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Perl

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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Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

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

$rest = chilkat::CkRest->new();

# Connect to the Amazon AWS REST server.
# such as https://sts.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
$bTls = 1;
$port = 443;
$bAutoReconnect = 1;
$success = $rest->Connect("sts.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",$port,$bTls,$bAutoReconnect);

# Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
$authAws = chilkat::CkAuthAws->new();
$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");

$responseXml = $rest->fullRequestNoBody("GET","/");
if ($rest->get_LastMethodSuccess() != 1) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
if ($rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
    print "response status code = " . $rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() . "\r\n";
    print "response status text = " . $rest->responseStatusText() . "\r\n";
    print "response header: " . $rest->responseHeader() . "\r\n";
    print "response body: " . $responseXml . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Examine the successful XML response (shown below)
$xml = chilkat::CkXml->new();
$xml->LoadXml($responseXml);
print $xml->getXml() . "\r\n";

# 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:
$GetSessionTokenResponse_xmlns = $xml->getAttrValue("xmlns");
$AccessKeyId = $xml->getChildContent("GetSessionTokenResult|Credentials|AccessKeyId");
$SecretAccessKey = $xml->getChildContent("GetSessionTokenResult|Credentials|SecretAccessKey");
$SessionToken = $xml->getChildContent("GetSessionTokenResult|Credentials|SessionToken");
$Expiration = $xml->getChildContent("GetSessionTokenResult|Credentials|Expiration");
$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");