(Visual Basic 6.0) AWS Security Token Service (STS) GetSessionToken

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Returns a set of temporary credentials for an AWS account or IAM user.

For more information, see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/STS/latest/APIReference/API_GetSessionToken.html

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

Dim rest As New ChilkatRest

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

' Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
Dim authAws As New ChilkatAuthAws
authAws.AccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"
authAws.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.Region = "us-west-2"
authAws.ServiceName = "sts"

success = rest.SetAuthAws(authAws)

success = rest.AddQueryParam("Version","2011-06-15")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("Action","GetSessionToken")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("DurationSeconds","3600")

Dim responseXml As String
responseXml = rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/")
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    Debug.Print "response status code = " & rest.ResponseStatusCode
    Debug.Print "response status text = " & rest.ResponseStatusText
    Debug.Print "response header: " & rest.ResponseHeader
    Debug.Print "response body: " & responseXml
    Exit Sub
End If

' Examine the successful XML response (shown below)
Dim xml As New ChilkatXml
success = xml.LoadXml(responseXml)
Debug.Print xml.GetXml()

' 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:
Dim GetSessionTokenResponse_xmlns As String
GetSessionTokenResponse_xmlns = xml.GetAttrValue("xmlns")
Dim AccessKeyId As String
AccessKeyId = xml.GetChildContent("GetSessionTokenResult|Credentials|AccessKeyId")
Dim SecretAccessKey As String
SecretAccessKey = xml.GetChildContent("GetSessionTokenResult|Credentials|SecretAccessKey")
Dim SessionToken As String
SessionToken = xml.GetChildContent("GetSessionTokenResult|Credentials|SessionToken")
Dim Expiration As String
Expiration = xml.GetChildContent("GetSessionTokenResult|Credentials|Expiration")
Dim RequestId As String
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")