Perl Requires Chilkat v10.1.0+

AWS Secrets Manager - Get a Binary Secret

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Demonstrates how to fetch the content of a binary secret from the AWS Secrets Manager. Chilkat2 Perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Chilkat2;

# 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:

# AWS Region
# AWS Access Key
# AWS Secret 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
my $bootstrap = Chilkat2::Secrets->new;

# 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.
my $bsId = Chilkat2::JsonObject->new;
$bsId->UpdateString('appName', 'AWS');
$bsId->UpdateString('service', 'Example');
$bsId->UpdateString('username', 'Joe');

# ----------------------------------------------------
my $secrets = Chilkat2::Secrets->new;

# Setup for the AWS Secrets Manager
$secrets->Location('aws_secrets_manager');
my $success = $secrets->SetBootstrapSecret($bsId, $bootstrap);
if (!$success) {
    print $secrets->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

# Specify the secret to be fetched.
my $json = Chilkat2::JsonObject->new;
$json->UpdateString('appName', 'Test2');
$json->UpdateString('service', 'Custom');
$json->UpdateString('domain', 'Ocean');
$json->UpdateString('username', 'Starfish');

# Get the binary secret data.
my $bd = Chilkat2::BinData->new;
$success = $secrets->GetSecretBd($json, $bd);
if (!$success) {
    print $secrets->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

# For our testing, the binary secret was a JPG image..
$bd->WriteFile('c:/temp/qa_output/starfish.jpg');

print "Success.\n";