JavaScript

REST Upload String

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Example to upload the contents of a string to the Amazon S3 service. JavaScript

var success = false;

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

var rest = new CkRest();

// Connect to the Amazon AWS REST server.
var bTls = true;
var port = 443;
var bAutoReconnect = true;
success = rest.Connect("s3.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Important: For buckets created in regions outside us-east-1,
// there are three important changes that need to be made.
// See Working with S3 Buckets in Non-us-east-1 Regions for the details.
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

// Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
var authAws = new CkAuthAws();
authAws.AccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY";
authAws.SecretKey = "AWS_SECRET_KEY";
authAws.ServiceName = "s3";
success = rest.SetAuthAws(authAws);

// Set the bucket name via the HOST header.
// In this case, the bucket name is "chilkat100".
rest.Host = "chilkat100.s3.amazonaws.com";

// Load a text file into memory.
var fac = new CkFileAccess();
var fileContents = fac.ReadEntireTextFile("qa_data/xml/hamlet.xml","utf-8");
if (fac.LastMethodSuccess !== true) {
    console.log(fac.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// To send the file in gzip or deflate compressed format, set the Content-Encoding request
// header to "gzip" or "deflate".  (this is optional)
success = rest.AddHeader("Content-Encoding","gzip");

// Indicate the Content-Type of our upload.  (This is optional)
success = rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","text/xml");

// We can add an "Expect: 100-continue" header so that if the request is rejected
// by the server immediately after receiving the request header, it can respond
// and the client (Chilkat) can avoid sending the file data.
// (this is optional)
success = rest.AddHeader("Expect","100-continue");

// Upload the file to Amazon S3.
var responseBodyStr = rest.FullRequestString("PUT","/hamlet_play.xml",fileContents);
if (rest.LastMethodSuccess !== true) {
    console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Did we get a 200 response indicating success?
var statusCode = rest.ResponseStatusCode;
if (statusCode !== 200) {
    console.log("Error response: " + responseBodyStr);
    console.log("Status code: " + statusCode + ", Status text: " + rest.ResponseStatusText);
    return;
}

console.log("File successfully uploaded.");