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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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import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

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

rest = chilkat2.Rest()

# Connect to the Amazon AWS REST server.
bTls = True
port = 443
bAutoReconnect = True
success = rest.Connect("s3.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)

# Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
authAws = chilkat2.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"
sbBucketRegion = chilkat2.StringBuilder()
sbBucketRegion.Append(bucketRegion)

# We only need to specify the LocationConstraint if the bucket's region is NOT us-east-1
xml = chilkat2.Xml()
if (not sbBucketRegion.ContentsEqual("us-east-1")):
    xml.Tag = "CreateBucketConfiguration"
    xml.AddAttribute("xmlns","http://s3.amazonaws.com/doc/2006-03-01/")
    xml.UpdateChildContent("LocationConstraint","eu-west-2")

# --------------------------------------------------------------
# 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")):
    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","/")

if (rest.LastMethodSuccess != True):
    print(rest.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

if (rest.ResponseStatusCode != 200):
    print("status code = " + str(rest.ResponseStatusCode))
    responseXml = chilkat2.Xml()
    responseXml.LoadXml(responseStr)
    print(responseXml.GetXml())
    print("Failed.")
    sys.exit()

print("Bucket in the eu-west-2 region created.")