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S3 List Buckets using an STS Session Token

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This is an example showing how to use an STS session token in an Amazon AWS request. This example will list S3 buckets using a previously obtained session token.

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import sys
import chilkat

success = False

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

# See Get AWS STS Session Token for sample code to get the session token XML.
xmlToken = chilkat.CkXml()
success = xmlToken.LoadXmlFile("qa_data/tokens/aws_session_token.xml")
if (success == False):
    print(xmlToken.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

rest = chilkat.CkRest()

# 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 = chilkat.CkAuthAws()

# The purpose of this example is to show how to use the temporary AccessKeyId, SecretAccessKey, and SessionToken.
authAws.put_AccessKey(xmlToken.getChildContent("GetSessionTokenResult|Credentials|AccessKeyId"))
authAws.put_SecretKey(xmlToken.getChildContent("GetSessionTokenResult|Credentials|SecretAccessKey"))
authAws.put_ServiceName("s3")
success = rest.SetAuthAws(authAws)

rest.AddQueryParam("X-Amz-Security-Token",xmlToken.getChildContent("GetSessionTokenResult|Credentials|SessionToken"))

sbResponse = chilkat.CkStringBuilder()
success = rest.FullRequestNoBodySb("GET","/",sbResponse)
if (success != True):
    print(rest.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

statusCode = rest.get_ResponseStatusCode()
print("Response status code = " + str(statusCode))

xml = chilkat.CkXml()
xml.LoadSb(sbResponse,True)
print(xml.getXml())

if (statusCode != 200):
    print("Failed.  See error information in the XML.")
    sys.exit()