B4X

S3 Find Bucket Region

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Demonstrates how to find out the region of an S3 bucket. B4X

Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim rest As ChilkatRest
rest.Initialize("rest")

'  Connect to the Amazon AWS REST server using the correct region (in this example, "us-west-2")
Dim bTls As Boolean = True
Dim port As Int = 443
Dim bAutoReconnect As Boolean = True
success = rest.Connect("s3.amazonaws.com", port, bTls, bAutoReconnect)

'  Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
Dim authAws As ChilkatAuthAws
authAws.Initialize
authAws.AccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"
authAws.SecretKey = "AWS_SECRET_KEY"
authAws.ServiceName = "s3"
success = rest.SetAuthAws(authAws)

'  The bucket name we want to know about is set in the HOST header.
'  In this example, we want to find the region for the "chilkat.qa" bucket.
rest.Host = "chilkat.qa.s3.amazonaws.com"

'  Send the GET request to query the bucket location.
Dim strResult As String = rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET", "/?location")
If rest.LastMethodSuccess <> True Then
    Log(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


Dim responseStatusCode As Int = rest.ResponseStatusCode
Log("Response status code = " & responseStatusCode)
If responseStatusCode <> 200 Then
    Log(rest.ResponseHeader)
    Log(strResult)
    Log("Failed.")
    Return
End If


Log(strResult)

'  The result contains XML like this:
'  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
'  <LocationConstraint xmlns="http://s3.amazonaws.com/doc/2006-03-01/">us-west-2</LocationConstraint>

'  Get the "us-west-2" from the XML
Dim xml As ChilkatXml
xml.Initialize
success = xml.LoadXml(strResult)
Log("region = " & xml.Content)