Updated on 2025-01-24 GMT+08:00

C

Scenarios

To use C to call an API through app authentication, obtain the C SDK, and then call the API by referring to the API calling example.

Prerequisites

  1. You have obtained API calling information. For details, see Preparation.
  2. Install the OpenSSL library.
    apt-get install libssl-dev
  3. Install the curl library.
    apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev

Obtaining the SDK

On the APIG console, choose Help Center > Using SDKs, and download the SDK of the desired language.

Alternatively, download the latest SDK version. Then obtain the ApiGateway-c-sdk.zip package. The following table shows the files decompressed from the package.

Name

Description

signer_common.c

SDK code

signer_common.h

signer.c

signer.h

Makefile

Makefile file

main.c

Sample code

API Calling Example

  1. Add the following references to main.c:

    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <stdlib.h>
    #include <string.h>
    #include <curl/curl.h>
    #include "signer.h"

  2. Generate a sig_params_t variable, and enter the AppKey and AppSecret.

    1. In this example, the AK and SK stored in the environment variables are used. Specify the environment variables HUAWEICLOUD_SDK_AK and HUAWEICLOUD_SDK_SK in the local environment first. The following uses Linux as an example to describe how to set the obtained AK/SK as environment variables.
      1. Open the terminal and run the following command to open the environment variable configuration file:

        vi ~/.bashrc

      2. Set environment variables, save the file, and exit the editor.
        export HUAWEICLOUD_SDK_AK="Obtained AK"
        export HUAWEICLOUD_SDK_SK="Obtained SK"
      3. Run the following command to apply the modification:

        source ~/.bashrc

    2. Generate a sig_params_t variable, and enter the configured environment variables.
      sig_params_t params;
      sig_params_init(&params);
      // Directly writing AK/SK in code is risky. For security, encrypt your AK/SK and store them in the configuration file or environment variables.
      // In this example, the AK/SK are stored in environment variables for identity authentication. Before running this example, set environment variables HUAWEICLOUD_SDK_AK and HUAWEICLOUD_SDK_SK.
      sig_str_t app_key = sig_str(getenv("HUAWEICLOUD_SDK_AK"));
      sig_str_t app_secret = sig_str(getenv("HUAWEICLOUD_SDK_SK"));
      params.key = app_key;
      params.secret = app_secret;

  3. Specify the method, domain name, request URI, query strings, and request body.

    sig_str_t host = sig_str("c967a237-cd6c-470e-906f-a8655461897e.apigw.exampleRegion.com");
    sig_str_t method = sig_str("GET");
    sig_str_t uri = sig_str("/app1");
    sig_str_t query_str = sig_str("a=1&b=2");
    sig_str_t payload = sig_str("");
    params.host = host;
    params.method = method;
    params.uri = uri;
    params.query_str = query_str;
    params.payload = payload;

  4. Add the x-stage header to the request to specify an environment name. Add other headers to be signed as necessary.

    sig_headers_add(&params.headers, "x-stage", "RELEASE");

  5. Execute the following function to add the generated headers to the request variable.

    sig_sign(&params);

  6. Use the curl library to access the API and view the access result.

    static size_t
    WriteMemoryCallback(void *contents, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *userp)
    {
        size_t realsize = size * nmemb;
        struct MemoryStruct *mem = (struct MemoryStruct *)userp;
    
        mem->memory = (char*)realloc(mem->memory, mem->size + realsize + 1);
        if (mem->memory == NULL) {
            /* out of memory! */
            printf("not enough memory (realloc returned NULL)\n");
            return 0;
        }
    
        memcpy(&(mem->memory[mem->size]), contents, realsize);
        mem->size += realsize;
        mem->memory[mem->size] = 0;
    
        return realsize;
    }
    
    //send http request using curl library
    int perform_request(RequestParams* request)
    {
        CURL *curl;
        CURLcode res;
        struct MemoryStruct resp_header;
        resp_header.memory = malloc(1);
        resp_header.size = 0;
        struct MemoryStruct resp_body;
        resp_body.memory = malloc(1);
        resp_body.size = 0;
    
        curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL);
        curl = curl_easy_init();
    
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, params.method.data);
        char url[1024];
        sig_snprintf(url, 1024, "http://%V%V?%V", &params.host, &params.uri, &params.query_str);
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, url);
        struct curl_slist *chunk = NULL;
        for (int i = 0; i < params.headers.len; i++) {
            char header[1024];
            sig_snprintf(header, 1024, "%V: %V", &params.headers.data[i].name, &params.headers.data[i].value);
            printf("%s\n", header);
            chunk = curl_slist_append(chunk, header);
        }
        printf("-------------\n");
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, chunk);
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, params.payload.data);
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NOBODY, 0L);
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, WriteMemoryCallback);
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HEADERDATA, (void *)&resp_header);
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, (void *)&resp_body);
        //curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1L);
        res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
        if (res != CURLE_OK) {
            fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n", curl_easy_strerror(res));
        }
        else {
            long status;
            curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE, &status);
            printf("status %d\n", status);
            printf(resp_header.memory);
            printf(resp_body.memory);
        }
        free(resp_header.memory);
        free(resp_body.memory);
        curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
    
        curl_global_cleanup();
    
        //free signature params
        sig_params_free(&params);
        return 0;
    }

  7. Run the make command to obtain a main executable file, execute the file, and then view the execution result.