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S3 Add Tags to an Object

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Demonstrates how to add one or more tags to an S3 object.

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Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

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

$rest = chilkat::CkRest->new();

# Connect to the Amazon AWS REST server in the desired region.
# (for us-east-1, we use "s3.amazonaws.com", but for another region, such as us-west-2, we would use "s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com")
$bTls = 1;
$port = 443;
$bAutoReconnect = 1;
$success = $rest->Connect("s3.amazonaws.com",$port,$bTls,$bAutoReconnect);

# Provide AWS credentials.
$authAws = chilkat::CkAuthAws->new();
$authAws->put_AccessKey("AWS_ACCESS_KEY");
$authAws->put_SecretKey("AWS_SECRET_KEY");
$authAws->put_ServiceName("s3");
$authAws->put_Region("us-east-1");

$rest->SetAuthAws($authAws);

# Set the bucket name via the HOST header.
# In this case, the bucket name is "chilkat100".
# Note that the Host header should use "bucketName.s3.amazonaws.com", not "bucketName.s3-us-east-1.amazonaws.com"
# The same applies to aother regions.  The Host header should simply be <bucketName>.s3.amazonaws.com regardless of the region.
$rest->put_Host("chilkat100.s3.amazonaws.com");

$xml = chilkat::CkXml->new();
$xml->put_Tag("Tagging");
$xml->UpdateChildContent("TagSet|Tag|Key","plant");
$xml->UpdateChildContent("TagSet|Tag|Value","chili pepper");

$sbRequestBody = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$xml->GetXmlSb($sbRequestBody);

# It is important to add the terminating "=" after the "?tagging".
$sbResponse = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$success = $rest->FullRequestSb("PUT","/chiliPepper.gif?tagging=",$sbRequestBody,$sbResponse);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print "Response status code: " . $rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() . "\r\n";

# When successful, the S3 Storage service will respond with a 200 response code,
# with an XML body.  
if ($rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
    # Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    print "response status code = " . $rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() . "\r\n";
    print "response status text = " . $rest->responseStatusText() . "\r\n";
    print "response header: " . $rest->responseHeader() . "\r\n";
    print "response body: " . $sbResponse->getAsString() . "\r\n";
    print "---" . "\r\n";
    print "LastRequestStartLine: " . $rest->lastRequestStartLine() . "\r\n";
    print "LastRequestHeader: " . $rest->lastRequestHeader() . "\r\n";
}

print $sbResponse->getAsString() . "\r\n";
print "Success." . "\r\n";