(MFC) Amazon S3 Download String from Bucket in Region

Demonstrates how to download a text file (i.e. object) from an S3 bucket NOT in the us-east-1 region.

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See Also: Using MFC CString in Chilkat

#include <CkHttp.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkString strOut;

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

    CkHttp http;

    // Insert your access key here:
    http.put_AwsAccessKey("AWS_ACCESS_KEY");

    // Insert your secret key here:
    http.put_AwsSecretKey("AWS_SECRET_KEY");

    // This bucket is in the eu-central-1 region.
    http.put_AwsRegion("eu-central-1");

    const char *bucketName = "chilkateufrankfurt";

    const char *objectName = "fruit.xml";

    const char *charset = "utf-8";

    const char *fileContents = 0;
    fileContents = http.s3_DownloadString(bucketName,objectName,charset);

    if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        // Failed
        strOut.append(http.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
    }
    else {
        // Success
        strOut.append(fileContents);
        strOut.append("\r\n");
    }



    SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());

    }