(PowerShell) Backblaze S3 Download String

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Demonstrates how to download a textual object into a string variable.

The Chilkat S3 functions in the HTTP class are compatible with the Backblaze service. However, because of some specific issues, Chilkat v9.5.0.89 or later is needed.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

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

$http = New-Object Chilkat.Http

# keyID = Access Key ID or Access Key
$http.AwsAccessKey = "access-key"

# applicationKey = Secret Access Key or Secret Key
$http.AwsSecretKey = "secret-key"

# Region is the 2nd part of your S3 Endpoint
$http.AwsEndpoint = "s3.us-west-002.backblazeb2.com"

$bucketName = "chilkat-test"
$objectName = "orchard.json"

# This is the byte representation of the text file downloaded from Backblaze.
# It must be specified to allow Chilkat to correctly interpret the bytes as characters.
$charset = "utf-8"

$fileContents = $http.S3_DownloadString($bucketName,$objectName,$charset)

if ($http.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
    $($http.LastErrorText)
}
else {
    $($fileContents)
    $("Success.")
}