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DynamoDB - ListTables

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Returns an array of table names associated with the current account and endpoint. The output from ListTables is paginated, with each page returning a maximum of 100 table names.

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Visual Basic 6.0
Dim success As Long
success = 0

Dim rest As New ChilkatRest

' Implements the following CURL command:

' curl -X POST https://dynamodb.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ \
'   -H "Accept-Encoding: identity" \
'   -H "Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.0" \
'   -H "Authorization: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=<Credential>, SignedHeaders=<Headers>, Signature=<Signature>" \
'   -H "X-Amz-Date: <Date>" \
'   -H "X-Amz-Target: DynamoDB_20120810.ListTables" \
'   -d '{
'     "Limit": 100
' }'

' Use the following online tool to generate REST code from a CURL command
' Convert a cURL Command to REST Source Code

Dim authAws As New ChilkatAuthAws
authAws.AccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"
authAws.SecretKey = "AWS_SECRET_KEY"
' Don't forget to change the region to your particular region. (Also make the same change in the call to Connect below.)
authAws.Region = "us-west-2"
authAws.ServiceName = "dynamodb"

' SetAuthAws causes Chilkat to automatically add the following headers: Authorization, X-Amz-Date
success = rest.SetAuthAws(authAws)

' URL: https://dynamodb.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
Dim bTls As Long
bTls = 1
Dim port As Long
port = 443
Dim bAutoReconnect As Long
bAutoReconnect = 1
' Don't forget to change the region domain (us-west-2.amazonaws.com) to your particular region.
success = rest.Connect("dynamodb.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print "ConnectFailReason: " & rest.ConnectFailReason
    Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Note: The above code does not need to be repeatedly called for each REST request.
' The rest object can be setup once, and then many requests can be sent.  Chilkat will automatically
' reconnect within a FullRequest* method as needed.  It is only the very first connection that is explicitly
' made via the Connect method.

' Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON:
' Generate Code to Create JSON

' The following JSON is sent in the request body.

' {
'   "Limit": 100
' }

Dim json As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = json.UpdateInt("Limit",100)

success = rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/x-amz-json-1.0")
success = rest.AddHeader("X-Amz-Target","DynamoDB_20120810.ListTables")
success = rest.AddHeader("Accept-Encoding","identity")

Dim sbRequestBody As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)
Dim sbResponseBody As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim respStatusCode As Long
respStatusCode = rest.ResponseStatusCode
Debug.Print "response status code = " & respStatusCode

If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    Debug.Print "Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode
    Debug.Print "Response Header:"
    Debug.Print rest.ResponseHeader
    Debug.Print "Response Body:"
    Debug.Print sbResponseBody.GetAsString()
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim jsonResponse As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = jsonResponse.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)

jsonResponse.EmitCompact = 0
Debug.Print jsonResponse.Emit()

' Sample JSON response:

' {
'     "LastEvaluatedTableName": "Thread",
'     "TableNames": ["Forum","Reply","Thread"]
' }

Dim strVal As String

Dim LastEvaluatedTableName As String
LastEvaluatedTableName = jsonResponse.StringOf("LastEvaluatedTableName")
Dim i As Long
i = 0
Dim count_i As Long
count_i = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("TableNames")
Do While i < count_i
    jsonResponse.I = i
    strVal = jsonResponse.StringOf("TableNames[i]")
    i = i + 1
Loop