send_custom_request Method
Sends a custom request to the server.
Syntax
def send_custom_request(http_method: str, secret_name: str, version_id: str, action: str, body: str) -> None: ...
Remarks
This method can be used to send arbitrary requests to the server.
Valid values for HttpMethod are:
- GET (default if empty)
- HEAD
- POST
- PUT
- PATCH
- DELETE
SecretName, VersionId, Action, and Body are optional. If SecretName is empty, VersionId will be ignored.
When this method is called, the class does the following:
- Builds a request URL, including query parameters, like https://secretmanager.googleapis.com/v1/projects/{GoogleProjectId}[/secrets/{SecretName}[/versions/{VersionId}]][{Action}] using:
- The google_project_id property.
- The SecretName, VersionId, and Action parameters.
- All query parameters from QueryParam*.
- Adds an Authorization header with the value specified by authorization.
- Adds any request headers from other_headers.
- Adds the specified request Body, if non-empty.
- Sends the request to the server.
- Stores the response headers in the ParsedHeader* properties; and the response body in the specified local_file or secret_data.
If the response body is JSON data, the XPath, XText, and other X* configuration settings can then be used to navigate and extract information from it.