(MFC) (using AWS Signature Version 2) Streaming Download to File

The main purpose of this example is to demonstrate how to use the older Signature Version 2 authentication w/ S3. It uses V2 authentication to download a file.

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See Also: Using MFC CString in Chilkat

#include <CkRest.h>
#include <CkAuthAws.h>
#include <CkStream.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkString strOut;

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

    CkRest rest;

    // Connect to the Amazon AWS REST server.
    bool bTls = true;
    int port = 443;
    bool bAutoReconnect = true;
    // The file is located in the bucket named "chilkat100", which becomes part of the domain:
    bool success = rest.Connect("chilkat100.s3.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);

    // Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
    CkAuthAws authAws;
    authAws.put_AccessKey("AWS_ACCESS_KEY");
    authAws.put_SecretKey("AWS_SECRET_KEY");
    authAws.put_ServiceName("s3");

    // For AWS Signature Version 2, the following two properties need to be set:
    authAws.put_SignatureVersion(2);
    // See http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/RESTAuthentication.html#ConstructingTheCanonicalizedResourceElement
    authAws.put_CanonicalizedResourceV2("/chilkat100/starfish.jpg");

    success = rest.SetAuthAws(authAws);

    // Send the request to download the JPG.
    success = rest.SendReqNoBody("GET","/starfish.jpg");
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(rest.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    // Read the response header.
    int responseStatusCode = rest.ReadResponseHeader();
    if (responseStatusCode < 0) {
        strOut.append(rest.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    strOut.append("Response status code = ");
    strOut.appendInt(responseStatusCode);
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    // We expect a 200 response status if the JPG data is coming.
    // Otherwise, we'll get a string response body with an error message(or no response body).
    if (responseStatusCode == 200) {

        CkStream bodyStream;

        // The stream's sink will be a file.
        bodyStream.put_SinkFile("qa_output/starfish.jpg");

        // Read the response body to the stream.  Given that we've
        // set the stream's sink to a file, it will stream directly
        // to the file.
        success = rest.ReadRespBodyStream(bodyStream,true);
        if (success != true) {
            strOut.append(rest.lastErrorText());
            strOut.append("\r\n");
            SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
            return;
        }

        strOut.append("Successfully received the JPG file.");
        strOut.append("\r\n");

    }
    else {
        const char *errResponse = rest.readRespBodyString();
        if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
            strOut.append(rest.lastErrorText());
            strOut.append("\r\n");
        }
        else {
            strOut.append(errResponse);
            strOut.append("\r\n");
        }

    }



    SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());

    }