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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.

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require 'chilkat'

success = false

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

rest = Chilkat::CkRest.new()

# 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.new()
authAws.put_AccessKey("AWS_ACCESS_KEY")
authAws.put_SecretKey("AWS_SECRET_KEY")
authAws.put_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 = Chilkat::CkStringBuilder.new()
sbBucketRegion.Append(bucketRegion)

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

# --------------------------------------------------------------
# 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.put_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","/")
end

if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true)
    print rest.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

if (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200)
    print "status code = " + rest.get_ResponseStatusCode().to_s() + "\n";
    responseXml = Chilkat::CkXml.new()
    responseXml.LoadXml(responseStr)
    print responseXml.getXml() + "\n";
    print "Failed." + "\n";
    exit
end

print "Bucket in the eu-west-2 region created." + "\n";