(Classic ASP) Create S3 Bucket in a Region

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Demonstrates how to create an S3 bucket in a specified region. This example will create a bucket in the eu-west-2 region.

For more information, see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_CreateBucket.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 REST server.
bTls = 1
port = 443
bAutoReconnect = 1
success = rest.Connect("s3.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"
authAws.ServiceName = "s3"
success = rest.SetAuthAws(authAws)

' We'll send a PUT request having an XML body such as this:
' <CreateBucketConfiguration xmlns="http://s3.amazonaws.com/doc/2006-03-01/"> 
'   <LocationConstraint>BucketRegion</LocationConstraint> 
'   </CreateBucketConfiguration>

' Create the XML body specifying the region as "eu-west-2"
bucketRegion = "eu-west-2"
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder")
set sbBucketRegion = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = sbBucketRegion.Append(bucketRegion)

' We only need to specify the LocationConstraint if the bucket's region is NOT us-east-1
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Xml")
set xml = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Xml")
If (Not sbBucketRegion.ContentsEqual("us-east-1")) Then
    xml.Tag = "CreateBucketConfiguration"
    success = xml.AddAttribute("xmlns","http://s3.amazonaws.com/doc/2006-03-01/")
    xml.UpdateChildContent "LocationConstraint","eu-west-2"
End If

' --------------------------------------------------------------
' IMPORTANT: To create a bucket in the default us-east-1 region,
' do not add the LocationConstraint.  Adding a LocationConstraint of "us-east-1"
' causes an error "The specified location-constraint is not valid."
' By default, the bucket is created in us-east-1 by sending a PUT with an empty body.
' --------------------------------------------------------------

' Set the bucket name via the HOST header.
' In this case, the bucket name is "chilkateuwest2".
rest.Host = "chilkateuwest2.s3.amazonaws.com"

' Make the call to create the bucket.

If (Not sbBucketRegion.ContentsEqual("us-east-1")) Then
    responseStr = rest.FullRequestString("PUT","/",xml.GetXml())
Else
    ' If the bucket is to be created in the us-east-1 region (the default region)
    ' just send a PUT with no body.
    responseStr = rest.FullRequestNoBody("PUT","/")
End If

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

If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "status code = " & rest.ResponseStatusCode) & "</pre>"
    ' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Xml")
    set responseXml = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Xml")
    success = responseXml.LoadXml(responseStr)
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( responseXml.GetXml()) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Failed.") & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Bucket in the eu-west-2 region created.") & "</pre>"

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