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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.

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func chilkatTest() {
    var success: Bool = false

    // 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"
    // }

    let rest = CkoRest()!

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

    // Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
    let authAws = CkoAuthAws()!
    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(authProvider: authAws)

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

    let json = CkoJsonObject()!

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

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

    let sbRequestBody = CkoStringBuilder()!
    json.emitSb(sb: sbRequestBody)
    let sbResponseBody = CkoStringBuilder()!
    success = rest.fullRequestSb(httpVerb: "POST", uriPath: "/", requestBody: sbRequestBody, responseBody: sbResponseBody)
    if success != true {
        print("\(rest.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    var respStatusCode: Int = rest.responseStatusCode.intValue
    print("response status code = \(respStatusCode)")

    let jResp = CkoJsonObject()!
    jResp.emitCompact = false
    jResp.loadSb(sb: sbResponseBody)

    if respStatusCode >= 400 {
        print("Response Status Code = \(respStatusCode)")
        print("Response Header:")
        print("\(rest.responseHeader!)")
        print("Response Body:")
        print("\(jResp.emit()!)")
        return
    }

    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

    var ARN: String? = jResp.string(of: "ARN")
    var Name: String? = jResp.string(of: "Name")
    var VersionId: String? = jResp.string(of: "VersionId")

}