Signature Version 4 Signing Process in PHP to access API Gateway endpoint

Question

I am trying to create Authorized Signature to access IAM secured API gateway endpoint.

$alg = "SHA256";
$CanonicalRequest = "GET\n/dev/pets\n\nhost:3r4fgts8e5.execute-api.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\nx-amz-date:".$dd."\n\nhost;x-amz-date\ne3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855";

$CR =  str_replace("\n", "", $CanonicalRequest);
            $CR = str_replace("\r", "", $CR);
            $CR = strtolower($CR);




$StringToSign  = "AWS4-HMAC-SHA256\n".$dd."\n".$date->format( 'Ymd' )."/ap-northeast-1/execute-api/aws4_request\n".hash( $alg, $CR )."";





// 1) HMACs
$kSecret = 'AWS4' . $secret_key;
$kDate = hash_hmac( $alg, $date->format( 'Ymd' ), $kSecret, true );     
$kRegion = hash_hmac( $alg, $region, $kDate, true );
$kService = hash_hmac( $alg, $service, $kRegion, true );
$kSigning = hash_hmac( $alg, 'aws4_request', $kService, true );     
$signature = hash_hmac( $alg, $StringToSign, $kSigning );       

$authorization = array(
    'Credential=' . $access_key . '/' . implode( '/', $scope ),
    'SignedHeaders=' . implode( ';', array_keys( $can_headers ) ),
    'Signature=' . $signature,
);
$authorization = $request['algorithm'] . ' ' . implode( ',', $authorization );
$request['Authorization'] = $authorization;

But I am getting "The request signature we calculated does not match the signature you provided" error

"message": "The request signature we calculated does not match the signature you provided. Check your AWS Secret Access Key and signing method. Consult the service documentation for details.\n\nThe Canonical String for this request should have been\n'GET\n/dev/pets\n\nhost:3r4fgts8e5.execute-api.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\nx-amz-date:20161002T231640Z\n\nhost;x-amz-date\ne3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855'\n\nThe String-to-Sign should have been\n'AWS4-HMAC-SHA256\n20161002T231640Z\n20161002/ap-northeast-1/execute-api/aws4_request\n0b8c12e0a5f21137c5739a9d26056dfb081218631a9adcf37db1d2e09a014c4e'\n"

My String-to-sign string is

"AWS4-HMAC-SHA256
20161002T231640Z
20161002/ap-northeast-1/execute-api/aws4_request
fb4f7ebdcb405bceed598ecc097267b929eeb3f8f075b1b7a776f53c8c8c6168"

which is totally different from what AWS expected in signature.

"which is totally different from what AWS expected in signature." So, you have your answer -- your code is not building the correct canonical string, so it can't possibly build the correct string to sign, nor can it generate the correct signature. Your next course of action seems clear -- review the documentation and correct your code to generate the correct intermediate values. Note the words "should have been" occurring twice in the error message. AWS can't tell what values you actually used -- signing is not reversible -- they can only calculate what you should have used. — Michael - sqlbot
@pravesh: I'm also getting same issue, can you share working code — sas

Pravesh Khatana Pravesh Khatana · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-15T17:34:15

Here is the solution

private function signRequest(){
        $method ='GET';
        $uri = '/dev';
        $json = file_get_contents('php://input');
        $obj = json_decode($json);


        if(isset($obj->method))
        {
            $m = explode("|", $obj->method);
            $method = $m[0];
            $uri .= $m[1];
        }


        $secretKey = $this->session->data['aws_secret'];
        $access_key = $this->session->data['aws_key'];
        $token = $this->session->data['aws_token'];
        $region = 'ap-southeast-1';
        $service = 'execute-api';

        $options = array(); $headers = array();
        $host = "YOUR-API-HOST.execute-api.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com";
//Or you can define your host here.. I am using API gateway.


        $alg = 'sha256';

        $date = new DateTime( 'UTC' );

        $dd = $date->format( 'Ymd\THis\Z' );

        $amzdate2 = new DateTime( 'UTC' );
        $amzdate2 = $amzdate2->format( 'Ymd' );
        $amzdate = $dd;

        $algorithm = 'AWS4-HMAC-SHA256';


        $parameters = (array) $obj->data;

           if($obj->data == null || empty($obj->data)) 
        {
            $obj->data = "";
        }else{
            $param = json_encode($obj->data);
            if($param == "{}")
            {
                $param = "";

            }

        $requestPayload = strtolower($param);
        $hashedPayload = hash($alg, $requestPayload);

        $canonical_uri = $uri;
        $canonical_querystring = '';

        $canonical_headers = "content-type:"."application/json"."\n"."host:".$host."\n"."x-amz-date:".$amzdate."\n"."x-amz-security-token:".$token."\n";
        $signed_headers = 'content-type;host;x-amz-date;x-amz-security-token';
        $canonical_request = "".$method."\n".$canonical_uri."\n".$canonical_querystring."\n".$canonical_headers."\n".$signed_headers."\n".$hashedPayload;


        $credential_scope = $amzdate2 . '/' . $region . '/' . $service . '/' . 'aws4_request';
        $string_to_sign  = "".$algorithm."\n".$amzdate ."\n".$credential_scope."\n".hash('sha256', $canonical_request)."";
       //string_to_sign is the answer..hash('sha256', $canonical_request)//

        $kSecret = 'AWS4' . $secretKey;
        $kDate = hash_hmac( $alg, $amzdate2, $kSecret, true );
        $kRegion = hash_hmac( $alg, $region, $kDate, true );
        $kService = hash_hmac( $alg, $service, $kRegion, true );
        $kSigning = hash_hmac( $alg, 'aws4_request', $kService, true );     
        $signature = hash_hmac( $alg, $string_to_sign, $kSigning ); 
        $authorization_header = $algorithm . ' ' . 'Credential=' . $access_key . '/' . $credential_scope . ', ' .  'SignedHeaders=' . $signed_headers . ', ' . 'Signature=' . $signature;

        $headers = [
                    'content-type'=>'application/json', 
                    'x-amz-security-token'=>$token, 
                    'x-amz-date'=>$amzdate, 
                    'Authorization'=>$authorization_header];
        return $headers;

    }

Signature Version 4 Signing Process in PHP to access API Gateway endpoint

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