(C#) AWS Security Token Service (STS) GetSessionToken

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Returns a set of temporary credentials for an AWS account or IAM user.

For more information, see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/STS/latest/APIReference/API_GetSessionToken.html

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// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

Chilkat.Rest rest = new Chilkat.Rest();

// Connect to the Amazon AWS REST server.
// such as https://sts.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
bool bTls = true;
int port = 443;
bool bAutoReconnect = true;
bool success = rest.Connect("sts.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);

// Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
Chilkat.AuthAws authAws = new Chilkat.AuthAws();
authAws.AccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY";
authAws.SecretKey = "AWS_SECRET_KEY";
// the region should match our URL above..
// See https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_credentials_temp_enable-regions.html
authAws.Region = "us-west-2";
authAws.ServiceName = "sts";

rest.SetAuthAws(authAws);

rest.AddQueryParam("Version","2011-06-15");
rest.AddQueryParam("Action","GetSessionToken");
rest.AddQueryParam("DurationSeconds","3600");

string responseXml = rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/");
if (rest.LastMethodSuccess != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
if (rest.ResponseStatusCode != 200) {
    Debug.WriteLine("response status code = " + Convert.ToString(rest.ResponseStatusCode));
    Debug.WriteLine("response status text = " + rest.ResponseStatusText);
    Debug.WriteLine("response header: " + rest.ResponseHeader);
    Debug.WriteLine("response body: " + responseXml);
    return;
}

// Examine the successful XML response (shown below)
Chilkat.Xml xml = new Chilkat.Xml();
xml.LoadXml(responseXml);
Debug.WriteLine(xml.GetXml());

// Sample response:

// <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
// <GetSessionTokenResponse xmlns="https://sts.amazonaws.com/doc/2011-06-15/">
//     <GetSessionTokenResult>
//         <Credentials>
//             <AccessKeyId>AS........T4N</AccessKeyId>
//             <SecretAccessKey>05W........ARPMr</SecretAccessKey>
//             <SessionToken>IQoJb3J........llpIMI=</SessionToken>
//             <Expiration>2022-09-07T00:22:51Z</Expiration>
//         </Credentials>
//     </GetSessionTokenResult>
//     <ResponseMetadata>
//         <RequestId>8bad22cc-1c55-4265-a010-45d139359404</RequestId>
//     </ResponseMetadata>
// </GetSessionTokenResponse>

// Sample parse code:
string GetSessionTokenResponse_xmlns = xml.GetAttrValue("xmlns");
string AccessKeyId = xml.GetChildContent("GetSessionTokenResult|Credentials|AccessKeyId");
string SecretAccessKey = xml.GetChildContent("GetSessionTokenResult|Credentials|SecretAccessKey");
string SessionToken = xml.GetChildContent("GetSessionTokenResult|Credentials|SessionToken");
string Expiration = xml.GetChildContent("GetSessionTokenResult|Credentials|Expiration");
string RequestId = xml.GetChildContent("ResponseMetadata|RequestId");

// Save the session token XML to a file for use by another Chilkat example..
success = xml.SaveXml("qa_data/tokens/aws_session_token.xml");