(Node.js) AWS Secrets Manager - Get Secret Value

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Retrieves the contents of the encrypted fields SecretString or SecretBinary from the specified version of a secret, whichever contains content.

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

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var os = require('os');
if (os.platform() == 'win32') {  
    if (os.arch() == 'ia32') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-win-ia32');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-win64'); 
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'linux') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-arm');
    } else if (os.arch() == 'x86') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-linux32');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-linux64');
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'darwin') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm64') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-mac-m1');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-macosx');
    }
}

function chilkatExample() {

    // 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.GetSecretValue
    // 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>
    // 
    // {
    //   "SecretId": "MyTestDatabaseSecret",
    // }

    var rest = new chilkat.Rest();

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

    // Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
    var authAws = new chilkat.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

    var json = new chilkat.JsonObject();

    json.UpdateString("SecretId","MyTestDatabaseSecret2");

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

    var sbRequestBody = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
    json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody);
    var sbResponseBody = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
    success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody);
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    var respStatusCode = rest.ResponseStatusCode;
    console.log("response status code = " + respStatusCode);

    var jResp = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    jResp.EmitCompact = false;
    jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);

    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        console.log("Response Status Code = " + respStatusCode);
        console.log("Response Header:");
        console.log(rest.ResponseHeader);
        console.log("Response Body:");
        console.log(jResp.Emit());
        return;
    }

    console.log("Response Body:");
    console.log(jResp.Emit());

    // Sample response body:

    // {
    //   "ARN":"arn:aws:secretsmanager:us-west-2:123456789012:secret:MyTestDatabaseSecret-a1b2c3",
    //   "CreatedDate":1.523477145713E9,
    //   "Name":"MyTestDatabaseSecret",
    //   "SecretString":"{\n  \"username\":\"david\",\n  \"password\":\"BnQw&XDWgaEeT9XGTT29\"\n}\n",
    //   "VersionId":"EXAMPLE1-90ab-cdef-fedc-ba987SECRET1"
    // }

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

    var ARN = jResp.StringOf("ARN");
    var CreatedDate = jResp.StringOf("CreatedDate");
    var Name = jResp.StringOf("Name");
    var SecretString = jResp.StringOf("SecretString");
    var VersionId = jResp.StringOf("VersionId");

}

chilkatExample();