JavaScript

S3 Download String Object

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

Note

This example is intended for running within a Chilkat.Js embedded JavaScript engine. All Chilkat JavaScript examples require Chilkat v11.4.0 or greater.

JavaScript

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

var http = new CkHttp();

// 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";

var bucketName = "chilkat-test-bucket";

var objectName = "fruit.xml";

var charset = "utf-8";

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

if (http.LastMethodSuccess !== true) {
    // Failed
    console.log(http.LastErrorText);
}
else {
    // Success
    console.log(fileContents);
}