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EC2 Check Instance Status

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Demonstrates how to send a request to check the status of Amazon EC2 instances.

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llSuccess = .F.

// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

loRest = createobject("CkRest")

// Connect to the Amazon AWS server.
// such as https://ec2.amazonaws.com/
llBTls = .T.
lnPort = 443
llBAutoReconnect = .T.
llSuccess = loRest.Connect("ec2.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",lnPort,llBTls,llBAutoReconnect)

// Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
loAuthAws = createobject("CkAuthAws")
loAuthAws.AccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"
loAuthAws.SecretKey = "AWS_SECRET_KEY"
// the region should match the region part of the domain passed to the REST connect method (above).
loAuthAws.Region = "us-west-2"
loAuthAws.ServiceName = "ec2"

loRest.SetAuthAws(loAuthAws)

loRest.AddQueryParam("Action","DescribeInstanceStatus")
loRest.AddQueryParam("Version","2016-11-15")

loRest.AddQueryParam("InstanceId.1","i-999719995399c9999")
// If you have additional instances to check, then add them with .2, .3, etc.
loRest.AddQueryParam("InstanceId.2","i-999719995399c0000")
loRest.AddQueryParam("InstanceId.3","i-999719995399c0111")
// ...

// Instead of checking specific instances, you can check all instances by 
// sending the IncludeAllInstances param
loRest.AddQueryParam("IncludeAllInstances","true")

lcResponseXml = loRest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/")
if (loRest.LastMethodSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loRest.LastErrorText
    release loRest
    release loAuthAws
    return
endif

// A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
if (loRest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) then
    ? "response status code = " + str(loRest.ResponseStatusCode)
    ? "response status text = " + loRest.ResponseStatusText
    ? "response header: " + loRest.ResponseHeader
    ? "response body: " + lcResponseXml
    release loRest
    release loAuthAws
    return
endif

// Examine the successful XML response.
loXml = createobject("CkXml")
loXml.LoadXml(lcResponseXml)
? loXml.GetXml()

// Here is a sample response:

// Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample XML: 
// Generate Parsing Code from XML

// <DescribeInstanceStatusResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2016-11-15/">
//     <requestId>3be1508e-c444-4fef-89cc-0b1223c4f02fEXAMPLE</requestId>
//     <instanceStatusSet>
//         <item>
//             <instanceId>i-1234567890abcdef0</instanceId>
//             <availabilityZone>us-east-1d</availabilityZone>
//             <instanceState>
//                 <code>16</code>
//                 <name>running</name>
//             </instanceState>
//             <systemStatus>
//                 <status>impaired</status>
//                 <details>
//                     <item>
//                         <name>reachability</name>
//                         <status>failed</status>
//                         <impairedSince>YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.000Z</impairedSince>
//                     </item>
//                 </details>
//             </systemStatus>
//             <instanceStatus>
//                 <status>impaired</status>
//                 <details>
//                     <item>
//                         <name>reachability</name>
//                         <status>failed</status>
//                         <impairedSince>YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.000Z</impairedSince>
//                     </item>
//                 </details>
//             </instanceStatus>
//             <eventsSet>
//               <item>
//                 <code>instance-retirement</code>
//                 <description>The instance is running on degraded hardware</description>
//                 <notBefore>YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+0000</notBefore>
//                 <notAfter>YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+0000</notAfter>
//               </item>
//             </eventsSet>
//         </item>
//         <item>
//             <instanceId>i-0598c7d356eba48d7</instanceId>
//             <availabilityZone>us-east-1d</availabilityZone>
//             <instanceState>
//                 <code>16</code>
//                 <name>running</name>
//             </instanceState>
//             <systemStatus>
//                 <status>ok</status>
//                 <details>
//                     <item>
//                         <name>reachability</name>
//                         <status>passed</status>
//                     </item>
//                 </details>
//             </systemStatus>
//             <instanceStatus>
//                 <status>ok</status>
//                 <details>
//                     <item>
//                         <name>reachability</name>
//                         <status>passed</status>
//                     </item>
//                 </details>
//             </instanceStatus>
//             <eventsSet>
//               <item>
//                 <code>instance-reboot</code>
//                 <description>The instance is scheduled for a reboot</description>
//                 <notBefore>YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+0000</notBefore>
//                 <notAfter>YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+0000</notAfter>
//               </item>
//             </eventsSet>
//         </item>
//         <item>
//             <instanceId>i-0987654321abcdef0</instanceId>
//             <availabilityZone>us-east-1d</availabilityZone>
//             <instanceState>
//                 <code>16</code>
//                 <name>running</name>
//             </instanceState>
//             <systemStatus>
//                 <status>ok</status>
//                 <details>
//                     <item>
//                         <name>reachability</name>
//                         <status>passed</status>
//                     </item>
//                 </details>
//             </systemStatus>
//             <instanceStatus>
//                 <status>ok</status>
//                 <details>
//                     <item>
//                         <name>reachability</name>
//                         <status>passed</status>
//                     </item>
//                 </details>
//             </instanceStatus>
//         </item>
//         <item>
//             <instanceId>i-0598c7d356eba48d8</instanceId>
//             <availabilityZone>us-east-1d</availabilityZone>
//             <instanceState>
//                 <code>16</code>
//                 <name>running</name>
//             </instanceState>
//             <systemStatus>
//                 <status>ok</status>
//                 <details>
//                     <item>
//                         <name>reachability</name>
//                         <status>passed</status>
//                     </item>
//                 </details>
//             </systemStatus>
//             <instanceStatus>
//                 <status>insufficient-data</status>
//                 <details>
//                     <item>
//                         <name>reachability</name>
//                         <status>insufficient-data</status>
//                     </item>
//                 </details>
//             </instanceStatus>
//          </item>
//     </instanceStatusSet>
// </DescribeInstanceStatusResponse>


release loRest
release loAuthAws
release loXml