(PowerShell) S3 Find Bucket Region

Demonstrates how to find out the region of an S3 bucket.

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

# This 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 using the correct region (in this example, "us-west-2")
$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)

# The bucket name we want to know about is set in the HOST header.
# In this example, we want to find the region for the "chilkat.qa" bucket.
$rest.Host = "chilkat.qa.s3.amazonaws.com"

# Send the GET request to query the bucket location.
$strResult = $rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/?location")
if ($rest.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$responseStatusCode = $rest.ResponseStatusCode
$("Response status code = " + $responseStatusCode)
if ($responseStatusCode -ne 200) {
    $($rest.ResponseHeader)
    $($strResult)
    $("Failed.")
    exit
}

$($strResult)

# The result contains XML like this:
# <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
# <LocationConstraint xmlns="http://s3.amazonaws.com/doc/2006-03-01/">us-west-2</LocationConstraint>

# Get the "us-west-2" from the XML
$xml = New-Object Chilkat.Xml
$success = $xml.LoadXml($strResult)
$("region = " + $xml.Content)