For the platform-specific API's see:
The Core layer is the central part of the Apache Milagro SDK. It implements the functionality of a Milagro Client and drives the communication with the Milagro MFA Services. The SDK Core (and Crypto) are implemented in a portable way, using C/C++ programming languages, to enable them to be compiled for different platforms such as a mobile or a desktop one. Most of the platforms provide a native API to make HTTP requests and store data. The Core utilizes the services on the specific platform it was compiled to, and runs on top of them. Hence, it works with Interfaces for those platform-specific services, as they are implemented at the Platform Adaptation Layer.
The interfaces are:
IHttpRequest
- for making HTTP requestsIStorage
- for storing data on the deviceIContext
- for grouping the rest of the interfaces into a single bundleAlthough the SDK Core API (part of it) is the de-facto SDK API, it is not exposed to the application developer. It is an internal API to the Platform Adaptation Layer, which presents the SDK API to the application in a way that is native to the platform.
IHttpRequest
)The Core uses this interface to make HTTP requests. It should be implemented in the Platform Adaptation Layer. The Core creates an HTTP Request object via IContext::CreateHttpRequest()
method and when done, releases the request via IContext::ReleaseHttpRequest()
.
virtual void SetHeaders(const StringMap& headers);
This method sets the headers for the HTTP Request. The headers are passed in the headers
key/value map, which is a standard std::map<std::string, std::string>
object. This method should be called prior to executing the HTTP Request.
virtual void SetQueryParams(const StringMap& queryParams);
This method sets the query parameters for the HTTP Request. The query parameters are passed in the queryParams
key/value map, which is a standard std::map<std::string, std::string>
object. This method is called prior to executing the HTTP Request.
virtual void SetContent(const String& data);
This method sets the content (the data) of the HTTP Request. It is passed in the data
parameter as a string. This method is called prior to executing the HTTP Request.
virtual void SetTimeout(int seconds);
This method sets a timeout for the HTTP Request. The timeout is set in seconds
. If not set, the timeout is expected to be infinite. This method is called prior to executing the HTTP Request.
virtual bool Execute(Method method, const String& url);
This method executes the HTTP Request with the provided method
and to the given url
. The Method
enumerator is defined as follows:
enum Method { GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS, PATCH };
The request is made with the previously set headers, query parameters and data. If the HTTP request was successfully executed, and a response received, the return value will be true
. If the execution failed, the return value would be false
.
NOTE that a non-2xx HTTP response does not mean that the request has failed, but that it succeeded while the return status code was not a 2xx HTTP response. If the Execute()
request failed, the GetExecuteErrorMessage()
will return more information on the reason for the failure.
virtual const String& GetExecuteErrorMessage() const;
Returns an error message describing the failure of a preceding Execute()
request.
virtual int GetHttpStatusCode() const;
Returns the status code received in response to the preceding successfully executed HTTP request.
virtual const StringMap& GetResponseHeaders() const;
Returns the headers received in response to the preceding successfully executed HTTP request. The headers are returned in a key/value map, which is a standard std::map<std::string, std::string>
object.
virtual const String& GetResponseData() const;
Returns the data received as a response to the preceding successfully executed HTTP request. The data is returned as a string.
IStorage
)The Core uses this interface to store data on the specific platform. As different platforms provide different storage options, the implementation of the interface should be part of the Platform Adaptation Layer. There are two kinds of storages that the Core uses, Secure and Non-secure. In the Secure Storage, the Core stores the regOTT (during registration) and M-Pin Token for every user that is registered through the device. In the Non-Secure Storage, the Core stores all non-sensitive data, like cached Time Permits. The IContext
provides the interface to the correct Storage via the IContext::GetStorage(IStorage::Type)
method.
virtual bool SetData(const String& data);
This method sets/writes the whole storage data. The data is provided in the data parameter, as a string. The return value is true
on success or false
on failure. If the method fails, further information regarding the error can be obtained through the GetErrorMessage()
method.
virtual bool GetData(OUT String& data);
This method gets/reads the whole storage data. The data is returned in the data
parameter, as a string. The return value is true
on success or false
on failure. If the method fails, further information regarding the error can be obtained through the GetErrorMessage()
method.
virtual const String& GetErrorMessage() const;
Returns the error from the preceding failed GetData()
or SetData()
methods.
IContext
)The Context Interface “bundles” the rest of the interfaces. This is the only interface that is provided to the Core where the other interfaces are used/accessed through it.
virtual IHttpRequest* CreateHttpRequest() const;
This request creates a new HTTP request instance that conforms with IHttpRequest
, and returns a pointer to it. The Core calls CreateHttpRequest()
when it needs to make an HTTP request. After receiving a pointer to such an instance, the Core sets the needed headers, query parameters and data, and then executes the request. The Core will then check for the status code, the headers, the data of the response, and will finally release the HTTP request.
NOTE that the HTTP request instance should remain “alive” until calling ReleaseHttpRequest()
.
NOTE As the Core might create two or more HTTP request instances in parallel, the implementation should not use global or local (stack) HTTP request objects.
virtual void ReleaseHttpRequest(IN IHttpRequest* request) const;
This request destroys/releases a previously created HTTP request instance. The Core calls CreateHttpRequest()
when it needs to make an HTTP request. After receiving a pointer to such an instance, the Core sets the needed headers, query parameters and data, and then executes the request. The Core checks for the status code, the headers, the data of the response, and finally releases the HTTP request.
NOTE that the HTTP request instance should remain “alive” until calling ReleaseHttpRequest()
.
NOTE Also, as the Core might create two or more HTTP request instances in parallel, the implementation should not use global or local (stack) HTTP request objects.
virtual IStorage* GetStorage(IStorage::Type type) const;
This method returns a pointer to the storage implementation, which conforms to IStorage
. There are two storage types, Secure and Non-Secure, where you can pass your desired storage type as a parameter. The IStorage::Type
enumerator is defined as follows:
enum Type { SECURE, NONSECURE };
virtual CryptoType GetMPinCryptoType() const;
This method provides information regarding the supported Crypto Type on the specific platform. Currently, this method could return a different value than Non-TEE Crypto, only on an Android platform. Other platforms will always return a Non-TEE Crypto value. On an Android, the Platform Adaptation needs to check if TEE is supported, and then return TEE or Non-TEE Crypto type accordingly. The CryptoType
enumerator is defined as follows:
enum CryptoType { CRYPTO_TEE, CRYPTO_NON_TEE };
MPinSDK
)The MPinSDK
is the main SDK Core class. In order to use the Core, one should create an instance of the MPinSDK
class and initialize it. Most of the methods return a MPinSDK::Status
object, which is defined as follows:
class Status { public: enum Code { OK, PIN_INPUT_CANCELLED, // Local error, returned when a user cancels entering a pin CRYPTO_ERROR, // Local error in crypto functions STORAGE_ERROR, // Local storage related error NETWORK_ERROR, // Local error - unable to connect to remote server (no internet, or invalid server/port) RESPONSE_PARSE_ERROR, // Local error - unable to parse json response from remote server (invalid json or unexpected json structure) FLOW_ERROR, // Local error - improper MPinSDK class usage IDENTITY_NOT_AUTHORIZED, // Remote error - remote server refuses user registration or authentication IDENTITY_NOT_VERIFIED, // Remote error - remote server refuses user registration because identity is not verified REQUEST_EXPIRED, // Remote error - register/authentication request expired REVOKED, // Remote error - unable to get time permit (probably the user is temporarily suspended) INCORRECT_PIN, // Remote error - user entered wrong pin INCORRECT_ACCESS_NUMBER, // Remote/local error - wrong access number (checksum failed or RPS returned 412) HTTP_SERVER_ERROR, // Remote error, when the error does not apply to any of the above - the remote server returned internal server error status (5xx) HTTP_REQUEST_ERROR, // Remote error, where the error does not apply to any of the above - invalid data sent to server, the remote server returned 4xx error status BAD_USER_AGENT, // Remote error - user agent not supported CLIENT_SECRET_EXPIRED // Remote error - re-registration required because server master secret expired }; Code GetStatusCode() const; const String& GetErrorMessage() const; bool operator==(Code statusCode) const; bool operator!=(Code statusCode) const; ... };
The methods that return Status
, will always return Status::OK
if successful. Many methods expect the provided User
object to be in a certain state, and if it is not, the method will return Status::FLOW_ERROR
Status Init(const StringMap& config, IN IContext* ctx);
Status Init(const StringMap& config, IN IContext* ctx, const StringMap& customHeaders);
This method initializes the MPinSDK
instance. It receives a map of configuration parameters and a pointer to a Context Interface. The configuration map is a key-value map into which different configuration options can be inserted. This is a flexible way of passing configurations into the Core, as the method parameters will not change when new configuration parameters are added. Unsupported parameters will be ignored. Currently, the Core recognizes the following parameters:
backend
- the URL of the Milagro MFA back-end service (Mandatory)rpsPrefix
- the prefix that should be added for requests to the RPS (Optional). The default value is "rps"
.The customHeaders
parameter is optional and allows the caller to pass additional map of custom headers, which will be added to any HTTP request that the SDK executes.
Example:
MPinSDK::StringMap config; config["backend"] = "http://ec2-54-77-232-113.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com"; MPinSDK* sdk = new MPinSDK; MPinSDK::Status s = sdk->Init( config, Context::Instance() );
void Destroy();
This method clears the MPinSDK
instance and releases any allocated data by it. After calling this method, one should use Init()
again in order to re-use the MPinSDK
instance.
Status TestBackend(const String& server, const String& rpsPrefix = "rps") const;
This method will test whether server
is a valid back-end URL by trying to retrieve Client Settings from it. Optionally, a custom RPS prefix might be specified if it was customized at the back-end and is different than the default "rps"
. If the back-end URL is a valid one, the method will return Status::OK
.
Status SetBackend(const String& server, const String& rpsPrefix = "rps");
This method will change the currently configured back-end in the Core. Initially the back-end might be set through the Init()
method, but then it might be change using this method. server
is the new back-end URL that should be used. Optionally, a custom RPS prefix might be specified if it was customized at the back-end and is different than the default "rps"
. If successful, the method will return Status::OK
.
UserPtr MakeNewUser(const String& id, const String& deviceName = "") const;
This method creates a new User
object. The User object represents an end-user of the Milagro authentication. The user has its own unique identity, which is passed as the id parameter to this method. Additionally, an optional deviceName
might be specified. The Device Name is passed to the RPA, which might store it and use it later to determine which M-Pin ID is associated with this device. The returned value is of type UserPtr
, which is a reference counting shared pointer to the newly created User
instance. The User class itself looks like this:
class User { public: enum State { INVALID, STARTED_REGISTRATION, ACTIVATED, REGISTERED, BLOCKED }; const String& GetId() const; const String& GetBackend() const; State GetState() const; private: .... };
The newly created user is in the INVALID
state. The User
class is defined in the namespace of the MPinSDK
class.
void DeleteUser(INOUT UserPtr user);
This method deletes a user from the users list that the SDK maintains. All the user data including its M-Pin ID, its state and M-Pin Token will be deleted. A new user with the same identity can be created later with the MakeNewUser()
method.
Status ListUsers(OUT std::vector<UserPtr>& users) const;
This method populates the provided vector with all the users that are associated with the currently set backend. Different users might be in different states, reflecting their registration status. The method will return Status::OK
on success and Status::FLOW_ERROR
if no backend is set through the Init()
or SetBackend()
methods.
Status ListUsers(OUT std::vector<UserPtr>& users, const String& backend) const;
This method populates the provided vector with all the users that are associated with the provided backend
. Different users might be in different states, reflecting their registration status. The method will return Status::OK
on success and Status::FLOW_ERROR
if the SDK was not initialized.
Status ListAllUsers(OUT std::vector<UserPtr>& users) const;
This method populates the provided vector with all the users associated with all the backends know to the SDK. Different users might be in different states, reflecting their registration status. The user association to a backend could be retrieved through the User::GetBackend()
method. The method will return Status::OK
on success and Status::FLOW_ERROR
if the SDK was not initialized.
Status ListBackends(OUT std::vector<String>& backends) const;
This method will populate the provided vector with all the backends known to the SDK. The method will return Status::OK
on success and Status::FLOW_ERROR
if the SDK was not initialized.
Status GetSessionDetails(const String& accessCode, OUT SessionDetails& sessionDetails);
This method could be optionally used to retrieve details regarding a browser session when the SDK is used to authenticate users to an online service, such as the MIRACL MFA Platform. In this case an accessCode
is transferred to the mobile device out-of-band e.g. via scanning a graphical code. The code is then provided to this method to get the session details. This method will also notify the backend that the accessCode
was retrieved from the browser session. The returned SessionDetails
look as follows:
class SessionDetails { public: void Clear(); String prerollId; String appName; String appIconUrl; };
During the online browser session an optional user identity might be provided meaning that this is the user that wants to register/authenticate to the online service.
prerollId
will carry that user ID, or it will be empty if no such ID was provided.appName
is the name of the web application to which the service will authenticate the user.appIconUrl
is the URL from which the icon for web application could be downloaded.Status StartRegistration(INOUT UserPtr user, const String& activateCode = "", const String& userData = "");
This method initializes the registration for a User that has already been created. The Core starts the Milagro Setup flow, sending the necessary requests to the back-end service. The State of the User instance will change to STARTED_REGISTRATION
. The status will indicate whether the operation was successful or not. During this call, an M-Pin ID for the end-user will be issued by the RPS and stored within the user object. The RPA could also start a user identity verification procedure, by sending a verification e-mail.
The optional activateCode
parameter might be provided if the registration process requires such. In cases when the user verification is done through a One-Time-Code (OTC) or through an SMS that carries such code, this OTC should be passed as the activateCode
parameter. In those cases, the identity verification should be completed instantly and the User State will be set to ACTIVATED
.
Optionally, the application might pass additional userData
which might help the RPA to verify the user identity. The RPA might decide to verify the identity without starting a verification process. In this case, the Status
of the call will still be Status::OK
, but the User State will be set to ACTIVATED
.
Status RestartRegistration(INOUT UserPtr user, const String& userData = "");
This method re-initializes the registration process for a user, where registration has already started. The difference between this method and StartRegistration()
is that it will not generate a new M-Pin ID, but will use the one that was already generated. Besides that, the methods follow the same procedures, such as getting the RPA to re-start the user identity verification procedure of sending a verification email to the user.
The application could also pass additional userData
to help the RPA to verify the user identity. The RPA might decide to verify the identity without starting a verification process. In this case, the Status
of the call will still be Status::OK
, but the User State will be set to ACTIVATED
.
Status ConfirmRegistration(INOUT UserPtr user, const String& pushMessageIdentifier = "");
This method allows the application to check whether the user identity verification process has been finalized or not. The provided user
object is expected to be either in the STARTED_REGISTRATION
state or in the ACTIVATED
state. The latter is possible if the RPA activated the user immediately with the call to StartRegistration()
and no verification process was started. During the call to ConfirmRegistration()
the SDK will make an attempt to retrieve Client Key for the user. This attempt will succeed if the user has already been verified/activated but will fail otherwise. The method will return Status::OK
if the Client Key has been successfully retrieved and Status::IDENTITY_NOT_VERIFIED
if the identity has not been verified yet. If the method has succeeded, the application is expected to get the desired PIN/secret from the end-user and then call FinishRegistration()
, and provide the PIN.
Note Using the optional parameter pushMessageIdentifier
, the application can provide a platform specific identifier for sending Push Messages to the device. Such push messages might be utilized as an alternative to the Access Number/Code, as part of the authentication flow.
Status FinishRegistration(INOUT UserPtr user, const String& pin)
This method finalizes the user registration process. It extracts the M-Pin Token from the Client Key for the provided pin
(secret), and then stores the token in the secure storage. On successful completion, the User state will be set to REGISTERED
and the method will return Status::OK
Status StartAuthentication(INOUT UserPtr user, const String& accessCode = "");
This method starts the authentication process for a given user
. It attempts to retrieve the Time Permits for the user, and if successful, will return Status::OK
. If they cannot be retrieved, the method will return Status::REVOKED
. If this method is successfully completed, the app should read the PIN/secret from the end-user and call one of the FinishAuthentication()
variants to authenticate the user.
Optionally, an accessCode
could be provided. This code is retrieved out-of-band from a browser session when the user has to be authenticated to an online service, such as the MIRACL MFA Platform. When this code is provided, the SDK will notify the service that authentication associated with the given accessCode
has started for the provided user.
Status CheckAccessNumber(const String& accessNumber);
This method is used only when a user needs to be authenticated to a remote (browser) session, using Access Number. The access numbers might have a check-sum digit in them and this check-sum needs to be verified on the client side, in order to prevent calling the back-end with non-compliant access numbers. The method will return Status::OK
if successful, and Status::INCORRECT_ACCESS_NUMBER
if not successful.
Status FinishAuthentication(INOUT UserPtr user, const String& pin);
Status FinishAuthentication(INOUT UserPtr user, const String& pin, OUT String& authResultData);
This method performs end-user authentication where the user
to be authenticated is passed as a parameter, along with his pin
(secret). The method performs the authentication against the Milagro MFA Server using the provided PIN and the stored M-Pin Token, and then logs into the RPA. The RPA responds with the authentication User Data which is returned to the application through the authResultData
parameter. If successful, the returned status will be Status::OK
, and if the authentication fails, the return status would be INCORRECT_PIN
. After the 3rd (configurable in the RPS) unsuccessful authentication attempt, the method will return Status::INCORRECT_PIN
and the User State will be set to BLOCKED
.
Status FinishAuthenticationOTP(INOUT UserPtr user, const String& pin, OUT OTP& otp);
This method performs end-user authentication for an OTP. The authentication process is similar to FinishAuthentication()
, but the RPA issues an OTP instead of logging the user into the application. The returned status is analogical to the FinishAuthentication()
method, but in addition to that, an OTP
structure is returned. The OTP
structure looks like this:
class OTP { public: String otp; long expireTime; int ttlSeconds; long nowTime; Status status; };
otp
string is the issued OTP.expireTime
is the Milagro MFA system time when the OTP will expire.ttlSeconds
is the expiration period in seconds.nowTime
is the current Milagro MFA system time.status
is the status of the OTP generation. The status will be Status::OK
if the OTP was successfully generated, or Status::FLOW_ERROR
if not.NOTE that OTP might be generated only by RPA that supports that functionality, such as the MIRACL M-Pin SSO. Other RPA's might not support OTP generation where the status
inside the returned otp
structure will be Status::FLOW_ERROR
.
Status FinishAuthenticationAN(INOUT UserPtr user, const String& pin, const String& accessNumber);
This method authenticates the end-user using an Access Number (also refered as Access Code), provided by a PC/Browser session. After this authentication, the end-user can log into the PC/Browser which provided the Access Number, while the authentication itself is done on the Mobile Device. accessNumber
is the Access Number from the browser session. The returned status might be:
Status::OK
- Successful authentication.Status::INCORRECT_PIN
- The authentication failed because of incorrect PIN. After the 3rd (configurable in the RPS) unsuccessful authentication attempt, the method will still return Status::INCORRECT_PIN
but the User State will be set to BLOCKED
.Status::INCORRECT_ACCESS_NUMBER
- The authentication failed because of incorrect Access Number.bool CanLogout(IN UserPtr user);
This method is used after authentication with an Access Number/Code through FinishAuthenticationAN()
. After such an authentication, the Mobile Device can log out the end-user from the Browser session, if the RPA supports that functionality. This method checks whether logout information was provided by the RPA and the remote (Browser) session can be terminated from the Mobile Device. The method will return true
if the user can be logged-out from the remote session, and false
otherwise.
bool Logout(IN UserPtr user);
This method tries to log out the end-user from a remote (Browser) session after a successful authentication through FinishAuthenticationAN()
. Before calling this method, it is recommended to ensure that logout data was provided by the RPA and that the logout operation can be actually performed. The method will return true
if the logged-out request to the RPA was successful, and false
otherwise.
const char* GetVersion();
This method returns a pointer to a null-terminated string with the version number of the SDK.
String GetClientParam(const String& key);
This method returns the value for a Client Setting with the given key. The value is returned as a String always, i.e. when a numeric or a boolean value is expected, the conversion should be handled by the application. Client settings that might interest the applications are:
accessNumberDigits
- The number of Access Number digits that should be entered by the user, prior to calling FinishAuthenticationAN()
.setDeviceName
- Indicator (true/false
) whether the application should ask the user to insert a Device Name and pass it to the MakeNewUser()
method.appID
- The App ID used by the backend. The App ID is a unique ID assigned to each customer or application. It is a hex-encoded long numeric value. The App ID can be used only for information purposes and it does not affect the application's behavior in any way.![*](M-Pin SDK - Registration flow.png)
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