React Native

IBM Cloud Secrets - Create or Update a Binary Secret

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Demonstrates how to create or update a binary secret stored in the IBM Cloud Secrets.

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

React Native

import { BinData, Http, JsonObject, Secrets } from '@chilkat/react-native'

async function chilkatExample() {
  // 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
  const bootstrap = new Secrets();

  // 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.
  const bsId = new JsonObject();
  bsId.updateString('appName', 'ibm_bs');
  bsId.updateString('service', 'Example');
  bsId.updateString('username', 'Joe');

  // ----------------------------------------------------
  const secrets = new Secrets();

  // Setup for the IBM Cloud Secrets
  secrets.location = 'ibm_cloud';
  try {
    secrets.setBootstrapSecret(bsId, bootstrap);
  } catch {
    console.log(secrets.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Specify the name of the secret.
  // service and username are required.
  // appName and domain are optional.
  // Note: The values are arbitrary and can be anything you want.
  const json = new JsonObject();
  json.updateString('appName', 'Test2');
  json.updateString('service', 'Custom');
  json.updateString('domain', 'Ocean');
  json.updateString('username', 'Starfish');

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

  // The purpose of this example is to show how arbitrary binary data
  // can be stored as a secret.

  // We'll use a small JPG image that is approximately 6KB in size.
  // You can test using this same JPG at this URL:
  const url = 'https://chilkatdownload.com/sample_data/starfish.jpg';
  const http = new Http();
  const bd = new BinData();
  try {
    await http.downloadBdAsync(url, bd);
  } catch {
    console.log(http.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Create or update the binary secret.
  try {
    await secrets.updateSecretBdAsync(json, bd);
  } catch {
    console.log(secrets.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  console.log('Success.');

  // Here you can see the secret that was created in the IBM Cloud Secrets:

  // 
}