(Excel) EC2 Reboot Instances

Demonstrates how to send a request to reboot Amazon EC2 instances.

For more information, see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/API_RebootInstances.html

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

Dim rest As Chilkat.Rest
Set rest = Chilkat.NewRest

' Connect to the Amazon AWS server.
' such as https://ec2.amazonaws.com/

bTls = True

port = 443

bAutoReconnect = True

success = rest.Connect("ec2.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)

' Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
Dim authAws As Chilkat.AuthAws
Set authAws = Chilkat.NewAuthAws
authAws.AccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"
authAws.SecretKey = "AWS_SECRET_KEY"
' the region should match our URL above..
authAws.Region = "us-west-2"
authAws.ServiceName = "ec2"

Dim success As Boolean
success = rest.SetAuthAws(authAws)

success = rest.AddQueryParam("Action","RebootInstances")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("Version","2016-11-15")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("DryRun","true")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("InstanceId.1","i-999719995399c9999")


responseXml = rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/")
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    Debug.Print "response status code = "; rest.ResponseStatusCode
    Debug.Print "response status text = "; rest.ResponseStatusText
    Debug.Print "response header: "; rest.ResponseHeader
    Debug.Print "response body: "; responseXml
    Exit Sub
End If

' Examine the successful XML response.
Dim xml As Chilkat.Xml
Set xml = Chilkat.NewXml
success = xml.LoadXml(responseXml)
Debug.Print xml.GetXml()