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Validation

All requests made by Plivo to your server URLs consist of X-Plivo-Signature-V2 and X-Plivo-Signature-V2-Nonce HTTP headers. To validate a request and to verify that the request to your server originated from Plivo, you must generate a signature at your end and compare it with X-Plivo-Signature-V2 parameter in the HTTP header to check whether they match. Read more about signature validation.

Methods to compute and verify X-Plivo-Signature-V2 are available in the latest server SDKs. Choose the SDK for the programming language of your choice to see how to use these methods.

Arguments

uri string

The callback that you want to validate.

Allowed values: answer_url, message_url, callback_url, action_url, hangup_url

X-Plivo-Signature-V2-Nonce string

Random numeric digits posted to the callback_url, used for validation purpose.

X-Plivo-Signature-V2 or X-Plivo-Signature-Ma-V2 string

Random alphanumeric characters used for validation. You can get this from the relevant event details posted to your callback. See note below.

auth_token string

Your account Auth Token, which you can find on the Overview page of the Plivo console.

Note:

You can either use X-Plivo-Signature-V2 or X-Plivo-Signature-Ma-V2 to validate the signature.

  • X-Plivo-Signature-V2 is generated using the Auth Token of the associated account or subaccount. To validate using the X-Plivo-Signature-V2 request header, generate the signature at your end using the same account or subaccount.
  • X-Plivo-Signature-Ma-V2 is always generated using the Auth Token of the account. To validate using the X-Plivo-Signature-Ma-V2 request header, generate the signature using the main account.

Response

  True

Example Request

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from flask import Flask, request, make_response, url_for
import plivo

app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route('/receive_sms/', methods =['GET','POST'])
def signature():
    signature = request.headers.get('X-Plivo-Signature-V2')
    nonce = request.headers.get('X-Plivo-Signature-V2-Nonce')
    uri = url_for('signature', _external=True)
    auth_token = "<auth_token>"
    
    output = plivo.utils.validate_signature(uri,nonce,signature,auth_token)
    print(output)

    from_number = request.values.get('From') # Sender's phone numer
    to_number = request.values.get('To') # Receiver's phone number - Plivo number
    text = request.values.get('Text') # The text which was received

    print('Message received - From: %s, To: %s, Text: %s' %(from_number, to_number, text))
    return "Text received"

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.run(host='0.0.0.0', debug=True)
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require 'sinatra'
require 'rubygems'
require 'plivo'
include Plivo
require 'uri'

get '/receive_sms/' do
    auth_token = "<auth_token>"
    signature = request.env["HTTP_X_PLIVO_SIGNATURE_V2"]
    nonce = request.env["HTTP_X_PLIVO_SIGNATURE_V2_NONCE"]
    url = request.url
    uri = (url.split("?"))[0]
    
    output = Plivo::Utils.valid_signature?(uri,nonce,signature,auth_token)
    puts output

    from_number = params[:From]# The phone number of the person who sent the SMS
    to_number = params[:To]# Your Plivo number that will receive the SMS
    text = params[:Text]# The text which was received on your Plivo number

    puts "Message received from #{from_number} : #{ text }"
end
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var plivo = require('plivo');
var express = require('express');
var app = express();

app.set('port', (process.env.PORT || 5000));
app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));
app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: true }))

app.all('/receive_sms/', function(req, res) {
    
    var auth_token = ('<auth_token>');
    var signature = req.get('X-Plivo-Signature-V2');
    var nonce = req.get('X-Plivo-Signature-V2-Nonce');
    var fullUrl = req.protocol + '://' + req.get('host') + req.originalUrl;

    var from_number = req.body.From;// Sender's phone number
    var to_number = req.body.To;// Receiver's phone number - Plivo number
    var text = req.body.Text;// The text which was received

    var output = plivo.validateSignature(fullUrl, nonce, signature, auth_token)
    console.log(output);
    
    console.log ('From : ' + from_number + ' To : ' + to_number + ' Text : ' + text);

});

app.listen(app.get('port'), function() {
    console.log('Node app is running on port', app.get('port'));
});
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<?php
    require 'vendor/autoload.php';
    use Plivo\Util\signatureValidation;

    $auth_token = "<auth_token>";
    $signature = $_SERVER["HTTP_X_PLIVO_SIGNATURE_V2"];
    $nonce = $_SERVER["HTTP_X_PLIVO_SIGNATURE_V2_NONCE"];
    
    $url = 'http' . (isset($_SERVER['HTTPS']) ? 's' : '') . '://' . "{$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']}{$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']}";
    $uri = explode('?',$url);   
    $uri1 = $uri[0];    

    $SVUtil = new signatureValidation();
    $output = $SVUtil->validateSignature($uri1,$nonce,$signature,$auth_token);
    var_export($output);
    
    $from_number = $_REQUEST["From"];// Sender's phone numer
    $to_number = $_REQUEST["To"];// Receiver's phone number - Plivo number
    $text = $_REQUEST["Text"];// The SMS text message which was received
    
    echo("Message received from $from_number : $text");
?>
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package plivoexample;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URLDecoder;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import com.plivo.api.util.Utils;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.security.InvalidKeyException;
import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;

import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server;
import org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletContextHandler;
import org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder;

import com.plivo.helper.util.*;

public class validateSignature extends HttpServlet {
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
    @Override
    protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) 
            throws ServletException, IOException {
        String auth_token = "<auth_token>";
        String signature = req.getHeader("X-Plivo-Signature-V2");
        String nonce = req.getHeader("X-Plivo-Signature-V2-Nonce");
        String url = req.getRequestURL().toString();
        
        try {
            Boolean isValid = XPlivoSignature.verify(url, nonce, signature, auth_token);
            System.out.println("Valid : " + isValid);
        } catch (PlivoException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        
        String from_number = req.getParameter("From");
        String to_number = req.getParameter("To");
        String text = req.getParameter("Text");
        System.out.println("From : " + from_number + " To : " + to_number + " Text : " + text);       
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        String port = System.getenv("PORT");
        if(port==null)
            port ="8080";
        Server server = new Server(Integer.valueOf(port));
        ServletContextHandler context = new ServletContextHandler(ServletContextHandler.SESSIONS);
        context.setContextPath("/");
        server.setHandler(context);
        context.addServlet(new ServletHolder(new validateSignature()),"/receive_sms");
        server.start();
        server.join();
    }
}
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;
using RestSharp;
using Plivo.Utilities;
using Nancy;

namespace validateSignature
{
    public class Program : NancyModule
    {
        public Program()
        {
            Get["/receive_sms/"] = x =>
            {
                IEnumerable<string> signature = Request.Headers["X-Plivo-Signature-V2"];
                String[] sign = (String[])signature;
                String actualsignature = sign[0];

                IEnumerable<string> nonce = Request.Headers["X-Plivo-Signature-V2-Nonce"];
                String[] key = (String[])nonce;
                String actualnonce = key[0];

                String auth_token = "<auth_token>";
                String url = Request.Url.SiteBase + Request.Url.Path;

                bool valid = Plivo.Utilities.XPlivoSignatureV2.VerifySignature(url, actualnonce, actualsignature, auth_token);
                Debug.WriteLine("Valid : " + valid);
                
                String from_number = Request.Query["From"];
                String to_number = Request.Query["To"];
                String text = Request.Query["Text"];

                Debug.WriteLine("From : {0}, To : {1}, Text : {2}", from_number, to_number, text);
                Console.ReadLine(); 
                return "OK";
            };
        }
    }
}
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package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"

	"github.com/plivo/plivo-go/v7"
)

func handler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {

	originalurl := "https://" + r.Host + r.URL.Path
	authToken := "<auth_token>"
	signature := r.Header.Get("X-Plivo-Signature-V2")
	nonce := r.Header.Get("X-Plivo-Signature-V2-Nonce")
	fromnumber := r.FormValue("From")
	tonumber := r.FormValue("To")
	text := r.FormValue("Text")

	response := plivo.ValidateSignatureV2(
		originalurl,
		nonce,
		signature,
		authToken,
	)
	fmt.Printf("Response: %#v\n", response)

	print("Message Received - ", fromnumber, " ", tonumber, " ", text)
}

func main() {
	http.HandleFunc("/receive_sms/", handler)
	http.ListenAndServe(":8080", nil)
}