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IBM Cloud Secrets - List Matching Secrets

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List secrets in the IBM Cloud Secrets matching one or more wildcarded names for app, service, domain, and username.

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

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Dim success As Boolean = 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
Dim bootstrap As ChilkatSecrets
bootstrap.Initialize("bootstrap")

'  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.
'  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
bootstrap.Location = "local_manager"

'  Specify the bootstrap secret to be used.
Dim bsId As ChilkatJsonObject
bsId.Initialize
bsId.UpdateString("appName", "ibm_bs")
bsId.UpdateString("service", "Example")
bsId.UpdateString("username", "Joe")

'  ----------------------------------------------------
Dim secrets As ChilkatSecrets
secrets.Initialize("secrets")

'  Setup for the IBM Cloud Secrets
secrets.Location = "ibm_cloud"
success = secrets.SetBootstrapSecret(bsId, bootstrap)
If success = False Then
    Log(secrets.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Set wildcarded or exact values for appName, service, domain, and username.
'  Omit any members where anything is allowed to match, or alternatively specify "*" to match anything.
Dim jsonMatch As ChilkatJsonObject
jsonMatch.Initialize
jsonMatch.UpdateString("appName", "Test*")
'  The following lines can be omitted. Not specifying anything for service, domain, or username is the same as "*".
jsonMatch.UpdateString("service", "*")
jsonMatch.UpdateString("domain", "*")
jsonMatch.UpdateString("username", "*")

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

Dim results As ChilkatJsonObject
results.Initialize
results.EmitCompact = False

success = secrets.ListSecrets(jsonMatch, results)
If success = False Then
    Log(secrets.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


Log(results.Emit)

'  Sample output:

'  {
'    "secrets": [
'      {
'        "appName": "Test",
'        "service": "Something",
'        "domain": "Xyz",
'        "username": "Abc",
'        "ibm_id": "13a3d6fa-c25c-1afb-e54b-8cd2e0565f68"
'      },
'      {
'        "appName": "Test2",
'        "service": "Custom",
'        "domain": "Ocean",
'        "username": "Starfish",
'        "ibm_id": "767a3c55-d332-8bab-18e4-9e174d41a158"
'      }
'    ]
'  }

'  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'  Here's sample code for parsing the JSON list of secrets.

Dim appName As String
Dim service As String
Dim domain As String
Dim username As String
Dim ibm_id As String

Dim i As Int = 0
Dim numSecrets As Int = results.SizeOfArray("secrets")
Do While i < numSecrets
    results.I = i
    '  Note: appName and domain are optional and may not exist in any given secret.
    appName = results.StringOf("secrets[i].appName")
    service = results.StringOf("secrets[i].service")
    domain = results.StringOf("secrets[i].domain")
    username = results.StringOf("secrets[i].username")
    '  Information field for the raw IBM secret ID.
    ibm_id = results.StringOf("secrets[i].ibm_id")
    i = i + 1
Loop