errore with messageSignature sha256 in postman (base64 is notdefined.)

Question

I'm testing an api that i have to send in body those data acording to documentation:

studentId,
apiKey,
timeStamp (current iso time as a string),
messageSignature: apikey+studentId+timeStamp encrypted using sha256,

i wrote a script to generate message signature using sha256 in Pre-request Script. Pre-request Script:

    var dateIso = new Date().toISOString();
    pm.globals.set("isoDateTostring", dateIso);
    console.log('timestamp var is:', pm.globals.get("isoDateTostring"));
    
    let msg = "apiKeyvalue" + "studentId" + pm.globals.get("isoDateTostring");+ JSON.stringify(msg)
    
    const hmac = CryptoJS.algo.HMAC.create(CryptoJS.algo.SHA256, "secretKey");
    hmac.update(msg);
    const messageSignature = hmac.finalize().toString();

Details (like screenshots): in body i wrote:

{
"studentId":"********",
"apiKey":"************",
"timeStamp":{{$isoDateTostring}},
"messageSignature": {{$messageSignature}}
}

when i send the request i get base64 is notdefined.

Answer 1

Code would be like:

In Tab Body:

{{$isoDateTostring}} --> "{{isoDateTostring}}"

{{$messageSignature}} --> "{{messageSignature}}"

{
    "studentId": "123",
    "apiKey": "123abc",
    "timeStamp": "{{isoDateTostring}}",
    "messageSignature": "{{messageSignature}}"
}

In tab Pre-request: I fake studentId and apiKey

const dateIso = new Date().toISOString();
pm.globals.set("isoDateTostring", dateIso);

const studentId = "123";
const apiKeyvalue = "123abc"
let msg = apiKeyvalue + studentId + pm.globals.get("isoDateTostring");

const messageSignature = CryptoJS.SHA256(msg).toString();
pm.globals.set("messageSignature", messageSignature);

Result:

{
    "studentId": "123",
    "apiKey": "123abc",
    "timeStamp": "2021-10-26T13:20:09.068Z",
    "messageSignature": "783e65ff1cfb2374fb5f84daa35c01d18b8a1898b3a1837e84934e91a3c0720d"
}