send_custom_request Method
Sends a custom request to the server.
Syntax
def send_custom_request(action: str, body: str) -> None: ...
Remarks
This method can be used to send arbitrary requests to the server. The value passed for the Action parameter must be one of the actions described in the Amazon Secrets Manager documentation.
When this method is called, the class does the following:
- Builds a request URL, including query parameters, based on the following:
- region
- QueryParam*
- Adds request headers from other_headers.
- Adds the specified request Body, if non-empty.
- Signs the request.
- 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.