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Demonstrates how to send a request to check the status of Amazon EC2 instances.Chilkat PowerShell Downloads
Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"
$success = $false
# This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
$rest = New-Object Chilkat.Rest
# 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.
$authAws = New-Object Chilkat.AuthAws
$authAws.AccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"
$authAws.SecretKey = "AWS_SECRET_KEY"
# the region should match the region part of the domain passed to the REST connect method (above).
$authAws.Region = "us-west-2"
$authAws.ServiceName = "ec2"
$rest.SetAuthAws($authAws)
$rest.AddQueryParam("Action","DescribeInstanceStatus")
$rest.AddQueryParam("Version","2016-11-15")
$rest.AddQueryParam("InstanceId.1","i-999719995399c9999")
# If you have additional instances to check, then add them with .2, .3, etc.
$rest.AddQueryParam("InstanceId.2","i-999719995399c0000")
$rest.AddQueryParam("InstanceId.3","i-999719995399c0111")
# ...
# Instead of checking specific instances, you can check all instances by
# sending the IncludeAllInstances param
$rest.AddQueryParam("IncludeAllInstances","true")
$responseXml = $rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/")
if ($rest.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
$($rest.LastErrorText)
exit
}
# A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
if ($rest.ResponseStatusCode -ne 200) {
$("response status code = " + $rest.ResponseStatusCode)
$("response status text = " + $rest.ResponseStatusText)
$("response header: " + $rest.ResponseHeader)
$("response body: " + $responseXml)
exit
}
# Examine the successful XML response.
$xml = New-Object Chilkat.Xml
$xml.LoadXml($responseXml)
$($xml.GetXml())
# Here is a sample response:
# Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample XML:
# Generate Parsing Code from XML
# <DescribeInstanceStatusResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2016-11-15/">
# <requestId>3be1508e-c444-4fef-89cc-0b1223c4f02fEXAMPLE</requestId>
# <instanceStatusSet>
# <item>
# <instanceId>i-1234567890abcdef0</instanceId>
# <availabilityZone>us-east-1d</availabilityZone>
# <instanceState>
# <code>16</code>
# <name>running</name>
# </instanceState>
# <systemStatus>
# <status>impaired</status>
# <details>
# <item>
# <name>reachability</name>
# <status>failed</status>
# <impairedSince>YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.000Z</impairedSince>
# </item>
# </details>
# </systemStatus>
# <instanceStatus>
# <status>impaired</status>
# <details>
# <item>
# <name>reachability</name>
# <status>failed</status>
# <impairedSince>YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.000Z</impairedSince>
# </item>
# </details>
# </instanceStatus>
# <eventsSet>
# <item>
# <code>instance-retirement</code>
# <description>The instance is running on degraded hardware</description>
# <notBefore>YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+0000</notBefore>
# <notAfter>YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+0000</notAfter>
# </item>
# </eventsSet>
# </item>
# <item>
# <instanceId>i-0598c7d356eba48d7</instanceId>
# <availabilityZone>us-east-1d</availabilityZone>
# <instanceState>
# <code>16</code>
# <name>running</name>
# </instanceState>
# <systemStatus>
# <status>ok</status>
# <details>
# <item>
# <name>reachability</name>
# <status>passed</status>
# </item>
# </details>
# </systemStatus>
# <instanceStatus>
# <status>ok</status>
# <details>
# <item>
# <name>reachability</name>
# <status>passed</status>
# </item>
# </details>
# </instanceStatus>
# <eventsSet>
# <item>
# <code>instance-reboot</code>
# <description>The instance is scheduled for a reboot</description>
# <notBefore>YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+0000</notBefore>
# <notAfter>YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+0000</notAfter>
# </item>
# </eventsSet>
# </item>
# <item>
# <instanceId>i-0987654321abcdef0</instanceId>
# <availabilityZone>us-east-1d</availabilityZone>
# <instanceState>
# <code>16</code>
# <name>running</name>
# </instanceState>
# <systemStatus>
# <status>ok</status>
# <details>
# <item>
# <name>reachability</name>
# <status>passed</status>
# </item>
# </details>
# </systemStatus>
# <instanceStatus>
# <status>ok</status>
# <details>
# <item>
# <name>reachability</name>
# <status>passed</status>
# </item>
# </details>
# </instanceStatus>
# </item>
# <item>
# <instanceId>i-0598c7d356eba48d8</instanceId>
# <availabilityZone>us-east-1d</availabilityZone>
# <instanceState>
# <code>16</code>
# <name>running</name>
# </instanceState>
# <systemStatus>
# <status>ok</status>
# <details>
# <item>
# <name>reachability</name>
# <status>passed</status>
# </item>
# </details>
# </systemStatus>
# <instanceStatus>
# <status>insufficient-data</status>
# <details>
# <item>
# <name>reachability</name>
# <status>insufficient-data</status>
# </item>
# </details>
# </instanceStatus>
# </item>
# </instanceStatusSet>
# </DescribeInstanceStatusResponse>