JavaScript

Configure AWS Signature Authentication for REST

Demonstrates Rest.SetAuthAws, which associates an AuthAws provider so Chilkat signs each request using AWS Signature Version 4. The provider supplies the access key, secret key, region, and service name.

Background. AWS requires each request to be signed with a signature derived from the secret key, region, service, and request contents. Configuring the provider lets Chilkat compute and attach the signature automatically.

Note

This example is intended for running within a Chilkat.Js embedded JavaScript engine. All Chilkat JavaScript examples require Chilkat v11.4.0 or greater.

JavaScript

var success = false;

var rest = new CkRest();
var bTls = true;
var bAutoReconnect = true;
success = rest.Connect("example.com",443,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
if (success == false) {
    console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Configure AWS Signature Version 4 request signing.  Provide the access key, secret key, region,
//  and service name.
var authAws = new CkAuthAws();
//  Normally you would not hard-code secrets in source.  You should instead obtain them from an
//  interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
authAws.AccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY";
authAws.SecretKey = "AWS_SECRET_KEY";
authAws.Region = "us-east-1";
authAws.ServiceName = "s3";

//  Associate the provider so Chilkat signs each request according to AWS requirements.
success = rest.SetAuthAws(authAws);
if (success == false) {
    console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

var responseText = rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/");
if (rest.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
    console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

console.log(responseText);