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IBM Cloud Secrets - Create or Update a Secret

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Demonstrates how to create or update a secret stored in the IBM Cloud Secrets.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v10.1.0 or later.

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Local $bSuccess = False

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

; The bootstrap secret will contain the following information:

; IBM Cloud API Key

; See following examples for setting up a bootstrap secret in memory, 
; or in the local manager (Windows Credentials Manager or Apple Keychain)
; Setup Bootstrap Secret in Local Manager
; Setup Bootstrap Secret in Memory
$oBootstrap = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Secrets")

; Set the location of the bootstrap secret.
; Can be "local_manager" or "memory", depending on how you setup the bootstrap secret.
; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; If your operating system is NOT Windows or MacOS/iOS, then change "local_manager" to "memory"
; You can also, if desired, use "memory" on Windows and MacOS/iOS if your bootstrap secret was previously setup in memory.
; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$oBootstrap.Location = "local_manager"

; Specify the bootstrap secret to be used.
$oBsId = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$oBsId.UpdateString("appName","ibm_bs")
$oBsId.UpdateString("service","Example")
$oBsId.UpdateString("username","Joe")

; ----------------------------------------------------
$oSecrets = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Secrets")

$oSecrets.Location = "ibm_cloud"
$bSuccess = $oSecrets.SetBootstrapSecret($oBsId,$oBootstrap)
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oSecrets.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Let's create or update a secret in the IBM Cloud Secrets.
; (The secret is updated if it already exists.)
$oJson = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$oJson.UpdateString("appName","Test")
$oJson.UpdateString("service","Something")
$oJson.UpdateString("domain","Xyz")
$oJson.UpdateString("username","Abc")

; You'll also need to specify your IBM Cloud instance ID and region for each API call.
$oJson.UpdateString("instance_id","a88a0c56-50a6-4461-9911-345b173e1171")
$oJson.UpdateString("region","us-south")

; Create or update the secret.
$bSuccess = $oSecrets.UpdateSecretStr($oJson,"This is the secret.")
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oSecrets.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

ConsoleWrite("Success." & @CRLF)

; Here you can see the secret that was created:

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