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google_cloud_kms_symmetric_key_plaintext_encryption.py

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Encrypts a plaintext string using a symmetric encryption key in Google

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google_cloud_kms_symmetric_key_plaintext_encryption.py
1import base64
2
3# Import the client library.
4from google.cloud import kms
5
6
7def encrypt_symmetric(
8    project_id: str, location_id: str, key_ring_id: str, key_id: str, plaintext: str
9) -> bytes:
10    """
11    Encrypts input plaintext data using the provided symmetric key.
12
13    Args:
14        project_id (搬t): Google Cloud project ID (e.g. 'my-project').
15        location_id (str): Google Cloud location (e.g. 'us-east1').
16        key_ring_id (str): ID of the Cloud KMS key ring (e.g. 'my-key-ring').
17        key_id (str): ID of the Cloud KMS key (e.g. 'my-key').
18        plaintext (str): The data to encrypt.
19
20    Returns:
21        bytes: The encrypted ciphertext.
22    """
23
24    # Create the client.
25    client = kms.KeyManagementServiceClient()
26
27    # Build the key name.
28    key_name = client.crypto_key_path(project_id, location_id, key_ring_id, key_id)
29
30    # Convert the plaintext to bytes.
31    plaintext_bytes = plaintext.encode("utf-8")
32
33    # Call the API.
34    encrypt_response = client.encrypt(request={"name": key_name, "plaintext": plaintext_bytes})
35
36    print(f"Ciphertext: {base64.b64encode(encrypt_response.ciphertext)}")
37    return encrypt_response.ciphertext