Updated on 2026-06-09 GMT+08:00

Verifying a Signature

Function

This API is used to verify the signature of a message or digest using the public key of an asymmetric key.

Constraints

Only the asymmetric key whose key_usage is SIGN_VERIFY can be used for signature verification.

SM2 keys can only be used to sign message digests.

Calling Method

For details, see Calling APIs.

Authorization Information

Each account has all the permissions required to call all APIs, but IAM users must be assigned the required permissions.

  • If you are using role/policy-based authorization, see Permissions Policies and Supported Actions for details on the required permissions.
  • If you are using identity policy-based authorization, the following identity policy-based permissions are required.

    Action

    Access Level

    Resource Type (*: required)

    Condition Key

    Alias

    Dependencies

    kms:cmk:verify

    Write

    KeyId *

    • kms:KeyOrigin

    • kms:KeySpec

    • kms:KeyUsage

    • kms:MultiRegionKeyType

    • g:EnterpriseProjectId

    • g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>

    -

    -

    -

    • kms:MessageType

    • kms:SigningAlgorithm

    • kms:RequestAlias

    • kms:ResourceAliases

URI

POST /v1.0/{project_id}/kms/verify

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Definition

Project ID. For details, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Constraints

N/A

Range

The value returned by the IAM API is used, which contains 32 characters.

Default Value

N/A

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

Definition

User token. It can be obtained by calling the IAM API. The value of X-Subject-Token in the response header is the user token.

Constraints

N/A

Range

Obtain the value by calling the IAM API for obtaining the user token.

Default Value

N/A

Table 3 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

key_id

Yes

String

Definition

Key ID

Constraints

  • The value must be a 36-byte ID.

  • The value must match the regular expression ^[0-9a-z]{8}-[0-9a-z]{4}-[0-9a-z]{4}-[0-9a-z]{4}-[0-9a-z]{12}$.

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

message

Yes

String

Definition

Message digest or message to be signed

Constraints

The value must be less than 4,096 bytes and encoded using Base64.

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

signature

Yes

String

Definition

Signature value to be verified, which is Base64-encoded.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

signing_algorithm

Yes

String

Definition

Signature algorithm

Constraints

N/A

Range

  • RSASSA_PSS_SHA_256

  • RSASSA_PSS_SHA_384

  • RSASSA_PSS_SHA_512

  • RSASSA_PKCS1_V1_5_SHA_256

  • RSASSA_PKCS1_V1_5_SHA_384

  • RSASSA_PKCS1_V1_5_SHA_512

  • ECDSA_SHA_256

  • ECDSA_SHA_384

  • ECDSA_SHA_512

  • SM2DSA_SM3

Default Value

N/A

message_type

No

String

Definition

Message type

Constraints

N/A

Range

  • DIGEST: Message digest

  • RAW: Original message

Default Value

DIGEST

sequence

No

String

Definition

A 36-byte serial number of a request message, for example, 919c82d4-8046-4722-9094-35c3c6524cff.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Table 4 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

key_id

String

Definition

Key ID

Range

N/A

signature_valid

String

Definition

Signature verification validity

Range

  • true

  • false

Example Requests

Verify the signatures of messages and digests using the key whose ID is 0d0466b0-e727-4d9c-b35d-f84bb474a37f and the RSASSA_PKCS1_V1_5_SHA_256 algorithm.

{
  "key_id" : "0d0466b0-e727-4d9c-b35d-f84bb474a37f",
  "signing_algorithm" : "RSASSA_PKCS1_V1_5_SHA_256",
  "signature" : "jFUqQESGBc0j6k9BozzrP9YL4qk8/W9DZRvK6XXX...",
  "message" : "MmFiZWE0ZjI3ZGIxYTkzY2RmYmEzM2YwMTA1YmJjYw=="
}

Example Responses

Status code: 200

Request succeeded.

{
  "key_id" : "0d0466b0-e727-4d9c-b35d-f84bb474a37f",
  "signature_valid" : "true"
}

SDK Sample Code

The SDK sample code is as follows.

Verify the signatures of messages and digests using the key whose ID is 0d0466b0-e727-4d9c-b35d-f84bb474a37f and the RSASSA_PKCS1_V1_5_SHA_256 algorithm.

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package com.huaweicloud.sdk.test;

import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.auth.ICredential;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.auth.BasicCredentials;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.exception.ConnectionException;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.exception.RequestTimeoutException;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.exception.ServiceResponseException;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.kms.v2.region.KmsRegion;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.kms.v2.*;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.kms.v2.model.*;


public class ValidateSignatureSolution {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // The AK and SK used for authentication are hard-coded or stored in plaintext, which has great security risks. It is recommended that the AK and SK be stored in ciphertext in configuration files or environment variables and decrypted during use to ensure security.
        // In this example, AK and SK are stored in environment variables for authentication. Before running this example, set environment variables CLOUD_SDK_AK and CLOUD_SDK_SK in the local environment
        String ak = System.getenv("CLOUD_SDK_AK");
        String sk = System.getenv("CLOUD_SDK_SK");
        String projectId = "{project_id}";

        ICredential auth = new BasicCredentials()
                .withProjectId(projectId)
                .withAk(ak)
                .withSk(sk);

        KmsClient client = KmsClient.newBuilder()
                .withCredential(auth)
                .withRegion(KmsRegion.valueOf("<YOUR REGION>"))
                .build();
        ValidateSignatureRequest request = new ValidateSignatureRequest();
        VerifyRequestBody body = new VerifyRequestBody();
        body.withSigningAlgorithm(VerifyRequestBody.SigningAlgorithmEnum.fromValue("RSASSA_PKCS1_V1_5_SHA_256"));
        body.withSignature("jFUqQESGBc0j6k9BozzrP9YL4qk8/W9DZRvK6XXX...");
        body.withMessage("MmFiZWE0ZjI3ZGIxYTkzY2RmYmEzM2YwMTA1YmJjYw==");
        body.withKeyId("0d0466b0-e727-4d9c-b35d-f84bb474a37f");
        request.withBody(body);
        try {
            ValidateSignatureResponse response = client.validateSignature(request);
            System.out.println(response.toString());
        } catch (ConnectionException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (RequestTimeoutException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (ServiceResponseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            System.out.println(e.getHttpStatusCode());
            System.out.println(e.getRequestId());
            System.out.println(e.getErrorCode());
            System.out.println(e.getErrorMsg());
        }
    }
}

Verify the signatures of messages and digests using the key whose ID is 0d0466b0-e727-4d9c-b35d-f84bb474a37f and the RSASSA_PKCS1_V1_5_SHA_256 algorithm.

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# coding: utf-8

import os
from huaweicloudsdkcore.auth.credentials import BasicCredentials
from huaweicloudsdkkms.v2.region.kms_region import KmsRegion
from huaweicloudsdkcore.exceptions import exceptions
from huaweicloudsdkkms.v2 import *

if __name__ == "__main__":
    # The AK and SK used for authentication are hard-coded or stored in plaintext, which has great security risks. It is recommended that the AK and SK be stored in ciphertext in configuration files or environment variables and decrypted during use to ensure security.
    # In this example, AK and SK are stored in environment variables for authentication. Before running this example, set environment variables CLOUD_SDK_AK and CLOUD_SDK_SK in the local environment
    ak = os.environ["CLOUD_SDK_AK"]
    sk = os.environ["CLOUD_SDK_SK"]
    projectId = "{project_id}"

    credentials = BasicCredentials(ak, sk, projectId)

    client = KmsClient.new_builder() \
        .with_credentials(credentials) \
        .with_region(KmsRegion.value_of("<YOUR REGION>")) \
        .build()

    try:
        request = ValidateSignatureRequest()
        request.body = VerifyRequestBody(
            signing_algorithm="RSASSA_PKCS1_V1_5_SHA_256",
            signature="jFUqQESGBc0j6k9BozzrP9YL4qk8/W9DZRvK6XXX...",
            message="MmFiZWE0ZjI3ZGIxYTkzY2RmYmEzM2YwMTA1YmJjYw==",
            key_id="0d0466b0-e727-4d9c-b35d-f84bb474a37f"
        )
        response = client.validate_signature(request)
        print(response)
    except exceptions.ClientRequestException as e:
        print(e.status_code)
        print(e.request_id)
        print(e.error_code)
        print(e.error_msg)

Verify the signatures of messages and digests using the key whose ID is 0d0466b0-e727-4d9c-b35d-f84bb474a37f and the RSASSA_PKCS1_V1_5_SHA_256 algorithm.

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package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/core/auth/basic"
    kms "github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/kms/v2"
	"github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/kms/v2/model"
    region "github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/kms/v2/region"
)

func main() {
    // The AK and SK used for authentication are hard-coded or stored in plaintext, which has great security risks. It is recommended that the AK and SK be stored in ciphertext in configuration files or environment variables and decrypted during use to ensure security.
    // In this example, AK and SK are stored in environment variables for authentication. Before running this example, set environment variables CLOUD_SDK_AK and CLOUD_SDK_SK in the local environment
    ak := os.Getenv("CLOUD_SDK_AK")
    sk := os.Getenv("CLOUD_SDK_SK")
    projectId := "{project_id}"

    auth, err := basic.NewCredentialsBuilder().
        WithAk(ak).
        WithSk(sk).
        WithProjectId(projectId).
        SafeBuild()

    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println(err)
        return
    }

    hcClient, err := kms.KmsClientBuilder().
         WithRegion(region.ValueOf("<YOUR REGION>")).
         WithCredential(auth).
         SafeBuild()


    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println(err)
        return
    }

    client := kms.NewKmsClient(hcClient)

    request := &model.ValidateSignatureRequest{}
	request.Body = &model.VerifyRequestBody{
		SigningAlgorithm: model.GetVerifyRequestBodySigningAlgorithmEnum().RSASSA_PKCS1_V1_5_SHA_256,
		Signature: "jFUqQESGBc0j6k9BozzrP9YL4qk8/W9DZRvK6XXX...",
		Message: "MmFiZWE0ZjI3ZGIxYTkzY2RmYmEzM2YwMTA1YmJjYw==",
		KeyId: "0d0466b0-e727-4d9c-b35d-f84bb474a37f",
	}
	response, err := client.ValidateSignature(request)
	if err == nil {
        fmt.Printf("%+v\n", response)
    } else {
        fmt.Println(err)
    }
}

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Status Codes

Status Code

Description

200

Request succeeded.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.