Unicode C AWS IAM: Create Access Key

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Creates a new AWS secret access key and corresponding AWS access key ID for the specified user. The default status for new keys is Active.

Documentation: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/APIReference/API_CreateAccessKey.html

CURL Command

curl -X GET https://iam.amazonaws.com/ \
  -d "Action=CreateAccessKey" \
  -d "UserName=Alice" \
  -d "Version=2010-05-08"

Unicode C Example

#include <C_CkRestW.h>
#include <C_CkAuthAwsW.h>
#include <C_CkStringBuilderW.h>
#include <C_CkXmlW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkRestW rest;
    BOOL success;
    HCkAuthAwsW authAws;
    BOOL bTls;
    int port;
    BOOL bAutoReconnect;
    HCkStringBuilderW sbResponseBody;
    int respStatusCode;
    HCkXmlW xmlResponse;
    const wchar_t *CreateAccessKeyResponse_xmlns;
    const wchar_t *tagPath;
    const wchar_t *UserName;
    const wchar_t *AccessKeyId;
    const wchar_t *Status;
    const wchar_t *SecretAccessKey;
    const wchar_t *RequestId;

    rest = CkRestW_Create();

    authAws = CkAuthAwsW_Create();
    CkAuthAwsW_putAccessKey(authAws,L"AWS_ACCESS_KEY");
    CkAuthAwsW_putSecretKey(authAws,L"AWS_SECRET_KEY");
    CkAuthAwsW_putRegion(authAws,L"us-east-1");
    CkAuthAwsW_putServiceName(authAws,L"iam");
    CkRestW_SetAuthAws(rest,authAws);

    //  URL: https://iam.amazonaws.com/
    bTls = TRUE;
    port = 443;
    bAutoReconnect = TRUE;
    success = CkRestW_Connect(rest,L"iam.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"ConnectFailReason: %d\n",CkRestW_getConnectFailReason(rest));
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        CkAuthAwsW_Dispose(authAws);
        return;
    }

    CkRestW_AddQueryParam(rest,L"Action",L"CreateAccessKey");
    CkRestW_AddQueryParam(rest,L"UserName",L"Alice");
    CkRestW_AddQueryParam(rest,L"Version",L"2010-05-08");

    sbResponseBody = CkStringBuilderW_Create();
    success = CkRestW_FullRequestNoBodySb(rest,L"GET",L"/",sbResponseBody);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        CkAuthAwsW_Dispose(authAws);
        CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
        return;
    }

    respStatusCode = CkRestW_getResponseStatusCode(rest);
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        wprintf(L"Response Status Code = %d\n",respStatusCode);
        wprintf(L"Response Header:\n");
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_responseHeader(rest));
        wprintf(L"Response Body:\n");
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkStringBuilderW_getAsString(sbResponseBody));
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        CkAuthAwsW_Dispose(authAws);
        CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
        return;
    }

    xmlResponse = CkXmlW_Create();
    CkXmlW_LoadSb(xmlResponse,sbResponseBody,TRUE);

    CreateAccessKeyResponse_xmlns = CkXmlW_getAttrValue(xmlResponse,L"xmlns");
    UserName = CkXmlW_getChildContent(xmlResponse,L"CreateAccessKeyResult|AccessKey|UserName");
    AccessKeyId = CkXmlW_getChildContent(xmlResponse,L"CreateAccessKeyResult|AccessKey|AccessKeyId");
    Status = CkXmlW_getChildContent(xmlResponse,L"CreateAccessKeyResult|AccessKey|Status");
    SecretAccessKey = CkXmlW_getChildContent(xmlResponse,L"CreateAccessKeyResult|AccessKey|SecretAccessKey");
    RequestId = CkXmlW_getChildContent(xmlResponse,L"ResponseMetadata|RequestId");


    CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
    CkAuthAwsW_Dispose(authAws);
    CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
    CkXmlW_Dispose(xmlResponse);

    }

Sample XML Response Body

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<CreateAccessKeyResponse xmlns="https://iam.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-05-08/">
    <CreateAccessKeyResult>
        <AccessKey>
            <UserName>Alice</UserName>
            <AccessKeyId>AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE</AccessKeyId>
            <Status>Active</Status>
            <SecretAccessKey>wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYzEXAMPLEKEY</SecretAccessKey>
        </AccessKey>
    </CreateAccessKeyResult>
    <ResponseMetadata>
        <RequestId>7a62c49f-347e-4fc4-9331-6e8eEXAMPLE</RequestId>
    </ResponseMetadata>
</CreateAccessKeyResponse>