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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.

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Local $bSuccess = False

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

$oRest = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Rest")

; Connect to the Amazon AWS REST server.
Local $bTls = True
Local $iPort = 443
Local $bAutoReconnect = True
$bSuccess = $oRest.Connect("s3.amazonaws.com",$iPort,$bTls,$bAutoReconnect)

; Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
$oAuthAws = ObjCreate("Chilkat.AuthAws")
$oAuthAws.AccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"
$oAuthAws.SecretKey = "AWS_SECRET_KEY"
$oAuthAws.ServiceName = "s3"
$bSuccess = $oRest.SetAuthAws($oAuthAws)

; 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"
Local $sBucketRegion = "eu-west-2"
$oSbBucketRegion = ObjCreate("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
$oSbBucketRegion.Append($sBucketRegion)

; We only need to specify the LocationConstraint if the bucket's region is NOT us-east-1
$oXml = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Xml")
If (Not $oSbBucketRegion.ContentsEqual("us-east-1")) Then
    $oXml.Tag = "CreateBucketConfiguration"
    $oXml.AddAttribute("xmlns","http://s3.amazonaws.com/doc/2006-03-01/")
    $oXml.UpdateChildContent "LocationConstraint","eu-west-2"
EndIf

; --------------------------------------------------------------
; 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".
$oRest.Host = "chilkateuwest2.s3.amazonaws.com"

; Make the call to create the bucket.
Local $sResponseStr
If (Not $oSbBucketRegion.ContentsEqual("us-east-1")) Then
    $sResponseStr = $oRest.FullRequestString("PUT","/",$oXml.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.
    $sResponseStr = $oRest.FullRequestNoBody("PUT","/")
EndIf

If ($oRest.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oRest.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

If ($oRest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    ConsoleWrite("status code = " & $oRest.ResponseStatusCode & @CRLF)
    $oResponseXml = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Xml")
    $oResponseXml.LoadXml($sResponseStr)
    ConsoleWrite($oResponseXml.GetXml() & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("Failed." & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

ConsoleWrite("Bucket in the eu-west-2 region created." & @CRLF)