(Classic ASP) EC2 Start Instances

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Demonstrates how to send a request to start Amazon EC2 instances.

For more information, see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/API_StartInstances.html

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

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Rest")
set rest = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Rest")

' Connect to the Amazon AWS server.
' such as https://ec2.amazonaws.com/
bTls = 1
port = 443
bAutoReconnect = 1
success = rest.Connect("ec2.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)

' Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.AuthAws")
set authAws = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.AuthAws")
authAws.AccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"
authAws.SecretKey = "AWS_SECRET_KEY"
' the region should match the region part of the domain passed to the REST connect method (above).
authAws.Region = "us-west-2"
authAws.ServiceName = "ec2"

success = rest.SetAuthAws(authAws)

success = rest.AddQueryParam("Action","StartInstances")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("Version","2016-11-15")
' If DryRun is true then checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, 
' without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, 
' the error response is DryRunOperation. Otherwise, it is UnauthorizedOperation.
' Omit the DryRun query parameter to actually start the instance.  (Or set DryRun equal to "false")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("DryRun","true")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("InstanceId.1","i-999719995399c9999")

responseXml = rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/")
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( rest.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "response status code = " & rest.ResponseStatusCode) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "response status text = " & rest.ResponseStatusText) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "response header: " & rest.ResponseHeader) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "response body: " & responseXml) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' Examine the successful XML response.
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Xml")
set xml = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Xml")
success = xml.LoadXml(responseXml)
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( xml.GetXml()) & "</pre>"

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