add ability to store/create encrypted vcenter password

server/handler/encryptData.go

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+package handler
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+func (h *Handler) EncryptData(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	//ctx := context.Background()
+	var cipherText string
+
+	reqBody, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		h.Logger.Error("Invalid data received", "error", err)
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Invalid data received")
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		return
+	} else {
+		h.Logger.Debug("received input data", "length", len(reqBody))
+	}
+
+	// get the json input
+	var input map[string]string
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(reqBody, &input); err != nil {
+		h.Logger.Error("unable to unmarshal json", "error", err)
+		prettyPrint(reqBody)
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(map[string]string{
+			"status":  "ERROR",
+			"message": fmt.Sprintf("Unable to unmarshal JSON in request body: '%s'", err),
+		})
+		return
+	} else {
+		h.Logger.Debug("successfully decoded JSON")
+		prettyPrint(input)
+	}
+
+	//cipher, err := h.Secret.Encrypt()
+	for k := range input {
+		//h.Logger.Debug("foo", "key", k, "value", input[k])
+		cipherText, err = h.Secret.Encrypt([]byte(input[k]))
+		if err != nil {
+			h.Logger.Error("Unable to encrypt", "error", err)
+		} else {
+			h.Logger.Debug("Encrypted plaintext", "length", len(input[k]), "ciphertext", cipherText)
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+			json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(map[string]string{
+				"status":  "OK",
+				"message": cipherText,
+			})
+			return
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	// return the result
+
+}