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REST through SSH Tunnel

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Demonstrates how to connect through an SSH Tunnel (via port-forwarding) to make REST API calls.

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success = 0

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

set tunnel = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Socket")

sshHostname = "sftp.example.com"
sshPort = 22

' Connect to an SSH server and establish the SSH tunnel:
success = tunnel.SshOpenTunnel(sshHostname,sshPort)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( tunnel.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' Authenticate with the SSH server via a login/password
' or with a public key.
' This example demonstrates SSH password authentication.
success = tunnel.SshAuthenticatePw("mySshLogin","mySshPassword")
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( tunnel.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

'  OK, the SSH tunnel is setup.  Now open a channel within the tunnel.
'  (Any number of channels may be created from the same SSH tunnel.
'  Multiple channels may coexist at the same time.)

' This example connects to a REST server through the SSH tunnel.
' It will connect to the Amazon AWS service for this example.
set rest = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Rest")

bTls = 1
port = 443
maxWaitMs = 5000

' This returns a socket object that is a single channel within the SSH tunnel.
set channel = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Socket")
success = tunnel.SshNewChannel("s3.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,maxWaitMs,channel)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( tunnel.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' Use the connection.  (This connection is a TLS running on an SSH channel through an SSH tunnel.
' In other words, TLS is wrapped within the SSH tunnel.)
success = rest.UseConnection(channel,1)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( rest.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
set authAws = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.AuthAws")
authAws.AccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"
authAws.SecretKey = "AWS_SECRET_KEY"
authAws.ServiceName = "s3"
success = rest.SetAuthAws(authAws)

' List all buckets for the account...
responseXml = rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/")
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( rest.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

set xml = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Xml")
success = xml.LoadXml(responseXml)

' Show the full XML returned.
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( xml.GetXml()) & "</pre>"

' Iterate over the buckets, showing each bucket name.
success = xml.FindChild2("Buckets")
If (xml.FirstChild2() = 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( xml.GetChildContent("Name")) & "</pre>"
    Do While (xml.NextSibling2() = 1)
        Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( xml.GetChildContent("Name")) & "</pre>"
    Loop
End If

' Move the internal pointer back to the root node.
xml.GetRoot2 

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