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<h1 class="SECT1"><a name="XMLSEC-NOTES-SIGN">Signing a document.</a></h1>
<p>The typical siganture process includes following steps:
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<li><p>		Prepare data for signature.
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<li><p>		Create or load signature template and select start
    		<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xmldsig-core/#sec-Signature" target="_top">&lt;dsig:Signature/&gt;</a>
		node.
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		functions.
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<li><p>		Load signature key in <a href="xmlsec-keysmngr.html#XMLSECKEYSMNGR">keys manager</a> 
		or generate a session key and set it in the signature context 
		(<code class="STRUCTFIELD">signKey</code> member of 
		<a href="xmlsec-xmldsig.html#XMLSECDSIGCTX">xmlSecDSigCtx</a> structure).
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<li><p>		Sign data by calling <a href="xmlsec-xmldsig.html#XMLSECDSIGCTXSIGN">xmlSecDSigCtxSign</a> 
		function.
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<li><p>		Check returned value and consume signed data.
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<li><p>		Destroy signature context <a href="xmlsec-xmldsig.html#XMLSECDSIGCTX">xmlSecDSigCtx</a>
		using <a href="xmlsec-xmldsig.html#XMLSECDSIGCTXDESTROY">xmlSecDSigCtxDestroy</a> or
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<a name="AEN182"></a><p><b>Example 1. Signing a template.</b></p>
<pre class="PROGRAMLISTING">/** 
 * sign_file:
 * @tmpl_file:		the signature template file name.
 * @key_file:		the PEM private key file name.
 *
 * Signs the #tmpl_file using private key from #key_file.
 *
 * Returns 0 on success or a negative value if an error occurs.
 */
int 
sign_file(const char* tmpl_file, const char* key_file) {
    xmlDocPtr doc = NULL;
    xmlNodePtr node = NULL;
    xmlSecDSigCtxPtr dsigCtx = NULL;
    int res = -1;
    
    assert(tmpl_file);
    assert(key_file);

    /* load template */
    doc = xmlParseFile(tmpl_file);
    if ((doc == NULL) || (xmlDocGetRootElement(doc) == NULL)){
	fprintf(stderr, "Error: unable to parse file \"%s\"\n", tmpl_file);
	goto done;	
    }
    
    /* find start node */
    node = xmlSecFindNode(xmlDocGetRootElement(doc), xmlSecNodeSignature, xmlSecDSigNs);
    if(node == NULL) {
	fprintf(stderr, "Error: start node not found in \"%s\"\n", tmpl_file);
	goto done;	
    }

    /* create signature context, we don't need keys manager in this example */
    dsigCtx = xmlSecDSigCtxCreate(NULL);
    if(dsigCtx == NULL) {
        fprintf(stderr,"Error: failed to create signature context\n");
	goto done;
    }

    /* load private key, assuming that there is not password */
    dsigCtx-&gt;signKey = xmlSecCryptoAppKeyLoad(key_file, xmlSecKeyDataFormatPem, NULL, NULL, NULL);
    if(dsigCtx-&gt;signKey == NULL) {
        fprintf(stderr,"Error: failed to load private pem key from \"%s\"\n", key_file);
	goto done;
    }

    /* set key name to the file name, this is just an example! */
    if(xmlSecKeySetName(dsigCtx-&gt;signKey, key_file) &lt; 0) {
    	fprintf(stderr,"Error: failed to set key name for key from \"%s\"\n", key_file);
	goto done;
    }

    /* sign the template */
    if(xmlSecDSigCtxSign(dsigCtx, node) &lt; 0) {
        fprintf(stderr,"Error: signature failed\n");
	goto done;
    }
        
    /* print signed document to stdout */
    xmlDocDump(stdout, doc);
    
    /* success */
    res = 0;

done:    
    /* cleanup */
    if(dsigCtx != NULL) {
	xmlSecDSigCtxDestroy(dsigCtx);
    }
    
    if(doc != NULL) {
	xmlFreeDoc(doc); 
    }
    return(res);
}
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<p><a href="xmlsec-examples-sign-template-file.html#XMLSEC-EXAMPLE-SIGN1">Full program listing</a></p>
<p><a href="xmlsec-examples-sign-template-file.html#XMLSEC-EXAMPLE-SIGN1-TMPL">Simple signature template file</a></p>
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