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Android™

AWS Security Token Service (STS) GetSessionToken

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

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// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    boolean success = false;

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

    CkRest rest = new CkRest();

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

    // Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
    CkAuthAws authAws = new CkAuthAws();
    authAws.put_AccessKey("AWS_ACCESS_KEY");
    authAws.put_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.put_Region("us-west-2");
    authAws.put_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.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
    if (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
        Log.i(TAG, "response status code = " + String.valueOf(rest.get_ResponseStatusCode()));
        Log.i(TAG, "response status text = " + rest.responseStatusText());
        Log.i(TAG, "response header: " + rest.responseHeader());
        Log.i(TAG, "response body: " + responseXml);
        return;
        }

    // Examine the successful XML response (shown below)
    CkXml xml = new CkXml();
    xml.LoadXml(responseXml);
    Log.i(TAG, 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");

  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}