Xojo Plugin

AWS Security Token Service (STS) GetSessionToken

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Returns a set of temporary credentials for an AWS account or IAM user. Xojo Plugin

Dim success As Boolean
success = False

// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

Dim rest As New Chilkat.Rest

// Connect to the Amazon AWS REST server.
// such as https://sts.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
Dim bTls As Boolean
bTls = True
Dim port As Int32
port = 443
Dim bAutoReconnect As Boolean
bAutoReconnect = True
success = rest.Connect("sts.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)

// Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
Dim authAws As New Chilkat.AuthAws
authAws.AccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"
authAws.SecretKey = "AWS_SECRET_KEY"
// the region should match our URL above..
// See https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_credentials_temp_enable-regions.html
authAws.Region = "us-west-2"
authAws.ServiceName = "sts"

success = rest.SetAuthAws(authAws)

success = rest.AddQueryParam("Version","2011-06-15")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("Action","GetSessionToken")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("DurationSeconds","3600")

Dim responseXml As String
responseXml = rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/")
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    System.DebugLog("response status code = " + Str(rest.ResponseStatusCode))
    System.DebugLog("response status text = " + rest.ResponseStatusText)
    System.DebugLog("response header: " + rest.ResponseHeader)
    System.DebugLog("response body: " + responseXml)
    Return
End If

// Examine the successful XML response (shown below)
Dim xml As New Chilkat.Xml
success = xml.LoadXml(responseXml)
System.DebugLog(xml.GetXml())

// Sample response:

// <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
// <GetSessionTokenResponse xmlns="https://sts.amazonaws.com/doc/2011-06-15/">
//     <GetSessionTokenResult>
//         <Credentials>
//             <AccessKeyId>AS........T4N</AccessKeyId>
//             <SecretAccessKey>05W........ARPMr</SecretAccessKey>
//             <SessionToken>IQoJb3J........llpIMI=</SessionToken>
//             <Expiration>2022-09-07T00:22:51Z</Expiration>
//         </Credentials>
//     </GetSessionTokenResult>
//     <ResponseMetadata>
//         <RequestId>8bad22cc-1c55-4265-a010-45d139359404</RequestId>
//     </ResponseMetadata>
// </GetSessionTokenResponse>

// Sample parse code:
Dim GetSessionTokenResponse_xmlns As String
GetSessionTokenResponse_xmlns = xml.GetAttrValue("xmlns")
Dim AccessKeyId As String
AccessKeyId = xml.GetChildContent("GetSessionTokenResult|Credentials|AccessKeyId")
Dim SecretAccessKey As String
SecretAccessKey = xml.GetChildContent("GetSessionTokenResult|Credentials|SecretAccessKey")
Dim SessionToken As String
SessionToken = xml.GetChildContent("GetSessionTokenResult|Credentials|SessionToken")
Dim Expiration As String
Expiration = xml.GetChildContent("GetSessionTokenResult|Credentials|Expiration")
Dim RequestId As String
RequestId = xml.GetChildContent("ResponseMetadata|RequestId")

// Save the session token XML to a file for use by another Chilkat example..
success = xml.SaveXml("qa_data/tokens/aws_session_token.xml")