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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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#include <C_CkRestW.h>
#include <C_CkAuthAwsW.h>
#include <C_CkJsonObjectW.h>
#include <C_CkStringBuilderW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkRestW rest;
    BOOL bTls;
    int port;
    BOOL bAutoReconnect;
    HCkAuthAwsW authAws;
    HCkJsonObjectW json;
    HCkStringBuilderW sbRequestBody;
    HCkStringBuilderW sbResponseBody;
    int respStatusCode;
    HCkJsonObjectW jResp;
    const wchar_t *ARN;
    const wchar_t *Name;
    const wchar_t *VersionId;

    success = 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"
    // }

    rest = CkRestW_Create();

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

    // Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
    authAws = CkAuthAwsW_Create();
    CkAuthAwsW_putAccessKey(authAws,L"AWS_ACCESS_KEY");
    CkAuthAwsW_putSecretKey(authAws,L"AWS_SECRET_KEY");
    // the region should match our URL above..
    CkAuthAwsW_putRegion(authAws,L"us-west-2");
    CkAuthAwsW_putServiceName(authAws,L"secretsmanager");

    CkRestW_SetAuthAws(rest,authAws);

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

    json = CkJsonObjectW_Create();

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

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

    sbRequestBody = CkStringBuilderW_Create();
    CkJsonObjectW_EmitSb(json,sbRequestBody);
    sbResponseBody = CkStringBuilderW_Create();
    success = CkRestW_FullRequestSb(rest,L"POST",L"/",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        CkAuthAwsW_Dispose(authAws);
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
        CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbRequestBody);
        CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
        return;
    }

    respStatusCode = CkRestW_getResponseStatusCode(rest);
    wprintf(L"response status code = %d\n",respStatusCode);

    jResp = CkJsonObjectW_Create();
    CkJsonObjectW_putEmitCompact(jResp,FALSE);
    CkJsonObjectW_LoadSb(jResp,sbResponseBody);

    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        wprintf(L"Response Status Code = %d\n",respStatusCode);
        wprintf(L"Response Header:\n");
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_responseHeader(rest));
        wprintf(L"Response Body:\n");
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkJsonObjectW_emit(jResp));
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        CkAuthAwsW_Dispose(authAws);
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
        CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbRequestBody);
        CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(jResp);
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"Response Body:\n");
    wprintf(L"%s\n",CkJsonObjectW_emit(jResp));

    // 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

    ARN = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(jResp,L"ARN");
    Name = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(jResp,L"Name");
    VersionId = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(jResp,L"VersionId");


    CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
    CkAuthAwsW_Dispose(authAws);
    CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
    CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbRequestBody);
    CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
    CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(jResp);

    }