request authentication. This key must be set and match the key used by the DCAuth counterpart for the scheme to work.

Read more about configuring authentication in the KeyID topic.

Method
int

Default Value: 0

Specifies the asynchronous signing method. This is typically defined by the DC server capabilities and setup.

Available options:

asmdPKCS10
asmdPKCS71

Mode
int

Default Value: 0

Specifies the external cryptography mode.

Available options:

ecmDefaultThe default value (0)
ecmDisabledDo not use DC or external signing (1)
ecmGenericGeneric external signing with the OnExternalSign event (2)
ecmDCAuthDCAuth signing (3)
ecmDCAuthJSONDCAuth signing in JSON format (4)

PublicKeyAlgorithm
char*

Default Value: ""

Provide the public key algorithm here if the certificate is not available on the pre-signing stage.

SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_RSA_ENCRYPTIONrsaEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_MD2_RSA_ENCRYPTIONmd2withRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_MD5_RSA_ENCRYPTIONmd5withRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA1_RSA_ENCRYPTIONsha1withRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSAid-dsa
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_SHA1id-dsa-with-sha1
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_DH_PUBLICdhpublicnumber
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA224_RSA_ENCRYPTIONsha224WithRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA256_RSA_ENCRYPTIONsha256WithRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA384_RSA_ENCRYPTIONsha384WithRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA512_RSA_ENCRYPTIONsha512WithRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_RSAPSSid-RSASSA-PSS
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_RSAOAEPid-RSAES-OAEP
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_RSASIGNATURE_RIPEMD160ripemd160withRSA
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_ELGAMALelGamal
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA1_ECDSAecdsa-with-SHA1
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_RECOMMENDED_ECDSAecdsa-recommended
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA224_ECDSAecdsa-with-SHA224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA256_ECDSAecdsa-with-SHA256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA384_ECDSAecdsa-with-SHA384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA512_ECDSAecdsa-with-SHA512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ECid-ecPublicKey
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SPECIFIED_ECDSAecdsa-specified
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3410_1994id-GostR3410-94
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3410_2001id-GostR3410-2001
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3411_WITH_R3410_1994id-GostR3411-94-with-GostR3410-94
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3411_WITH_R3410_2001id-GostR3411-94-with-GostR3410-2001
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA1_ECDSA_PLAINecdsa-plain-SHA1
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA224_ECDSA_PLAINecdsa-plain-SHA224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA256_ECDSA_PLAINecdsa-plain-SHA256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA384_ECDSA_PLAINecdsa-plain-SHA384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA512_ECDSA_PLAINecdsa-plain-SHA512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_RIPEMD160_ECDSA_PLAINecdsa-plain-RIPEMD160
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_WHIRLPOOL_RSA_ENCRYPTIONwhirlpoolWithRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_SHA224id-dsa-with-sha224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_SHA256id-dsa-with-sha256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_224_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-sha3-224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_256_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-sha3-256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_384_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-sha3-384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_512_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-sha3-512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_224_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-sha3-224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_256_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-sha3-256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_384_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-sha3-384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_512_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-sha3-512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_224_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-sha3-224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_256_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-sha3-256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_384_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-sha3-384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_512_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-sha3-512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_SHA3_224id-dsa-with-sha3-224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_SHA3_256id-dsa-with-sha3-256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_128_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2s128
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_160_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2s160
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_224_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2s224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_256_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2s256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_160_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2b160
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_256_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2b256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_384_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2b384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_512_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2b512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_128_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2s128
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_160_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2s160
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_224_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2s224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_256_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2s256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_160_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2b160
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_256_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2b256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_384_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2b384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_512_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2b512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_128_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2s128
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_160_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2s160
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_224_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2s224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_256_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2s256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_160_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2b160
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_256_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2b256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_384_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2b384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_512_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2b512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_BLAKE2S_224id-dsa-with-blake2s224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_BLAKE2S_256id-dsa-with-blake2s256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSA_ED25519id-Ed25519
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSA_ED448id-Ed448
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSA_ED25519_PHid-Ed25519ph
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSA_ED448_PHid-Ed448ph
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSAid-EdDSA
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSA_SIGNATUREid-EdDSA-sig

Constructors

ExternalCrypto()

Creates a new ExternalCrypto object with default field values.

HTTPRequestParameters Type

Represents the headers of the HTTP request to make.

Syntax

SecureBlackboxHTTPRequestParameters (declared in secureblackbox.h)

Remarks

If a header is not assigned but required for a successful request (such as Connection or Host), it will be generated automatically by the class.

The following fields are available:

Fields

Accept
char*

Default Value: ""

Specifies the Accept header field of the HTTP request. The Accept field defines which media types are accepted in the response.

AcceptCharset
char*

Default Value: ""

Specifies the Accept-Charset header field of the HTTP request. The Accept-Charset field specifies the character set which the client can understand.

AcceptLanguage
char*

Default Value: ""

Specifies the Accept-Language header field of the HTTP request. The Accept-Language field specifies the language (and locale) which the client can understand.

AcceptRangeEnd
int64

Default Value: 0

This property, in combination with AcceptRangeStart, defines the media-range of the HTTP request.

AcceptRangeStart
int64

Default Value: 0

This property, in combination with AcceptRangeEnd, defines the media-range of the HTTP request.

Authorization
char*

Default Value: ""

Specifies the Authorization header of the HTTP request. This header contains the credentials to authenticate a user with a server.

Connection
char*

Default Value: ""

Specifies the value to pass to the Connection header field of HTTP request.

ContentLength
int64

Default Value: 0

Specifies the size of the entity-body of the HTTP request. Leave this field set to 0 to make the class calculate it automatically.

ContentRangeEnd
int64

Default Value: 0

Specifies the upper bound used in the Content-Range header of the HTTP request.

ContentRangeFullSize
int64

Default Value: 0

Specifies the total length of the full entity-body of the HTTP request.

ContentRangeStart
int64

Default Value: 0

Specifies the lower bound used in the Content-Range header of the HTTP request.

ContentType
char*

Default Value: ""

The Content-Type header field of the HTTP request.

Cookie
char*

Default Value: ""

This header is expected to be assigned with cookies previously received from the server and stored by the client.

CustomHeaders
char*

Default Value: ""

Assign any custom HTTP headers to be passed to the server to this property.

Date
char*

Default Value: ""

The date and time of the request.

From
char*

Default Value: ""

Contains the From header field of the HTTP request. It specifies the e-mail address for the human user who controls the requesting user agent.

Host
char*

Default Value: ""

This field contains the Host header field of the HTTP request. It specifies the host and port number of the resource being requested.

HTTPVersion
int

Default Value: 1

Specifies the version of HTTP protocol to use: 1.0 or 1.1.

chvHTTP10HTTP/1.0 (0)
chvHTTP11HTTP/1.1 (1)

IfMatch
char*

Default Value: ""

Contains the If-Match request header field. This field makes the requested method conditional: when If-Match field is set, only the entities matching the included entity tags will be returned by the server.

IfModifiedSince
char*

Default Value: ""

Contains the If-Modified-Since request header field. This field makes the requested method conditional: when If-Modified-Since field is set, only the modified entities will be returned by the server.

IfNoneMatch
char*

Default Value: ""

Contains the If-None-Match request header field. This field makes the requested method conditional: when If-None-Match field is set, only the entities which doesn't match the included entity tags will be returned by the server.

IfUnmodifiedSince
char*

Default Value: ""

Contains the If-Unmodified-Since request header field. This field makes the requested method conditional: when If-Unmodified-Since field is set, only the unmodified entities will be returned by the server.

Password
char*

Default Value: ""

Assign this property with the user's password.

Referer
char*

Default Value: ""

The Referer field of the HTTP request header specifies the address of the resource from which the Request-URI was obtained (the referrer).

UserAgent
char*

Default Value: ""

The User-Agent field of the HTTP request provides information about the software that initiates the request.

Username
char*

Default Value: ""

Assign this property with the user's login name.

Constructors

HTTPRequestParameters()

Creates a new HTTPRequestParameters object.

HTTPResponseParameters Type

This object is a container for HTTP server response details.

Syntax

SecureBlackboxHTTPResponseParameters (declared in secureblackbox.h)

Remarks

An HTTP response is sent by the server when it has processed the client's request. The response consists of the status code (perhaps, the most annoying and widely known one is 404), the reason phrase, the response headers, and the body (the actual data) of the response.

The following fields are available:

Fields

ContentLength
int64

Default Value: 0

Indicates the length of the response content in bytes.

Date
char*

Default Value: ""

The date and time at which the response was generated, in server time, in UTC.

ReasonPhrase
char*

Default Value: ""

Contains the reason phrase (a human-readable comment) of the request processing status, which corresponds to, and complements, the staus code.

StatusCode
int

Default Value: 0

The server-generated status code of the request processing status.

The code is a 3-digit integer where the first digit defines the class of the response:

1Informational
2Success
3Redirection
4Client Error
5Server Error

Common examples are 200 (page served succesfully), 404 (page not found), 302 (redirect), and 500 (internal server error).

Constructors

HTTPResponseParameters()

Creates a new HTTPResponseParameters object.

OCSPResponse Type

Represents a single OCSP response originating from an OCSP responder.

Syntax

SecureBlackboxOCSPResponse (declared in secureblackbox.h)

Remarks

OCSP is a protocol that allows verification of certificate status in real-time, and is an alternative to Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs).

An OCSP response is a snapshot of the certificate status at a given time.

The following fields are available:

Fields

Bytes
char* (read-only)

Default Value:

A buffer containing the raw OCSP response data.

EntryCount
int (read-only)

Default Value: 0

The number of SingleResponse elements contained in this OCSP response. Each SingleResponse element corresponds to a certificate status.

Handle
int64

Default Value: 0

Allows to get or set a 'handle', a unique identifier of the underlying property object. Use this property to assign objects of the same type in a quicker manner, without copying them fieldwise.

When you pass a handle of one object to another, the source object is copied to the destination rather than assigned. It is safe to get rid of the original object after such operation. pdfSigner.setSigningCertHandle(certMgr.getCertHandle());

Issuer
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

Indicates the issuer of this response (a CA or its authorized representative).

IssuerRDN
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

Indicates the RDN of the issuer of this response (a CA or its authorized representative).

Location
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

The location of the OCSP responder.

ProducedAt
char*

Default Value: ""

Specifies the time when the response was produced, in UTC.

SigAlgorithm
char*

Default Value: "0"

The public key algorithm that was used by the CA to sign this OCSP response.

Source
int (read-only)

Default Value: 0

Returns the source (location or disposition) of a cryptographic primitive entity, such as a certificate, CRL, or OCSP response.

Constructors

OCSPResponse()

Creates an empty OCSP response object.

ProxySettings Type

A container for proxy server settings.

Syntax

SecureBlackboxProxySettings (declared in secureblackbox.h)

Remarks

This type exposes a collection of properties for tuning up the proxy server configuration.

The following fields are available:

Fields

Address
char*

Default Value: ""

The IP address of the proxy server.

Authentication
int

Default Value: 0

The authentication type used by the proxy server.

patNoAuthentication0
patBasic1
patDigest2
patNTLM3

Password
char*

Default Value: ""

The password to authenticate to the proxy server.

Port
int

Default Value: 0

The port on the proxy server to connect to.

ProxyType
int

Default Value: 0

The type of the proxy server.

cptNone0
cptSocks41
cptSocks52
cptWebTunnel3
cptHTTP4

RequestHeaders
char*

Default Value: ""

Contains HTTP request headers for WebTunnel and HTTP proxy.

ResponseBody
char*

Default Value: ""

Contains the HTTP or HTTPS (WebTunnel) proxy response body.

ResponseHeaders
char*

Default Value: ""

Contains response headers received from an HTTP or HTTPS (WebTunnel) proxy server.

UseIPv6
int

Default Value: FALSE

Specifies whether IPv6 should be used when connecting through the proxy.

Username
char*

Default Value: ""

Specifies the username credential for proxy authentication.

Constructors

ProxySettings()

Creates a new ProxySettings object.

SocketSettings Type

A container for the socket settings.

Syntax

SecureBlackboxSocketSettings (declared in secureblackbox.h)

Remarks

This type is a container for socket-layer parameters.

The following fields are available:

Fields

DNSMode
int

Default Value: 0

Selects the DNS resolver to use: the component's (secure) built-in one, or the one provided by the system.

dmAuto0
dmPlatform1
dmOwn2
dmOwnSecure3

DNSPort
int

Default Value: 0

Specifies the port number to be used for sending queries to the DNS server.

DNSQueryTimeout
int

Default Value: 0

The timeout (in milliseconds) for each DNS query. The value of 0 indicates an infinite timeout.

DNSServers
char*

Default Value: ""

The addresses of DNS servers to use for address resolution, separated by commas or semicolons.

DNSTotalTimeout
int

Default Value: 0

The timeout (in milliseconds) for the whole resolution process. The value of 0 indicates an infinite timeout.

IncomingSpeedLimit
int

Default Value: 0

The maximum number of bytes to read from the socket, per second.

LocalAddress
char*

Default Value: ""

The local network interface to bind the socket to.

LocalPort
int

Default Value: 0

The local port number to bind the socket to.

OutgoingSpeedLimit
int

Default Value: 0

The maximum number of bytes to write to the socket, per second.

Timeout
int

Default Value: 60000

The maximum period of waiting, in milliseconds, after which the socket operation is considered unsuccessful.

If Timeout is set to 0, a socket operation will expire after the system-default timeout (2 hrs 8 min for TCP stack).

UseIPv6
int

Default Value: FALSE

Enables or disables IP protocol version 6.

Constructors

SocketSettings()

Creates a new SocketSettings object.

StringNameValuePair Type

A simple name-value pair object.

Syntax

SecureBlackboxStringNameValuePair (declared in secureblackbox.h)

Remarks

The class represents a name-value string pair used in a variety of network components.

The following fields are available:

Fields

Category
char*

Default Value: ""

Specifies the string category of the contained value.

This property allows to check or set the category (or type) associated with the contained value. Depending on the format used to load or save the string, the category parameter may or may not be used.

For example, for ASN.1 property lists the category contains the ASN.1 tag of the contained data (OCTETSTRING, UTF8STRING, INTEGER, ...). For basic (name, value) pairs, such as HTTP headers, the category parameter is not used.

Format
int

Default Value: 0

Specifies the format (encoding) of the value contained in the Value property.

Use this property to check or set the format of the contained value. Remember to provide the actual value in the appropriate format that matches this setting: utils.NameValuePairs[0].Name = "key"; utils.NameValuePairs[0].Format = svfBinary; utils.NameValuePairs[0].Name = "0a1b2c3d4e5f6071";

The following formats are currently supported:

svfText0The property contains text

svfBinary1The property contains binary data. The Value property contains a hex encoding of it.

Name
char*

Default Value: ""

The name element in a (name, value) pair.

Value
char*

Default Value: ""

The value element in a (name, value) pair.

Constructors

StringNameValuePair(const char* lpszName, const char* lpszValue)

Creates a name-value pair from a name and a value.

StringNameValuePair()

Creates an empty name-value object.

TLSConnectionInfo Type

Contains information about a network connection.

Syntax

SecureBlackboxTLSConnectionInfo (declared in secureblackbox.h)

Remarks

Use this property to check various details of the network connection. These include the total amounts of data transferred, the availability of TLS, and its parameters.

The following fields are available:

Fields

AEADCipher
int (read-only)

Default Value: FALSE

Indicates whether the encryption algorithm used is an AEAD cipher.

ChainValidationDetails
int (read-only)

Default Value: 0

The details of a certificate chain validation outcome. They may often suggest the reasons that contributed to the overall validation result.

Returns a bit mask of the following options:

cvrBadData0x0001One or more certificates in the validation path are malformed

cvrRevoked0x0002One or more certificates are revoked

cvrNotYetValid0x0004One or more certificates are not yet valid

cvrExpired0x0008One or more certificates are expired

cvrInvalidSignature0x0010A certificate contains a non-valid digital signature

cvrUnknownCA0x0020A CA certificate for one or more certificates has not been found (chain incomplete)

cvrCAUnauthorized0x0040One of the CA certificates are not authorized to act as CA

cvrCRLNotVerified0x0080One or more CRLs could not be verified

cvrOCSPNotVerified0x0100One or more OCSP responses could not be verified

cvrIdentityMismatch0x0200The identity protected by the certificate (a TLS endpoint or an e-mail addressee) does not match what is recorded in the certificate

cvrNoKeyUsage0x0400A mandatory key usage is not enabled in one of the chain certificates

cvrBlocked0x0800One or more certificates are blocked

cvrFailure0x1000General validation failure

cvrChainLoop0x2000Chain loop: one of the CA certificates recursively signs itself

cvrWeakAlgorithm0x4000A weak algorithm is used in one of certificates or revocation elements

cvrUserEnforced0x8000The chain was considered invalid following intervention from a user code

ChainValidationResult
int (read-only)

Default Value: 0

The outcome of a certificate chain validation routine.

Available options:

cvtValid0The chain is valid

cvtValidButUntrusted1The chain is valid, but the root certificate is not trusted

cvtInvalid2The chain is not valid (some of certificates are revoked, expired, or contain an invalid signature)

cvtCantBeEstablished3The validity of the chain cannot be established because of missing or unavailable validation information (certificates, CRLs, or OCSP responses)

Use the ValidationLog property to access the detailed validation log.

Ciphersuite
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

The cipher suite employed by this connection.

For TLS connections, this property returns the ciphersuite that was/is employed by the connection.

ClientAuthenticated
int (read-only)

Default Value: FALSE

Specifies whether client authentication was performed during this connection.

ClientAuthRequested
int (read-only)

Default Value: FALSE

Specifies whether client authentication was requested during this connection.

ConnectionEstablished
int (read-only)

Default Value: FALSE

Indicates whether the connection has been established fully.

ConnectionID
char* (read-only)

Default Value:

The unique identifier assigned to this connection.

DigestAlgorithm
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

The digest algorithm used in a TLS-enabled connection.

EncryptionAlgorithm
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

The symmetric encryption algorithm used in a TLS-enabled connection.

Exportable
int (read-only)

Default Value: FALSE

Indicates whether a TLS connection uses a reduced-strength exportable cipher.

ID
int64 (read-only)

Default Value: -1

The client connection's unique identifier. This value is used throughout to refer to a particular client connection.

KeyExchangeAlgorithm
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

The key exchange algorithm used in a TLS-enabled connection.

KeyExchangeKeyBits
int (read-only)

Default Value: 0

The length of the key exchange key of a TLS-enabled connection.

NamedECCurve
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

The elliptic curve used in this connection.

PFSCipher
int (read-only)

Default Value: FALSE

Indicates whether the chosen ciphersuite provides perfect forward secrecy (PFS).

PreSharedIdentity
char*

Default Value: ""

Specifies the identity used when the PSK (Pre-Shared Key) key-exchange mechanism is negotiated.

PreSharedIdentityHint
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

A hint professed by the server to help the client select the PSK identity to use.

PublicKeyBits
int (read-only)

Default Value: 0

The length of the public key.

RemoteAddress
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

The client's IP address.

RemotePort
int (read-only)

Default Value: 0

The remote port of the client connection.

ResumedSession
int (read-only)

Default Value: FALSE

Indicates whether a TLS-enabled connection was spawned from another TLS connection

SecureConnection
int (read-only)

Default Value: FALSE

Indicates whether TLS or SSL is enabled for this connection.

ServerAuthenticated
int (read-only)

Default Value: FALSE

Indicates whether server authentication was performed during a TLS-enabled connection.

SignatureAlgorithm
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

The signature algorithm used in a TLS handshake.

SymmetricBlockSize
int (read-only)

Default Value: 0

The block size of the symmetric algorithm used.

SymmetricKeyBits
int (read-only)

Default Value: 0

The key length of the symmetric algorithm used.

TotalBytesReceived
int64 (read-only)

Default Value: 0

The total number of bytes received over this connection.

TotalBytesSent
int64 (read-only)

Default Value: 0

The total number of bytes sent over this connection.

ValidationLog
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

Contains the server certificate's chain validation log. This information may be very useful in investigating chain validation failures.

Version
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

Indicates the version of SSL/TLS protocol negotiated during this connection.

Constructors

TLSConnectionInfo()

Creates a new TLSConnectionInfo object.

TLSSettings Type

A container for TLS connection settings.

Syntax

SecureBlackboxTLSSettings (declared in secureblackbox.h)

Remarks

The TLS (Transport Layer Security) protocol provides security for information exchanged over insecure connections such as TCP/IP.

The following fields are available:

Fields

AutoValidateCertificates
int

Default Value: TRUE

Specifies whether server-side TLS certificates should be validated automatically using internal validation rules.

BaseConfiguration
int

Default Value: 0

Selects the base configuration for the TLS settings. Several profiles are offered and tuned up for different purposes, such as high security or higher compatibility.

stpcDefault0
stpcCompatible1
stpcComprehensiveInsecure2
stpcHighlySecure3

Ciphersuites
char*

Default Value: ""

A list of ciphersuites separated with commas or semicolons. Each ciphersuite in the list may be prefixed with a minus sign (-) to indicate that the ciphersuite should be disabled rather than enabled. Besides the specific ciphersuite modifiers, this property supports the all (and -all) aliases, allowing all ciphersuites to be blanketly enabled or disabled at once.

Note: the list of ciphersuites provided to this property alters the baseline list of ciphersuites as defined by BaseConfiguration. Remember to start your ciphersuite string with -all; if you need to only enable a specific fixed set of ciphersuites. The list of supported ciphersuites is provided below:

  • NULL_NULL_NULL
  • RSA_NULL_MD5
  • RSA_NULL_SHA
  • RSA_RC4_MD5
  • RSA_RC4_SHA
  • RSA_RC2_MD5
  • RSA_IDEA_MD5
  • RSA_IDEA_SHA
  • RSA_DES_MD5
  • RSA_DES_SHA
  • RSA_3DES_MD5
  • RSA_3DES_SHA
  • RSA_AES128_SHA
  • RSA_AES256_SHA
  • DH_DSS_DES_SHA
  • DH_DSS_3DES_SHA
  • DH_DSS_AES128_SHA
  • DH_DSS_AES256_SHA
  • DH_RSA_DES_SHA
  • DH_RSA_3DES_SHA
  • DH_RSA_AES128_SHA
  • DH_RSA_AES256_SHA
  • DHE_DSS_DES_SHA
  • DHE_DSS_3DES_SHA
  • DHE_DSS_AES128_SHA
  • DHE_DSS_AES256_SHA
  • DHE_RSA_DES_SHA
  • DHE_RSA_3DES_SHA
  • DHE_RSA_AES128_SHA
  • DHE_RSA_AES256_SHA
  • DH_ANON_RC4_MD5
  • DH_ANON_DES_SHA
  • DH_ANON_3DES_SHA
  • DH_ANON_AES128_SHA
  • DH_ANON_AES256_SHA
  • RSA_RC2_MD5_EXPORT
  • RSA_RC4_MD5_EXPORT
  • RSA_DES_SHA_EXPORT
  • DH_DSS_DES_SHA_EXPORT
  • DH_RSA_DES_SHA_EXPORT
  • DHE_DSS_DES_SHA_EXPORT
  • DHE_RSA_DES_SHA_EXPORT
  • DH_ANON_RC4_MD5_EXPORT
  • DH_ANON_DES_SHA_EXPORT
  • RSA_CAMELLIA128_SHA
  • DH_DSS_CAMELLIA128_SHA
  • DH_RSA_CAMELLIA128_SHA
  • DHE_DSS_CAMELLIA128_SHA
  • DHE_RSA_CAMELLIA128_SHA
  • DH_ANON_CAMELLIA128_SHA
  • RSA_CAMELLIA256_SHA
  • DH_DSS_CAMELLIA256_SHA
  • DH_RSA_CAMELLIA256_SHA
  • DHE_DSS_CAMELLIA256_SHA
  • DHE_RSA_CAMELLIA256_SHA
  • DH_ANON_CAMELLIA256_SHA
  • PSK_RC4_SHA
  • PSK_3DES_SHA
  • PSK_AES128_SHA
  • PSK_AES256_SHA
  • DHE_PSK_RC4_SHA
  • DHE_PSK_3DES_SHA
  • DHE_PSK_AES128_SHA
  • DHE_PSK_AES256_SHA
  • RSA_PSK_RC4_SHA
  • RSA_PSK_3DES_SHA
  • RSA_PSK_AES128_SHA
  • RSA_PSK_AES256_SHA
  • RSA_SEED_SHA
  • DH_DSS_SEED_SHA
  • DH_RSA_SEED_SHA
  • DHE_DSS_SEED_SHA
  • DHE_RSA_SEED_SHA
  • DH_ANON_SEED_SHA
  • SRP_SHA_3DES_SHA
  • SRP_SHA_RSA_3DES_SHA
  • SRP_SHA_DSS_3DES_SHA
  • SRP_SHA_AES128_SHA
  • SRP_SHA_RSA_AES128_SHA
  • SRP_SHA_DSS_AES128_SHA
  • SRP_SHA_AES256_SHA
  • SRP_SHA_RSA_AES256_SHA
  • SRP_SHA_DSS_AES256_SHA
  • ECDH_ECDSA_NULL_SHA
  • ECDH_ECDSA_RC4_SHA
  • ECDH_ECDSA_3DES_SHA
  • ECDH_ECDSA_AES128_SHA
  • ECDH_ECDSA_AES256_SHA
  • ECDHE_ECDSA_NULL_SHA
  • ECDHE_ECDSA_RC4_SHA
  • ECDHE_ECDSA_3DES_SHA
  • ECDHE_ECDSA_AES128_SHA
  • ECDHE_ECDSA_AES256_SHA
  • ECDH_RSA_NULL_SHA
  • ECDH_RSA_RC4_SHA
  • ECDH_RSA_3DES_SHA
  • ECDH_RSA_AES128_SHA
  • ECDH_RSA_AES256_SHA
  • ECDHE_RSA_NULL_SHA
  • ECDHE_RSA_RC4_SHA
  • ECDHE_RSA_3DES_SHA
  • ECDHE_RSA_AES128_SHA
  • ECDHE_RSA_AES256_SHA
  • ECDH_ANON_NULL_SHA
  • ECDH_ANON_RC4_SHA
  • ECDH_ANON_3DES_SHA
  • ECDH_ANON_AES128_SHA
  • ECDH_ANON_AES256_SHA
  • RSA_NULL_SHA256
  • RSA_AES128_SHA256
  • RSA_AES256_SHA256
  • DH_DSS_AES128_SHA256
  • DH_RSA_AES128_SHA256
  • DHE_DSS_AES128_SHA256
  • DHE_RSA_AES128_SHA256
  • DH_DSS_AES256_SHA256
  • DH_RSA_AES256_SHA256
  • DHE_DSS_AES256_SHA256
  • DHE_RSA_AES256_SHA256
  • DH_ANON_AES128_SHA256
  • DH_ANON_AES256_SHA256
  • RSA_AES128_GCM_SHA256
  • RSA_AES256_GCM_SHA384
  • DHE_RSA_AES128_GCM_SHA256
  • DHE_RSA_AES256_GCM_SHA384
  • DH_RSA_AES128_GCM_SHA256
  • DH_RSA_AES256_GCM_SHA384
  • DHE_DSS_AES128_GCM_SHA256
  • DHE_DSS_AES256_GCM_SHA384
  • DH_DSS_AES128_GCM_SHA256
  • DH_DSS_AES256_GCM_SHA384
  • DH_ANON_AES128_GCM_SHA256
  • DH_ANON_AES256_GCM_SHA384
  • ECDHE_ECDSA_AES128_SHA256
  • ECDHE_ECDSA_AES256_SHA384
  • ECDH_ECDSA_AES128_SHA256
  • ECDH_ECDSA_AES256_SHA384
  • ECDHE_RSA_AES128_SHA256
  • ECDHE_RSA_AES256_SHA384
  • ECDH_RSA_AES128_SHA256
  • ECDH_RSA_AES256_SHA384
  • ECDHE_ECDSA_AES128_GCM_SHA256
  • ECDHE_ECDSA_AES256_GCM_SHA384
  • ECDH_ECDSA_AES128_GCM_SHA256
  • ECDH_ECDSA_AES256_GCM_SHA384
  • ECDHE_RSA_AES128_GCM_SHA256
  • ECDHE_RSA_AES256_GCM_SHA384
  • ECDH_RSA_AES128_GCM_SHA256
  • ECDH_RSA_AES256_GCM_SHA384
  • PSK_AES128_GCM_SHA256
  • PSK_AES256_GCM_SHA384
  • DHE_PSK_AES128_GCM_SHA256
  • DHE_PSK_AES256_GCM_SHA384
  • RSA_PSK_AES128_GCM_SHA256
  • RSA_PSK_AES256_GCM_SHA384
  • PSK_AES128_SHA256
  • PSK_AES256_SHA384
  • PSK_NULL_SHA256
  • PSK_NULL_SHA384
  • DHE_PSK_AES128_SHA256
  • DHE_PSK_AES256_SHA384
  • DHE_PSK_NULL_SHA256
  • DHE_PSK_NULL_SHA384
  • RSA_PSK_AES128_SHA256
  • RSA_PSK_AES256_SHA384
  • RSA_PSK_NULL_SHA256
  • RSA_PSK_NULL_SHA384
  • RSA_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
  • DH_DSS_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
  • DH_RSA_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
  • DHE_DSS_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
  • DHE_RSA_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
  • DH_ANON_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
  • RSA_CAMELLIA256_SHA256
  • DH_DSS_CAMELLIA256_SHA256
  • DH_RSA_CAMELLIA256_SHA256
  • DHE_DSS_CAMELLIA256_SHA256
  • DHE_RSA_CAMELLIA256_SHA256
  • DH_ANON_CAMELLIA256_SHA256
  • ECDHE_ECDSA_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
  • ECDHE_ECDSA_CAMELLIA256_SHA384
  • ECDH_ECDSA_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
  • ECDH_ECDSA_CAMELLIA256_SHA384
  • ECDHE_RSA_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
  • ECDHE_RSA_CAMELLIA256_SHA384
  • ECDH_RSA_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
  • ECDH_RSA_CAMELLIA256_SHA384
  • RSA_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
  • RSA_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
  • DHE_RSA_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
  • DHE_RSA_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
  • DH_RSA_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
  • DH_RSA_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
  • DHE_DSS_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
  • DHE_DSS_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
  • DH_DSS_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
  • DH_DSS_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
  • DH_anon_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
  • DH_anon_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
  • ECDHE_ECDSA_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
  • ECDHE_ECDSA_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
  • ECDH_ECDSA_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
  • ECDH_ECDSA_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
  • ECDHE_RSA_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
  • ECDHE_RSA_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
  • ECDH_RSA_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
  • ECDH_RSA_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
  • PSK_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
  • PSK_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
  • DHE_PSK_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
  • DHE_PSK_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
  • RSA_PSK_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
  • RSA_PSK_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
  • PSK_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
  • PSK_CAMELLIA256_SHA384
  • DHE_PSK_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
  • DHE_PSK_CAMELLIA256_SHA384
  • RSA_PSK_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
  • RSA_PSK_CAMELLIA256_SHA384
  • ECDHE_PSK_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
  • ECDHE_PSK_CAMELLIA256_SHA384
  • ECDHE_PSK_RC4_SHA
  • ECDHE_PSK_3DES_SHA
  • ECDHE_PSK_AES128_SHA
  • ECDHE_PSK_AES256_SHA
  • ECDHE_PSK_AES128_SHA256
  • ECDHE_PSK_AES256_SHA384
  • ECDHE_PSK_NULL_SHA
  • ECDHE_PSK_NULL_SHA256
  • ECDHE_PSK_NULL_SHA384
  • ECDHE_RSA_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
  • ECDHE_ECDSA_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
  • DHE_RSA_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
  • PSK_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
  • ECDHE_PSK_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
  • DHE_PSK_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
  • RSA_PSK_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
  • AES128_GCM_SHA256
  • AES256_GCM_SHA384
  • CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
  • AES128_CCM_SHA256
  • AES128_CCM8_SHA256

ClientAuth
int

Default Value: 0

Enables or disables certificate-based client authentication.

Set this property to true to tune up the client authentication type:

ccatNoAuth0
ccatRequestCert1
ccatRequireCert2

ECCurves
char*

Default Value: ""

Defines the elliptic curves to enable.

Extensions
char*

Default Value: ""

Provides access to TLS extensions.

ForceResumeIfDestinationChanges
int

Default Value: FALSE

Whether to force TLS session resumption when the destination address changes.

PreSharedIdentity
char*

Default Value: ""

Defines the identity used when the PSK (Pre-Shared Key) key-exchange mechanism is negotiated.

PreSharedKey
char*

Default Value: ""

Contains the pre-shared key for the PSK (Pre-Shared Key) key-exchange mechanism, encoded with base16.

PreSharedKeyCiphersuite
char*

Default Value: ""

Defines the ciphersuite used for PSK (Pre-Shared Key) negotiation.

RenegotiationAttackPreventionMode
int

Default Value: 2

Selects the renegotiation attack prevention mechanism.

The following options are available:

crapmCompatible0TLS 1.0 and 1.1 compatibility mode (renegotiation indication extension is disabled).
crapmStrict1Renegotiation attack prevention is enabled and enforced.
crapmAuto2Automatically choose whether to enable or disable renegotiation attack prevention.

RevocationCheck
int

Default Value: 1

Specifies the kind(s) of revocation check to perform.

Revocation checking is necessary to ensure the integrity of the chain and obtain up-to-date certificate validity and trustworthiness information.

crcNone0No revocation checking.
crcAuto1Automatic mode selection. Currently this maps to crcAnyOCSPOrCRL, but it may change in the future.
crcAllCRL2All provided CRL endpoints will be checked, and all checks must succeed.
crcAllOCSP3All provided OCSP endpoints will be checked, and all checks must succeed.
crcAllCRLAndOCSP4All provided CRL and OCSP endpoints will be checked, and all checks must succeed.
crcAnyCRL5All provided CRL endpoints will be checked, and at least one check must succeed.
crcAnyOCSP6All provided OCSP endpoints will be checked, and at least one check must succeed.
crcAnyCRLOrOCSP7All provided CRL and OCSP endpoints will be checked, and at least one check must succeed. CRL endpoints are checked first.
crcAnyOCSPOrCRL8All provided CRL and OCSP endpoints will be checked, and at least one check must succeed. OCSP endpoints are checked first.

This setting controls the way the revocation checks are performed for every certificate in the chain. Typically certificates come with two types of revocation information sources: CRL (certificate revocation lists) and OCSP responders. CRLs are static objects periodically published by the CA at some online location. OCSP responders are active online services maintained by the CA that can provide up-to-date information on certificate statuses in near real time.

There are some conceptual differences between the two. CRLs are normally larger in size. Their use involves some latency because there is normally some delay between the time when a certificate was revoked and the time the subsequent CRL mentioning that is published. The benefits of CRL is that the same object can provide statuses for all certificates issued by a particular CA, and that the whole technology is much simpler than OCSP (and thus is supported by more CAs).

This setting lets you adjust the validation course by including or excluding certain types of revocation sources from the validation process. The crcAnyOCSPOrCRL setting (give preference to the faster OCSP route and only demand one source to succeed) is a good choice for most typical validation environments. The "crcAll*" modes are much stricter, and may be used in scenarios where bulletproof validity information is essential.

Note: If no CRL or OCSP endpoints are provided by the CA, the revocation check will be considered successful. This is because the CA chose not to supply revocation information for its certificates, meaning they are considered irrevocable.

Note: Within each of the above settings, if any retrieved CRL or OCSP response indicates that the certificate has been revoked, the revocation check fails.

SSLOptions
int

Default Value: 16

Various SSL (TLS) protocol options, set of

cssloExpectShutdownMessage0x001Wait for the close-notify message when shutting down the connection

cssloOpenSSLDTLSWorkaround0x002(DEPRECATED) Use a DTLS version workaround when talking to very old OpenSSL versions

cssloDisableKexLengthAlignment0x004Do not align the client-side PMS by the RSA modulus size. It is unlikely that you will ever need to adjust it.

cssloForceUseOfClientCertHashAlg0x008Enforce the use of the client certificate hash algorithm. It is unlikely that you will ever need to adjust it.

cssloAutoAddServerNameExtension0x010Automatically add the server name extension when known

cssloAcceptTrustedSRPPrimesOnly0x020Accept trusted SRP primes only

cssloDisableSignatureAlgorithmsExtension0x040Disable (do not send) the signature algorithms extension. It is unlikely that you will ever need to adjust it.

cssloIntolerateHigherProtocolVersions0x080(server option) Do not allow fallback from TLS versions higher than currently enabled

cssloStickToPrefCertHashAlg0x100Stick to preferred certificate hash algorithms

cssloNoImplicitTLS12Fallback0x200Disable implicit TLS 1.3 to 1.2 fallbacks

cssloUseHandshakeBatches0x400Send the handshake message as large batches rather than individually

TLSMode
int

Default Value: 0

Specifies the TLS mode to use.

smDefault0
smNoTLS1Do not use TLS
smExplicitTLS2Connect to the server without any encryption and then request an SSL session.
smImplicitTLS3Connect to the specified port, and establish the SSL session at once.
smMixedTLS4Connect to the specified port, and establish the SSL session at once, but allow plain data.

UseExtendedMasterSecret
int

Default Value: FALSE

Enables the Extended Master Secret Extension, as defined in RFC 7627.

UseSessionResumption
int

Default Value: FALSE

Enables or disables the TLS session resumption capability.

Versions
int

Default Value: 16

The SSL/TLS versions to enable by default.

csbSSL20x01SSL 2

csbSSL30x02SSL 3

csbTLS10x04TLS 1.0

csbTLS110x08TLS 1.1

csbTLS120x10TLS 1.2

csbTLS130x20TLS 1.3

Constructors

TLSSettings()

Creates a new TLSSettings object.

SecureBlackboxList Type

Syntax

SecureBlackboxList<T> (declared in secureblackbox.h)

Remarks

SecureBlackboxList is a generic class that is used to hold a collection of objects of type T, where T is one of the custom types supported by the HTTPClient class.

Methods

GetCount This method returns the current size of the collection.

int GetCount() {}

SetCount This method sets the size of the collection. This method returns 0 if setting the size was successful; or -1 if the collection is ReadOnly. When adding additional objects to a collection call this method to specify the new size. Increasing the size of the collection preserves existing objects in the collection.

int SetCount(int count) {}

Get This method gets the item at the specified position. The index parameter specifies the index of the item in the collection. This method returns NULL if an invalid index is specified.

T* Get(int index) {}

Set This method sets the item at the specified position. The index parameter specifies the index of the item in the collection that is being set. This method returns -1 if an invalid index is specified. Note: Objects created using the new operator must be freed using the delete operator; they will not be automatically freed by the class.

T* Set(int index, T* value) {}

SecureBlackboxStream Type

Syntax

SecureBlackboxStream (declared in secureblackbox.h)

Remarks

The HTTPClient class includes one or more API members that take a stream object as a parameter. To use such API members, create a concrete class that implements the SecureBlackboxStream interface and pass the HTTPClient class an instance of that concrete class.

When implementing the SecureBlackboxStream interface's properties and methods, they must behave as described below. If the concrete class's implementation does not behave as expected, undefined behavior may occur.

Properties

CanRead Whether the stream supports reading.

bool CanRead() { return true; }
CanSeek Whether the stream supports seeking.

bool CanSeek() { return true; }
CanWrite Whether the stream supports writing.

bool CanWrite() { return true; }
Length Gets the length of the stream, in bytes.

int64 GetLength() = 0;

Methods

Close Closes the stream, releasing all resources currently allocated for it.

void Close() {}

This method is called automatically when a SecureBlackboxStream object is deleted.

Flush Forces all data held by the stream's buffers to be written out to storage.

int Flush() { return 0; }

Must return 0 if flushing is successful; or -1 if an error occurs or the stream is closed. If the stream does not support writing, this method must do nothing and return 0.

Read Reads a sequence of bytes from the stream and advances the current position within the stream by the number of bytes read.

int Read(void* buffer, int count) = 0;

Buffer specifies the buffer to populate with data from the stream. Count specifies the number of bytes that should be read from the stream.

Must return the total number of bytes read into Buffer; this may be less than Count if that many bytes are not currently available, or 0 if the end of the stream has been reached. Must return -1 if an error occurs, if reading is not supported, or if the stream is closed.

Seek Sets the current position within the stream based on a particular point of origin.

int64 Seek(int64 offset, int seekOrigin) = 0;

Offset specifies the offset in the stream to seek to, relative to SeekOrigin. Valid values for SeekOrigin are:

  • 0: Seek from beginning.
  • 1: Seek from current position.
  • 2: Seek from end.

Must return the new position within the stream; or -1 if an error occurs, if seeking is not supported, or if the stream is closed (however, see note below). If -1 is returned, the current position within the stream must remain unchanged.

Note: If the stream is not closed, it must always be possible to call this method with an Offset of 0 and a SeekOrigin of 1 to obtain the current position within the stream, even if seeking is not otherwise supported.

Write Writes a sequence of bytes to the stream and advances the current position within the stream by the number of bytes written.

int Write(const void* buffer, int count) = 0;

Buffer specifies the buffer with data to write to the stream. Count specifies the number of bytes that should be written to the stream.

Must return the total number of bytes written to the stream; this may be less than Count if that many bytes could not be written. Must return -1 if an error occurs, if writing is not supported, or if the stream is closed.

Config Settings (HTTPClient Class)

The class accepts one or more of the following configuration settings. Configuration settings are similar in functionality to properties, but they are rarely used. In order to avoid "polluting" the property namespace of the class, access to these internal properties is provided through the Config method.

HTTPClient Config Settings

AuthStickToLastURL:   TBD.

TBD

CacheStreamOutput:   Tells the component whether to cache stream- and file-bound responses in the component.

Set this property to true to enable caching of potentially long responses obtained with Get method. If the response is cached, it will be available via OutputBytes and OutputString properties after the request is completed, but may occupy extra memory resources.

Cookies:   TBD.

TBD

DefClientCookieFmt:   TBD.

TBD

ForceNTLMAuth:   Activates and enforces NTLM authentication.

Set this property to True to force NTLM (Windows Integrated) authentication.

IgnoreSystemTrust:   Whether trusted Windows Certificate Stores should be treated as trusted.

Specifies whether, during chain validation, the class should respect the trust to CA certificates as configured in the operating system. In Windows this effectively defines whether the class should trust the certificates residing in the Trusted Root Certification Authorities store.

If IgnoreSystemTrust is True, certificates residing in the trusted root store are treated as if they are known, rather than trusted. Only certificates provided via other means (such as the TrustedCertificates property) are considered trusted.

IgnoreUnknownTransferEncodings:   All incoming responses with unknown transfer encodings are ignored if this property is true.

All incoming responses with unknown transfer encodings are ignored if this property is true.

KeepConnectionOpen:   TBD.

TBD

MaxRedirections:   The maximum number of HTTP redirects.

Specifies the maximum number of HTTP redirects. Value 0 prevents any redirections, and -1 allows unlimited redirections.

OutputFile:   Specifies the file where the received content should be saved to.

This is a backward-compatibility duplicate of the OutputFile property. Use OutputFile instead.

PersistentAuthHeader:   Whether to resend NTLM negotiation on every request.

Specifies whether to resend NTLM negotiation on every request.

RequestCompressionGZip:   Ask server to use GZip compression.

Ask server to use GZip compression.

RequestCompressionLevel:   Ask server to use the specified compression level.

Ask server to use the specified compression level.

SendBufferSize:   Size of send buffer in bytes.

The size of blocks used to send data to the server.

StaticDNS:   Specifies whether static DNS rules should be used.

Set this property to enable or disable static DNS rules for the class. Works only if UseOwnDNSResolver is set to true.

Supported values are:

noneNo static DNS rules (default)
localLocal static DNS rules
globalGlobal static DNS rules

StaticIPAddress[domain]:   Gets or sets an IP address for the specified domain name.

Use this property to get or set an IP address for the specified domain name in the internal (of the class) or global DNS rules storage depending on the StaticDNS value. The type of the IP address (IPv4 or IPv6) is determined automatically. If both addresses are available, they are devided by the | (pipe) character.

StaticIPAddresses:   Gets or sets all the static DNS rules.

Use this property to get static DNS rules from the current rules storage or restore them back between application sessions. If StaticDNS of the class is set to "local", the property returns/restores the rules from/to the internal storage of the class. If StaticDNS of the class is set to "global", the property returns/restores the rules from/to the GLOBAL storage. The rules list is returned and accepted in JSON format.

SuppressRedirectionContent:   Whether to suppress the redirection content.

If this property is set to True, the redirection content will be silently suppressed by the class. Otherwise the message containing a redirection code will be processed as usual, the Redirection event will be fired, and the data will be written to OutputString or OutputBytes.

TempPath:   Path for storing temporary files.

This setting specifies an absolute path to the location on disk where temporary files are stored.

TLSExtensions:   TBD.

TBD

TLSPeerExtensions:   TBD.

TBD

TLSSessionGroup:   Specifies the group name of TLS sessions to be used for session resumption.

Use this property to limit the search of chached TLS sessions to the specified group. Sessions from other groups will be ignored. By default, all sessions are cached with an empty group name and available to all the classes.

TLSSessionLifetime:   Specifies lifetime in seconds of the cached TLS session.

Use this property to specify how much time the TLS session should be kept in the session cache. After this time, the session expires and will be automatically removed from the cache. Default value is 300 seconds (5 minutes).

TLSSessionPurgeInterval:   Specifies how often the session cache should remove the expired TLS sessions.

Use this property to specify the time interval of purging the expired TLS sessions from the session cache. Default value is 60 seconds (1 minute).

TolerateMinorChainIssues:   Whether to tolerate minor chain issues.

This parameter controls whether the chain validator should tolerate minor technical issues when validating the chain. Those are:

  • CA, revocation source, TLS key usage requirements are not mandated
  • Violation of OCSP issuer requirements are ignored
  • The AuthorityKeyID extension in CRL- and certificate-issuing CAs are ignored (helps with incorrectly renewed certificates)
  • Basic constraints and name constraints of CA certificates are ignored
  • Some weaker algorithms are tolerated
Use100Continue:   Whether to use 100-continue for POST and PUT commands.

Set this property to True to use the 100-continue approach for POST and PUT commands. In this approach, prior to sending the request body, the client sends a request message asking the server whether it is willing to accept the request body. The request body is sent only if the server accepts it.

UseCompression:   Whether to use GZip compression.

Use this property to tell the server that it can transfer GZIPped data (if the server supports it).

UseKerberosAuth:   TBD.

TBD

UseMicrosoftCTL:   Enables or disables the automatic use of the Microsoft online certificate trust list.

Enable this property to make the chain validation module automatically look up missing CA certificates in the public Windows Update repository.

UseSystemCertificates:   Enables or disables the use of the system certificates.

Use this property to tell the chain validation module to automatically look up missing CA certificates in the system certificates. In many cases it is beneficial to switch this property on, as the operating system certificate configuration provides a representative trust framework.

Base Config Settings

ASN1UseGlobalTagCache:   Controls whether ASN.1 module should use a global object cache.

This is a performance setting. It is unlikely that you will ever need to adjust it.

AssignSystemSmartCardPins:   Specifies whether CSP-level PINs should be assigned to CNG keys.

This is a low-level tweak for certain cryptographic providers. It is unlikely that you will ever need to adjust it.

CheckKeyIntegrityBeforeUse:   Enables or disable private key integrity check before use.

This global property enables or disables private key material check before each signing operation. This slows down performance a bit, but prevents a selection of attacks on RSA keys where keys with unknown origins are used.

You can switch this property off to improve performance if your project only uses known, good private keys.

CookieCaching:   Specifies whether a cookie cache should be used for HTTP(S) transports.

Set this property to enable or disable cookies caching for the class.

Supported values are:

offNo caching (default)
localLocal caching
globalGlobal caching

Cookies:   Gets or sets local cookies for the class.

Use this property to get cookies from the internal cookie storage of the class and/or restore them back between application sessions.

DefDeriveKeyIterations:   Specifies the default key derivation algorithm iteration count.

This global property sets the default number of iterations for all supported key derivation algorithms. Note that you can provide the required number of iterations by using properties of the relevant key generation component; this global setting is used in scenarios where specific iteration count is not or cannot be provided.

DNSLocalSuffix:   The suffix to assign for TLD names.

Use this global setting to adjust the default suffix to assign to top-level domain names. The default is .local.

EnableClientSideSSLFFDHE:   Enables or disables finite field DHE key exchange support in TLS clients.

This global property enables or disables support for finite field DHE key exchange methods in TLS clients. FF DHE is a slower algorithm if compared to EC DHE; enabling it may result in slower connections.

This setting only applies to sessions negotiated with TLS version 1.3.

GlobalCookies:   Gets or sets global cookies for all the HTTP transports.

Use this property to get cookies from the GLOBAL cookie storage or restore them back between application sessions. These cookies will be used by all the classes that have its CookieCaching property set to "global".

HardwareCryptoUsePolicy:   The hardware crypto usage policy.

This global setting controls the hardware cryptography usage policy: auto, enable, or disable.

HttpUserAgent:   Specifies the user agent name to be used by all HTTP clients.

This global setting defines the User-Agent field of the HTTP request provides information about the software that initiates the request. This value will be used by all the HTTP clients including the ones used internally in other classes.

HttpVersion:   The HTTP version to use in any inner HTTP client components created.

Set this property to 1.0 or 1.1 to indicate the HTTP version that any internal HTTP clients should use.

IgnoreExpiredMSCTLSigningCert:   Whether to tolerate the expired Windows Update signing certificate.

It is not uncommon for Microsoft Windows Update Certificate Trust List to be signed with an expired Microsoft certificate. Setting this global property to true makes SBB ignore the expired factor and take the Trust List into account.

ListDelimiter:   The delimiter character for multi-element lists.

Allows to set the delimiter for any multi-entry values returned by the component as a string object, such as file lists. For most of the components, this property is set to a newline sequence.

LogDestination:   Specifies the debug log destination.

Contains a comma-separated list of values that specifies where debug log should be dumped.

Supported values are:

fileFile
consoleConsole
systemlogSystem Log (supported for Android only)
debuggerDebugger (supported for VCL for Windows and .Net)

LogDetails:   Specifies the debug log details to dump.

Contains a comma-separated list of values that specifies which debug log details to dump.

Supported values are:

timeCurrent time
levelLevel
packagePackage name
moduleModule name
classClass name
methodMethod name
threadidThread Id
contenttypeContent type
contentContent
allAll details

LogFile:   Specifies the debug log filename.

Use this property to provide a path to the log file.

LogFilters:   Specifies the debug log filters.

Contains a comma-separated list of value pairs ("name:value") that describe filters.

Supported filter names are:

exclude-packageExclude a package specified in the value
exclude-moduleExclude a module specified in the value
exclude-classExclude a class specified in the value
exclude-methodExclude a method specified in the value
include-packageInclude a package specified in the value
include-moduleInclude a module specified in the value
include-classInclude a class specified in the value
include-methodInclude a method specified in the value

LogFlushMode:   Specifies the log flush mode.

Use this property to set the log flush mode. The following values are defined:

noneNo flush (caching only)
immediateImmediate flush (real-time logging)
maxcountFlush cached entries upon reaching LogMaxEventCount entries in the cache.

LogLevel:   Specifies the debug log level.

Use this property to provide the desired debug log level.

Supported values are:

noneNone (by default)
fatalSevere errors that cause premature termination.
errorOther runtime errors or unexpected conditions.
warningUse of deprecated APIs, poor use of API, 'almost' errors, other runtime situations that are undesirable or unexpected, but not necessarily "wrong".
infoInteresting runtime events (startup/shutdown).
debugDetailed information on flow of through the system.
traceMore detailed information.

LogMaxEventCount:   Specifies the maximum number of events to cache before further action is taken.

Use this property to specify the log event number threshold. This threshold may have different effects, depending on the rotation setting and/or the flush mode.

The default value of this setting is 100.

LogRotationMode:   Specifies the log rotation mode.

Use this property to set the log rotation mode. The following values are defined:

noneNo rotation
deleteolderDelete older entries from the cache upon reaching LogMaxEventCount
keepolderKeep older entries in the cache upon reaching LogMaxEventCount (newer entries are discarded)

MaxASN1BufferLength:   Specifies the maximal allowed length for ASN.1 primitive tag data.

This global property limits the maximal allowed length for ASN.1 tag data for non-content-carrying structures, such as certificates, CRLs, or timestamps. It does not affect structures that can carry content, such as CMS/CAdES messages. This is a security property aiming at preventing DoS attacks.

MaxASN1TreeDepth:   Specifies the maximal depth for processed ASN.1 trees.

This global property limits the maximal depth of ASN.1 trees that the component can handle without throwing an error. This is a security property aiming at preventing DoS attacks.

OCSPHashAlgorithm:   Specifies the hash algorithm to be used to identify certificates in OCSP requests.

This global setting defines the hash algorithm to use in OCSP requests during chain validation. Some OCSP responders can only use older algorithms, in which case setting this property to SHA1 may be helpful.

OldClientSideRSAFallback:   Specifies whether the SSH client should use a SHA1 fallback.

Tells the SSH client to use a legacy ssh-rsa authentication even if the server indicates support for newer algorithms, such as rsa-sha-256. This is a backward-compatibility tweak.

PKICache:   Specifies which PKI elements (certificates, CRLs, OCSP responses) should be cached.

The PKICache setting specifies which Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) elements should be cached to optimize performance and reduce retrieval times. It supports comma-separated values to indicate the specific types of PKI data that should be cached.

Supported Values:

certificateEnables caching of certificates.
crlEnables caching of Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs).
ocspEnables caching of OCSP (Online Certificate Status Protocol) responses.

Example (default value): PKICache=certificate,crl,ocsp In this example, the component caches certificates, CRLs, and OCSP responses.

PKICachePath:   Specifies the file system path where cached PKI data is stored.

The PKICachePath setting defines the file system path where cached PKI data (e.g., certificates, CRLs, OCSP responses and Trusted Lists) will be stored. This allows the system to persistently save and retrieve PKI cache data, even across application restarts.

The default value is an empty string - no cached PKI data is stored on disk.

Example: PKICachePath=C:\Temp\cache In this example, the cached PKI data is stored in the C:\Temp\cache directory.

ProductVersion:   Returns the version of the SecureBlackbox library.

This property returns the long version string of the SecureBlackbox library being used (major.minor.build.revision).

ServerSSLDHKeyLength:   Sets the size of the TLS DHE key exchange group.

Use this property to adjust the length, in bits, of the DHE prime to be used by the TLS server.

StaticDNS:   Specifies whether static DNS rules should be used.

Set this property to enable or disable static DNS rules for the class. Works only if UseOwnDNSResolver is set to true.

Supported values are:

noneNo static DNS rules (default)
localLocal static DNS rules
globalGlobal static DNS rules

StaticIPAddress[domain]:   Gets or sets an IP address for the specified domain name.

Use this property to get or set an IP address for the specified domain name in the internal (of the class) or global DNS rules storage depending on the StaticDNS value. The type of the IP address (IPv4 or IPv6) is determined automatically. If both addresses are available, they are devided by the | (pipe) character.

StaticIPAddresses:   Gets or sets all the static DNS rules.

Use this property to get static DNS rules from the current rules storage or restore them back between application sessions. If StaticDNS of the class is set to "local", the property returns/restores the rules from/to the internal storage of the class. If StaticDNS of the class is set to "global", the property returns/restores the rules from/to the GLOBAL storage. The rules list is returned and accepted in JSON format.

Tag:   Allows to store any custom data.

Use this config property to store any custom data.

TLSSessionGroup:   Specifies the group name of TLS sessions to be used for session resumption.

Use this property to limit the search of chached TLS sessions to the specified group. Sessions from other groups will be ignored. By default, all sessions are cached with an empty group name and available to all the classes.

TLSSessionLifetime:   Specifies lifetime in seconds of the cached TLS session.

Use this property to specify how much time the TLS session should be kept in the session cache. After this time, the session expires and will be automatically removed from the cache. Default value is 300 seconds (5 minutes).

TLSSessionPurgeInterval:   Specifies how often the session cache should remove the expired TLS sessions.

Use this property to specify the time interval of purging the expired TLS sessions from the session cache. Default value is 60 seconds (1 minute).

UseCRLObjectCaching:   Specifies whether reuse of loaded CRL objects is enabled.

This setting enables or disables the caching of CRL objects. When set to true (the default value), the system checks if a CRL object is already loaded in memory before attempting to load a new instance. If the object is found, the existing instance is reused, and its reference count is incremented to track its usage. When the reference count reaches zero, indicating that no references to the object remain, the system will free the object from memory. This setting enhances performance by minimizing unnecessary object instantiation and promotes efficient memory management, particularly in scenarios where CRL objects are frequently used.

UseInternalRandom:   Switches between SecureBlackbox-own and platform PRNGs.

Allows to switch between internal/native PRNG implementation and the one provided by the platform.

UseLegacyAdESValidation:   Enables legacy AdES validation mode.

Use this setting to switch the AdES component to the validation approach that was used in SBB 2020/SBB 2022 (less attention to temporal details).

UseOCSPResponseObjectCaching:   Specifies whether reuse of loaded OCSP response objects is enabled.

This setting enables or disables the caching of OCSP response objects. When set to true (the default value), the system checks if a OCSP response object is already loaded in memory before attempting to load a new instance. If the object is found, the existing instance is reused, and its reference count is incremented to track its usage. When the reference count reaches zero, indicating that no references to the object remain, the system will free the object from memory. This setting enhances performance by minimizing unnecessary object instantiation and promotes efficient memory management, particularly in scenarios where OCSP response objects are frequently used.

UseOwnDNSResolver:   Specifies whether the client components should use own DNS resolver.

Set this global property to false to force all the client components to use the DNS resolver provided by the target OS instead of using own one.

UseSharedSystemStorages:   Specifies whether the validation engine should use a global per-process copy of the system certificate stores.

Set this global property to false to make each validation run use its own copy of system certificate stores.

UseSystemNativeSizeCalculation:   An internal CryptoAPI access tweak.

This is an internal setting. Please do not use it unless instructed by the support team.

UseSystemOAEPAndPSS:   Enforces or disables the use of system-driven RSA OAEP and PSS computations.

This global setting defines who is responsible for performing RSA-OAEP and RSA-PSS computations where the private key is stored in a Windows system store and is exportable. If set to true, SBB will delegate the computations to Windows via a CryptoAPI call. Otherwise, it will export the key material and perform the computations using its own OAEP/PSS implementation.

This setting only applies to certificates originating from a Windows system store.

UseSystemRandom:   Enables or disables the use of the OS PRNG.

Use this global property to enable or disable the use of operating system-driven pseudorandom number generation.

XMLRDNDescriptorName[OID]:   Defines an OID mapping to descriptor names for the certificate's IssuerRDN or SubjectRDN.

This property defines custom mappings between Object Identifiers (OIDs) and descriptor names. This mapping specifies how the certificate's issuer and subject information (ds:IssuerRDN and ds:SubjectRDN elements respectively) are represented in XML signatures.

The property accepts comma-separated values where the first descriptor name is used when the OID is mapped, and subsequent values act as aliases for parsing.

Syntax: Config("XMLRDNDescriptorName[OID]=PrimaryName,Alias1,Alias2");

Where:

OID: The Object Identifier from the certificate's IssuerRDN or SubjectRDN that you want to map.

PrimaryName: The main descriptor name used in the XML signature when the OID is encountered.

Alias1, Alias2, ...: Optional alternative names recognized during parsing.

Usage Examples:

Map OID 2.5.4.5 to SERIALNUMBER: Config("XMLRDNDescriptorName[2.5.4.5]=SERIALNUMBER");

Map OID 1.2.840.113549.1.9.1 to E, with aliases EMAIL and EMAILADDRESS: Config("XMLRDNDescriptorName[1.2.840.113549.1.9.1]=E,EMAIL,EMAILADDRESS");

XMLRDNDescriptorPriority[OID]:   Specifies the priority of descriptor names associated with a specific OID.

This property specifies the priority of descriptor names associated with a specific OID that allows to reorder descriptors in the ds:IssuerRDN and ds:SubjectRDN elements during signing.

XMLRDNDescriptorReverseOrder:   Specifies whether to reverse the order of descriptors in RDN.

Specifies whether to reverse the order of descriptors in the ds:IssuerRDN and ds:SubjectRDN elements during XML signing. By default, this property is set to true (as specified in RFC 2253, 2.1).

XMLRDNDescriptorSeparator:   Specifies the separator used between descriptors in RDN.

Specifies the separator used between descriptors in the ds:IssuerRDN and ds:SubjectRDN elements during XML signing. By default, this property is set to ", " value.

Trappable Errors (HTTPClient Class)

Error Handling (C++)

Call the GetLastErrorCode() method to obtain the last called method's result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. Known error codes are listed below. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message.

HTTPClient Errors

1048577   Invalid parameter (SB_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER)
1048578   Invalid configuration (SB_ERROR_INVALID_SETUP)
1048579   Invalid state (SB_ERROR_INVALID_STATE)
1048580   Invalid value (SB_ERROR_INVALID_VALUE)
1048581   Private key not found (SB_ERROR_NO_PRIVATE_KEY)
1048582   Cancelled by the user (SB_ERROR_CANCELLED_BY_USER)
1048583   The file was not found (SB_ERROR_NO_SUCH_FILE)
1048584   Unsupported feature or operation (SB_ERROR_UNSUPPORTED_FEATURE)
1048585   General error (SB_ERROR_GENERAL_ERROR)
19922945   Unsupported keep-alive policy (SB_ERROR_HTTP_UNSUPPORTED_KEEPALIVEPOLICY)
19922946   Wrong request filter string format (SB_ERROR_HTTP_WRONG_REQUEST_FILTER_FORMAT)