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Amazon Glacier Create Vault

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Demonstrates how to create a new vault with a specified name. The name of the vault must be unique within a region for an AWS account.

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C++
#include <CkRest.h>
#include <CkAuthAws.h>
#include <CkStringBuilder.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

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

    CkRest rest;

    // Connect to the Amazon AWS REST server in the desired region.
    bool bTls = true;
    int port = 443;
    bool bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect("glacier.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);

    // Provide AWS credentials.
    CkAuthAws authAws;
    authAws.put_AccessKey("AWS_ACCESS_KEY");
    authAws.put_SecretKey("AWS_SECRET_KEY");
    authAws.put_ServiceName("glacier");
    // The vault we're creating will be in the us-west-2 region.
    authAws.put_Region("us-west-2");

    success = rest.SetAuthAws(authAws);

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Note: The above REST connection and setup of the AWS credentials
    // can be done once.  After connecting, any number of REST calls can be made.
    // The "auto reconnect" property passed to rest.Connect indicates that if
    // the connection is lost, a REST method call will automatically reconnect
    // if needed.
    // --------------------------------------------------------------------------

    // 
    // For more information, see Glacier Create Vault Reference Documentation
    // 
    rest.AddHeader("x-amz-glacier-version","2012-06-01");

    // Create a vault named "chilkat" in my account's us-west-2 region.
    CkStringBuilder sbResponseBody;
    success = rest.FullRequestNoBodySb("PUT","/AWS_ACCOUNT_ID/vaults/chilkat",sbResponseBody);
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << rest.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    int respStatusCode = rest.get_ResponseStatusCode();
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        std::cout << "Response Status Code = " << respStatusCode << "\r\n";
        std::cout << "Response Header:" << "\r\n";
        std::cout << rest.responseHeader() << "\r\n";
        std::cout << "Response Body:" << "\r\n";
        std::cout << sbResponseBody.getAsString() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // Success is indicated by a 201 response status with an empty response body.
    std::cout << "response status code = " << respStatusCode << "\r\n";
    }