Retrieve SSM Parameter Store values in Golang

retrieveSSMParameters.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/session"
	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/ssm"
	"strings"
)

// GetSecrets returns the secrets stored in SSM
func GetSecrets(region string, stage string, keynames []*string) (*map[string]interface{}, error) {
	sess, err := session.NewSessionWithOptions(session.Options{
		Config:            aws.Config{Region: aws.String(region)},
		SharedConfigState: session.SharedConfigEnable,
	})
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	ssmsvc := ssm.New(sess, aws.NewConfig().WithRegion("us-east-1"))

	withDecryption := true
	param, err := ssmsvc.GetParameters(&ssm.GetParametersInput{
		Names:          keynames,
		WithDecryption: &withDecryption,
	})
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

  var secretsInfo map[string]interface{}

	for _, item := range param.Parameters {
		secretsInfo[*item.Name] = *item.Value
	}
	return &secretsInfo, nil
}