get_secret_ssm_layer.py

# Get the secret using the SSM lambda layer
def get_secret_ssm_layer(secret_name):
    secrets_extension_endpoint = "http://localhost:2773/secretsmanager/get?secretId=" + secret_name
  
    # Create headers
    headers = {"X-Aws-Parameters-Secrets-Token": os.environ.get('AWS_SESSION_TOKEN')}
    
    # Fetch secret
    try:
        secret = requests.get(secrets_extension_endpoint, headers=headers)
    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
        print("Had an error attempting to get secret from AWS Secrets Manager:", e)
        raise e
  
    # Print happy joy joy
    print("🚀 Successfully got secret", secret_name, "from AWS Secrets Manager")
  
    # Decode secret string
    secret = json.loads(secret.text)["SecretString"] # load the Secrets Manager response into a Python dictionary, access the secret
    
    # Return the secret
    return secret