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REST Upload String

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

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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 REST server.
$bTls = $true
$port = 443
$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.
$authAws = New-Object Chilkat.AuthAws
$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.
$fac = New-Object Chilkat.FileAccess
$fileContents = $fac.ReadEntireTextFile("qa_data/xml/hamlet.xml","utf-8")
if ($fac.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
    $($fac.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# 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.
$responseBodyStr = $rest.FullRequestString("PUT","/hamlet_play.xml",$fileContents)
if ($rest.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Did we get a 200 response indicating success?
$statusCode = $rest.ResponseStatusCode
if ($statusCode -ne 200) {
    $("Error response: " + $responseBodyStr)
    $("Status code: " + $statusCode + ", Status text: " + $rest.ResponseStatusText)
    exit
}

$("File successfully uploaded.")