import boto3
from hawkeye_monitor.config import REGION

def get_secret_value(secret_name: str, region_name: str = REGION) -> str:
    """Retrieve the secret value from AWS Secrets Manager

    Args:
        secret_name (str): The name of the secret
        region_name (str, optional): The AWS region where the secret is stored. Defaults to 'your-region'.

    Returns:
        str: The secret value
    """

    if not secret_name:
        raise ValueError("Secret name cannot be None or empty")
    
    # Initialize the AWS Secrets Manager client
    secrets_client = boto3.client('secretsmanager', region_name=region_name)

    try:
        # Retrieve the secret value
        response = secrets_client.get_secret_value(SecretId=secret_name)
        secret_value = response['SecretString']
        return secret_value
    except Exception as e:
        raise Exception(f"Error retrieving secret: {e}")