Visual Basic 6.0

IBM Cloud Secrets - Get a String Secret

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

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

Visual Basic 6.0

Dim success As Long
success = 0

' 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

secrets.Location = "ibm_cloud"
success = secrets.SetBootstrapSecret(bsId,bootstrap)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print secrets.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Specify the secret to be fetched.
Dim json As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = json.UpdateString("appName","Test")
success = json.UpdateString("service","Something")
success = json.UpdateString("domain","Xyz")
success = json.UpdateString("username","Abc")

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

' Get the secret.
Dim secretValue As String
secretValue = secrets.GetSecretStr(json)
If (secrets.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Debug.Print secrets.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print "The content of the secret: " & secretValue
Debug.Print "Success."