(Chilkat2-Python) AWS Secrets Manager - Create Secret

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Creates a new secret. A secret is a set of credentials, such as a user name and password, that you store in an encrypted form in Secrets Manager.

For more information, see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/latest/apireference/API_CreateSecret.html

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import sys
import chilkat2

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

# Sends the following sample request.
# Note: Chilkat will automatically add Content-Length, X-Amz-Date, Accept-Encoding, and Authorization

# POST / HTTP/1.1
# Host: secretsmanager.region.domain
# Accept-Encoding: identity
# X-Amz-Target: secretsmanager.CreateSecret
# Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1
# X-Amz-Date: <date>
# Authorization: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=<credentials>,SignedHeaders=<headers>, Signature=<signature>
# Content-Length: <payload-size-bytes>
# 
# {
#   "Name": "MyTestDatabaseSecret2",
#   "Description": "My test database secret created with the CLI",
#   "SecretString": "{\"username\":\"david\",\"password\":\"BnQw!XDWgaEeT9XGTT29\"}", "ClientRequestToken": "EXAMPLE1-90ab-cdef-fedc-ba987SECRET1"
# }

rest = chilkat2.Rest()

# Connect to the Amazon AWS REST server.
# such as https://secretsmanager.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
bTls = True
port = 443
bAutoReconnect = True
success = rest.Connect("secretsmanager.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)

# Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
authAws = chilkat2.AuthAws()
authAws.AccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"
authAws.SecretKey = "AWS_SECRET_KEY"
# the region should match our URL above..
authAws.Region = "us-west-2"
authAws.ServiceName = "secretsmanager"

rest.SetAuthAws(authAws)

# Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON:
# Generate Code to Create JSON

json = chilkat2.JsonObject()

json.UpdateString("Name","MyTestDatabaseSecret2")
json.UpdateString("Description","My test database secret created with the CLI")
json.UpdateString("SecretString","{\"username\":\"david\",\"password\":\"BnQw!XDWgaEeT9XGTT29\"}")
json.UpdateString("ClientRequestToken","EXAMPLE1-90ab-cdef-fedc-ba987SECRET1")

rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/x-amz-json-1.1")
rest.AddHeader("X-Amz-Target","secretsmanager.CreateSecret")

sbRequestBody = chilkat2.StringBuilder()
json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)
sbResponseBody = chilkat2.StringBuilder()
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody)
if (success != True):
    print(rest.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

respStatusCode = rest.ResponseStatusCode
print("response status code = " + str(respStatusCode))

jResp = chilkat2.JsonObject()
jResp.EmitCompact = False
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)

if (respStatusCode >= 400):
    print("Response Status Code = " + str(respStatusCode))
    print("Response Header:")
    print(rest.ResponseHeader)
    print("Response Body:")
    print(jResp.Emit())
    sys.exit()

print("Response Body:")
print(jResp.Emit())

# Sample response body:

# {
#   "ARN": "arn:aws:secretsmanager:us-west-2:954491834127:secret:MyTestDatabaseSecret2-F16Tps",
#   "Name": "MyTestDatabaseSecret2",
#   "VersionId": "EXAMPLE1-90ab-cdef-fedc-ba987SECRET1"
# }

# Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
# Generate Parsing Code from JSON

ARN = jResp.StringOf("ARN")
Name = jResp.StringOf("Name")
VersionId = jResp.StringOf("VersionId")