The map tile url generation for the signature service uses the following code to generate the proper url with signature.
The url is generated FROM the url that you currently generate for the non signature API service.
Its not just another
static parameter to tack on the end of the url like the api key is.
The crypotgraphic code url is generated by taking the url that contains the coordinate and api information, its hashed with the "signing secret". Then that hash is tacked on the end of the original url...
Example:
With url sample #1
1. The map url with no signature:
Code:
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=-45.0000000,135.0000000&zoom=3&size=512x600&maptype=satellite&key=(put your api key here)
This url works with googles api service, but not its signature service.
This url was generated by transdem tile map requester sample #1
2.You must generate a URL signing secret in googles api console, its in the same area that you use to generate the api key.
You can generate one by visiting this url if you have already logged into your api console.
https://console.developers.google.com/p ... /staticmap3. Take the url in step 1. and the signing secret in step 2. and "hash" them using the algorithm in the example code, at the bottom of this post "To sign a URL"
4. Take the hashed result and attach it to the end of the url in step 1.
Code:
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=-45.0000000,135.0000000&zoom=3&size=512x600&maptype=satellite&key=(put your api key here)&signature=(put the hash that you generated from step 3 here.)
Each tile requested needs its url hashed like this to be accepted for use in googles signature map api service.
Code:
The example below uses standard Python libraries to sign a URL. (Download the code.)
#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
""" Signs a URL using a URL signing secret """
import hashlib
import hmac
import base64
import urlparse
def sign_url(input_url=None, secret=None):
""" Sign a request URL with a URL signing secret.
Usage:
from urlsigner import sign_url
signed_url = sign_url(input_url=my_url, secret=SECRET)
Args:
input_url - The URL to sign
secret - Your URL signing secret
Returns:
The signed request URL
"""
if not input_url or not secret:
raise Exception("Both input_url and secret are required")
url = urlparse.urlparse(input_url)
# We only need to sign the path+query part of the string
url_to_sign = url.path + "?" + url.query
# Decode the private key into its binary format
# We need to decode the URL-encoded private key
decoded_key = base64.urlsafe_b64decode(secret)
# Create a signature using the private key and the URL-encoded
# string using HMAC SHA1. This signature will be binary.
signature = hmac.new(decoded_key, url_to_sign, hashlib.sha1)
# Encode the binary signature into base64 for use within a URL
encoded_signature = base64.urlsafe_b64encode(signature.digest())
original_url = url.scheme + "://" + url.netloc + url.path + "?" + url.query
# Return signed URL
return original_url + "&signature=" + encoded_signature
if __name__ == "__main__":
input_url = raw_input("URL to Sign: ")
secret = raw_input("URL signing secret: ")
print "Signed URL: " + sign_url(input_url, secret)
Code:
The example below uses the java.util.Base64 class available since JDK 1.8 - older versions may need to use Apache Commons or similar. (Download the code.)
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URISyntaxException;
import java.security.InvalidKeyException;
import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
import java.util.Base64; // JDK 1.8 only - older versions may need to use Apache Commons or similar.
import javax.crypto.Mac;
import javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec;
import java.net.URL;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
public class UrlSigner {
// Note: Generally, you should store your private key someplace safe
// and read them into your code
private static String keyString = "YOUR_PRIVATE_KEY";
// The URL shown in these examples is a static URL which should already
// be URL-encoded. In practice, you will likely have code
// which assembles your URL from user or web service input
// and plugs those values into its parameters.
private static String urlString = "YOUR_URL_TO_SIGN";
// This variable stores the binary key, which is computed from the string (Base64) key
private static byte[] key;
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException,
InvalidKeyException, NoSuchAlgorithmException, URISyntaxException {
BufferedReader input = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
String inputUrl, inputKey = null;
// For testing purposes, allow user input for the URL.
// If no input is entered, use the static URL defined above.
System.out.println("Enter the URL (must be URL-encoded) to sign: ");
inputUrl = input.readLine();
if (inputUrl.equals("")) {
inputUrl = urlString;
}
// Convert the string to a URL so we can parse it
URL url = new URL(inputUrl);
// For testing purposes, allow user input for the private key.
// If no input is entered, use the static key defined above.
System.out.println("Enter the Private key to sign the URL: ");
inputKey = input.readLine();
if (inputKey.equals("")) {
inputKey = keyString;
}
UrlSigner signer = new UrlSigner(inputKey);
String request = signer.signRequest(url.getPath(),url.getQuery());
System.out.println("Signed URL :" + url.getProtocol() + "://" + url.getHost() + request);
}
public UrlSigner(String keyString) throws IOException {
// Convert the key from 'web safe' base 64 to binary
keyString = keyString.replace('-', '+');
keyString = keyString.replace('_', '/');
System.out.println("Key: " + keyString);
// Base64 is JDK 1.8 only - older versions may need to use Apache Commons or similar.
this.key = Base64.getDecoder().decode(keyString);
}
public String signRequest(String path, String query) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException,
InvalidKeyException, UnsupportedEncodingException, URISyntaxException {
// Retrieve the proper URL components to sign
String resource = path + '?' + query;
// Get an HMAC-SHA1 signing key from the raw key bytes
SecretKeySpec sha1Key = new SecretKeySpec(key, "HmacSHA1");
// Get an HMAC-SHA1 Mac instance and initialize it with the HMAC-SHA1 key
Mac mac = Mac.getInstance("HmacSHA1");
mac.init(sha1Key);
// compute the binary signature for the request
byte[] sigBytes = mac.doFinal(resource.getBytes());
// base 64 encode the binary signature
// Base64 is JDK 1.8 only - older versions may need to use Apache Commons or similar.
String signature = Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(sigBytes);
// convert the signature to 'web safe' base 64
signature = signature.replace('+', '-');
signature = signature.replace('/', '_');
return resource + "&signature=" + signature;
}
}
Code:
The example below uses the default System.Security.Cryptography library to sign a URL request. Note that we need to convert the default Base64 encoding to implement a URL-safe version. (Download the code.)
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Text;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using System.Web;
namespace SignUrl {
public struct GoogleSignedUrl {
public static string Sign(string url, string keyString) {
ASCIIEncoding encoding = new ASCIIEncoding();
// converting key to bytes will throw an exception, need to replace '-' and '_' characters first.
string usablePrivateKey = keyString.Replace("-", "+").Replace("_", "/");
byte[] privateKeyBytes = Convert.FromBase64String(usablePrivateKey);
Uri uri = new Uri(url);
byte[] encodedPathAndQueryBytes = encoding.GetBytes(uri.LocalPath + uri.Query);
// compute the hash
HMACSHA1 algorithm = new HMACSHA1(privateKeyBytes);
byte[] hash = algorithm.ComputeHash(encodedPathAndQueryBytes);
// convert the bytes to string and make url-safe by replacing '+' and '/' characters
string signature = Convert.ToBase64String(hash).Replace("+", "-").Replace("/", "_");
// Add the signature to the existing URI.
return uri.Scheme+"://"+uri.Host+uri.LocalPath + uri.Query +"&signature=" + signature;
}
}
class Program {
static void Main() {
// Note: Generally, you should store your private key someplace safe
// and read them into your code
const string keyString = "YOUR_PRIVATE_KEY";
// The URL shown in these examples is a static URL which should already
// be URL-encoded. In practice, you will likely have code
// which assembles your URL from user or web service input
// and plugs those values into its parameters.
const string urlString = "YOUR_URL_TO_SIGN";
string inputUrl = null;
string inputKey = null;
Console.WriteLine("Enter the URL (must be URL-encoded) to sign: ");
inputUrl = Console.ReadLine();
if (inputUrl.Length == 0) {
inputUrl = urlString;
}
Console.WriteLine("Enter the Private key to sign the URL: ");
inputKey = Console.ReadLine();
if (inputKey.Length == 0) {
inputKey = keyString;
}
Console.WriteLine(GoogleSignedUrl.Sign(inputUrl,inputKey));
}
}
}