(Visual Basic 6.0) IBM Cloud Secrets - List Matching Secrets

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List secrets in the IBM Cloud Secrets matching one or more wildcarded names for app, service, domain, and username.

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

For more information, see https://cknotes.com/chilkat-secrets-class-added-in-version-10-1-0/

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' 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
Dim bootstrap As New ChilkatSecrets

' 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.
Dim bsId As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = bsId.UpdateString("appName","ibm_bs")
success = bsId.UpdateString("service","Example")
success = bsId.UpdateString("username","Joe")

' ----------------------------------------------------
Dim secrets As New ChilkatSecrets

' Setup for the IBM Cloud Secrets
secrets.Location = "ibm_cloud"
Dim success As Long
success = secrets.SetBootstrapSecret(bsId,bootstrap)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print secrets.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Set wildcarded or exact values for appName, service, domain, and username.
' Omit any members where anything is allowed to match, or alternatively specify "*" to match anything.
Dim jsonMatch As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = jsonMatch.UpdateString("appName","Test*")
' The following lines can be omitted. Not specifying anything for service, domain, or username is the same as "*".
success = jsonMatch.UpdateString("service","*")
success = jsonMatch.UpdateString("domain","*")
success = jsonMatch.UpdateString("username","*")

' You'll also need to specify your IBM Cloud instance ID and region for each API call.
success = jsonMatch.UpdateString("instance_id","a88a0c56-50a6-4461-9911-345b173e1171")
success = jsonMatch.UpdateString("region","us-south")

Dim results As New ChilkatJsonObject
results.EmitCompact = 0

success = secrets.ListSecrets(jsonMatch,results)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print secrets.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print results.Emit()

' Sample output:

' {
'   "secrets": [
'     {
'       "appName": "Test",
'       "service": "Something",
'       "domain": "Xyz",
'       "username": "Abc",
'       "ibm_id": "13a3d6fa-c25c-1afb-e54b-8cd2e0565f68"
'     },
'     {
'       "appName": "Test2",
'       "service": "Custom",
'       "domain": "Ocean",
'       "username": "Starfish",
'       "ibm_id": "767a3c55-d332-8bab-18e4-9e174d41a158"
'     }
'   ]
' }

' ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Here's sample code for parsing the JSON list of secrets.

Dim appName As String
Dim service As String
Dim domain As String
Dim username As String
Dim ibm_id As String

Dim i As Long
i = 0
Dim numSecrets As Long
numSecrets = results.SizeOfArray("secrets")
Do While i < numSecrets
    results.I = i
    ' Note: appName and domain are optional and may not exist in any given secret.
    appName = results.StringOf("secrets[i].appName")
    service = results.StringOf("secrets[i].service")
    domain = results.StringOf("secrets[i].domain")
    username = results.StringOf("secrets[i].username")
    ' Information field for the raw IBM secret ID.
    ibm_id = results.StringOf("secrets[i].ibm_id")
    i = i + 1
Loop