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IBM Cloud Secrets - Setup Bootstrap Secret in Memory

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Accessing a cloud-based secrets manager requires authentication credentials, which cannot be stored within the secrets manager itself.

This example shows how to set up an in-memory bootstrap secret with authentication credentials which will be used in other examples to access IBM Cloud Secrets.

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

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PureBasic
IncludeFile "CkJsonObject.pb"
IncludeFile "CkSecrets.pb"

Procedure ChilkatExample()

    success.i = 0

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

    bootstrap.i = CkSecrets::ckCreate()
    If bootstrap.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ; The bootstrap secret will reside in memory.
    CkSecrets::setCkLocation(bootstrap, "memory")

    ; Specify the name of the bootstrap secret.
    ; service and username are required.
    ; appName and domain are optional.
    ; Note: The values are arbitrary and can be anything you want.
    json.i = CkJsonObject::ckCreate()
    If json.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    CkJsonObject::ckUpdateString(json,"appName","ibm_bs")
    CkJsonObject::ckUpdateString(json,"service","Example")
    CkJsonObject::ckUpdateString(json,"username","Joe")

    ; The bootstrap secret for the IBM Cloud Secrets will contain
    ; your IBM Cloud API Key, like this..
    ; (change the following to use your own IBM Cloud API key)
    ibm_api_key.s = "tI-oaEj_krD2F4Utd1ztRCE+wDWve8HvU15XxOdq7FkW"
    success = CkSecrets::ckUpdateSecretStr(bootstrap,json,ibm_api_key)
    If success = 0
        Debug CkSecrets::ckLastErrorText(bootstrap)
        CkSecrets::ckDispose(bootstrap)
        CkJsonObject::ckDispose(json)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ; The secret is stored encrypted in memory, and is available to be used
    ; regardless of the lifetime of the "bootstrap" object.

    Debug "The IBM Cloud bootstrap secret has been stored in memory."


    CkSecrets::ckDispose(bootstrap)
    CkJsonObject::ckDispose(json)


    ProcedureReturn
EndProcedure