# AWS SSM Parameter Store

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[Introduction](#introduction) <br />
[Installation](#installation) <br />
[Getting Started](#getting-started) <br />
[MIT License](#mit-license) <br />

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## [Introduction](#introduction)

This module enables you to retrieve parameters in a convenient way from AWS SSM Parameter Store


## [Installation](#installation)

This is done using (NPM) node package manager just copy and past in your terminal and npm will manage the rest.

```npm
npm i aws-parameter-store --save
```

## [Getting Started](#getting-started)

To get started with the module, after installation just import the module and then use the destructuring construct to access the implementated method.

```js
import { getParameterStore } from 'aws-ssm-parameter-store';
```

**Map keys to parameter value**

Create a key value mappings that map a given name to a value path in parameter store.

```js
const mappedKeys = {

    dbHost: 'application/database/host',
    dbPassword: 'application/database/password'
}
```


**Retrieve parameters from store**


```js
const parameterStore = await getParameterStore(mappedKeys);
```

**Access return parameter store values**


```js
console.log(parameterStore.dbHost); // Print host

console.log(parameterStore.dbPasword);// Print password
```

## [MIT License](#min-license)

Copyright (c) 2018 Wycliffe Peart

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of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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