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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.

Chilkat C++ Downloads

C++
#include <CkHttp.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkHttp http;

    // Insert your access key here:
    http.put_AwsAccessKey("AWS_ACCESS_KEY");

    // Insert your secret key here:
    http.put_AwsSecretKey("AWS_SECRET_KEY");

    // This bucket is in the us-east-1 region.
    http.put_AwsRegion("us-east-1");

    const char *bucketName = "chilkat-test-bucket";

    const char *objectName = "fruit.xml";

    const char *charset = "utf-8";

    const char *fileContents = 0;
    fileContents = http.s3_DownloadString(bucketName,objectName,charset);

    if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        // Failed
        std::cout << http.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
    }
    else {
        // Success
        std::cout << fileContents << "\r\n";
    }
    }