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Create S3 Bucket in a Region

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Demonstrates how to create an S3 bucket in a specified region. This example will create a bucket in the eu-west-2 region. PowerShell

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)

# 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)

# We'll send a PUT request having an XML body such as this:
# <CreateBucketConfiguration xmlns="http://s3.amazonaws.com/doc/2006-03-01/"> 
#   <LocationConstraint>BucketRegion</LocationConstraint> 
#   </CreateBucketConfiguration>

# Create the XML body specifying the region as "eu-west-2"
$bucketRegion = "eu-west-2"
$sbBucketRegion = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$sbBucketRegion.Append($bucketRegion)

# We only need to specify the LocationConstraint if the bucket's region is NOT us-east-1
$xml = New-Object Chilkat.Xml
if (!$sbBucketRegion.ContentsEqual("us-east-1")) {
    $xml.Tag = "CreateBucketConfiguration"
    $xml.AddAttribute("xmlns","http://s3.amazonaws.com/doc/2006-03-01/")
    $xml.UpdateChildContent("LocationConstraint","eu-west-2")
}

# --------------------------------------------------------------
# IMPORTANT: To create a bucket in the default us-east-1 region,
# do not add the LocationConstraint.  Adding a LocationConstraint of "us-east-1"
# causes an error "The specified location-constraint is not valid."
# By default, the bucket is created in us-east-1 by sending a PUT with an empty body.
# --------------------------------------------------------------

# Set the bucket name via the HOST header.
# In this case, the bucket name is "chilkateuwest2".
$rest.Host = "chilkateuwest2.s3.amazonaws.com"

# Make the call to create the bucket.

if (!$sbBucketRegion.ContentsEqual("us-east-1")) {
    $responseStr = $rest.FullRequestString("PUT","/",$xml.GetXml())
}
else {
    # If the bucket is to be created in the us-east-1 region (the default region)
    # just send a PUT with no body.
    $responseStr = $rest.FullRequestNoBody("PUT","/")
}

if ($rest.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

if ($rest.ResponseStatusCode -ne 200) {
    $("status code = " + $rest.ResponseStatusCode)
    $responseXml = New-Object Chilkat.Xml
    $responseXml.LoadXml($responseStr)
    $($responseXml.GetXml())
    $("Failed.")
    exit
}

$("Bucket in the eu-west-2 region created.")