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Chilkat2-Python

S3 Download String Object

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Demonstrates how to download a text file (i.e. object) from the Amazon S3 service directly into an in-memory string variable.

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Chilkat2-Python
import chilkat2

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

http = chilkat2.Http()

# Insert your access key here:
http.AwsAccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"

# Insert your secret key here:
http.AwsSecretKey = "AWS_SECRET_KEY"

# This bucket is in the us-east-1 region.
http.AwsRegion = "us-east-1"

bucketName = "chilkat-test-bucket"

objectName = "fruit.xml"

charset = "utf-8"

fileContents = http.S3_DownloadString(bucketName,objectName,charset)

if (http.LastMethodSuccess != True):
    # Failed
    print(http.LastErrorText)
else:
    # Success
    print(fileContents)