When the creditor subscribes to the SPS-Signature service, the creditor must keep in mind the following conditions.
Description of the Web-Service
This guide aims to help creditors understand and integrate the different parameters that need to be selected within the three web-service methods. These methods are compliant with the service contract available within in the form of a WSDL document.
Digital Certificates
Digital certificates are required in order to grant access to the SPS-SIGNATURE service and to digitally sign the web service calls.
Test Environment: In order to integrate and test the service, the creditor must obtain a digital certificate from a recognized certification authority (CA). This digital certificate will only be used for the test environment. The creditor will provide the public key of this certificate to the SPSSignature team in order to be referenced in the Acceptance environment.
In case of emergency, and if the creditor does not have enough time to order a certificate from a CA, the SPS-Signature team will exceptionally provide a digital certificate for testing only, that will allow the Creditor to sign his web-service calls.
Production Environment: The creditor must obtain a digital certificate from a recognized certification authority (CA). Additionally, he must provide this certificate (Public Key) to the SPSSignature team in order to be referenced.
Creditor Identifier
In order to recognize the creditor in the SPS-SIGNATURE service, the creditor must provide under the web-service request his ID. The creditor identifier under the SPS-SIGNATURE service is a technical parameter that is generated by the SPS-SIGNATURE team during the subscription of the creditor. Reference is made in this document to this identifier as the “CreditorId”.