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IBM Cloud Secrets - Get a Binary Secret

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Demonstrates how to fetch the content of a binary secret from the IBM Cloud Secrets.

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

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const std = @import("std");
const chilkat = @import("chilkat");

pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
    const alloc = init.arena.allocator();

    // 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 = try chilkat.Secrets.init();
    defer bootstrap.deinit();

    // 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.setLocation("local_manager");

    // Specify the bootstrap secret to be used.
    const bs_id = try chilkat.JsonObject.init();
    defer bs_id.deinit();
    bs_id.updateString("appName", "ibm_bs") catch {};
    bs_id.updateString("service", "Example") catch {};
    bs_id.updateString("username", "Joe") catch {};

    // ----------------------------------------------------
    const secrets = try chilkat.Secrets.init();
    defer secrets.deinit();

    // Setup for the IBM Cloud Secrets
    secrets.setLocation("ibm_cloud");
    secrets.setBootstrapSecret(bs_id, bootstrap) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try secrets.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    // Specify the secret to be fetched.
    const json = try chilkat.JsonObject.init();
    defer json.deinit();
    json.updateString("appName", "Test2") catch {};
    json.updateString("service", "Custom") catch {};
    json.updateString("domain", "Ocean") catch {};
    json.updateString("username", "Starfish") catch {};

    // 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") catch {};
    json.updateString("region", "us-south") catch {};

    // Get the binary secret data.
    const bd = try chilkat.BinData.init();
    defer bd.deinit();
    secrets.getSecretBd(json, bd) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try secrets.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    // For our testing, the binary secret was a JPG image..
    bd.writeFile("c:/temp/qa_output/starfish.jpg") catch {};

    std.debug.print("Success.\n", .{});
}