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EC2 Check Instance Status

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Demonstrates how to send a request to check the status of Amazon EC2 instances.

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

let rest = chilkat::Rest::new();

// Connect to the Amazon AWS server.
// such as https://ec2.amazonaws.com/
let b_tls = true;
let port = 443;
let b_auto_reconnect = true;
let _ = rest.connect("ec2.us-west-2.amazonaws.com", port, b_tls, b_auto_reconnect).is_ok();

// Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
let auth_aws = chilkat::AuthAws::new();
auth_aws.set_access_key("AWS_ACCESS_KEY");
auth_aws.set_secret_key("AWS_SECRET_KEY");
// the region should match the region part of the domain passed to the REST connect method (above).
auth_aws.set_region("us-west-2");
auth_aws.set_service_name("ec2");

let _ = rest.set_auth_aws(&auth_aws);

let _ = rest.add_query_param("Action", "DescribeInstanceStatus");
let _ = rest.add_query_param("Version", "2016-11-15");

let _ = rest.add_query_param("InstanceId.1", "i-999719995399c9999");
// If you have additional instances to check, then add them with .2, .3, etc.
let _ = rest.add_query_param("InstanceId.2", "i-999719995399c0000");
let _ = rest.add_query_param("InstanceId.3", "i-999719995399c0111");
// ...

// Instead of checking specific instances, you can check all instances by 
// sending the IncludeAllInstances param
let _ = rest.add_query_param("IncludeAllInstances", "true");

let Ok(response_xml) = rest.full_request_no_body("GET", "/") else {
    println!("{}", rest.last_error_text());
    return;
};

// A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
if rest.response_status_code() != 200 {
    println!("response status code = {}", rest.response_status_code());
    println!("response status text = {}", rest.response_status_text());
    println!("response header: {}", rest.response_header());
    println!("response body: {}", response_xml);
    return;
}

// Examine the successful XML response.
let xml = chilkat::Xml::new();
let _ = xml.load_xml(&response_xml);
println!("{}", xml.get_xml().unwrap_or_default());

// Here is a sample response:

// Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample XML: 
// Generate Parsing Code from XML

// <DescribeInstanceStatusResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2016-11-15/">
//     <requestId>3be1508e-c444-4fef-89cc-0b1223c4f02fEXAMPLE</requestId>
//     <instanceStatusSet>
//         <item>
//             <instanceId>i-1234567890abcdef0</instanceId>
//             <availabilityZone>us-east-1d</availabilityZone>
//             <instanceState>
//                 <code>16</code>
//                 <name>running</name>
//             </instanceState>
//             <systemStatus>
//                 <status>impaired</status>
//                 <details>
//                     <item>
//                         <name>reachability</name>
//                         <status>failed</status>
//                         <impairedSince>YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.000Z</impairedSince>
//                     </item>
//                 </details>
//             </systemStatus>
//             <instanceStatus>
//                 <status>impaired</status>
//                 <details>
//                     <item>
//                         <name>reachability</name>
//                         <status>failed</status>
//                         <impairedSince>YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.000Z</impairedSince>
//                     </item>
//                 </details>
//             </instanceStatus>
//             <eventsSet>
//               <item>
//                 <code>instance-retirement</code>
//                 <description>The instance is running on degraded hardware</description>
//                 <notBefore>YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+0000</notBefore>
//                 <notAfter>YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+0000</notAfter>
//               </item>
//             </eventsSet>
//         </item>
//         <item>
//             <instanceId>i-0598c7d356eba48d7</instanceId>
//             <availabilityZone>us-east-1d</availabilityZone>
//             <instanceState>
//                 <code>16</code>
//                 <name>running</name>
//             </instanceState>
//             <systemStatus>
//                 <status>ok</status>
//                 <details>
//                     <item>
//                         <name>reachability</name>
//                         <status>passed</status>
//                     </item>
//                 </details>
//             </systemStatus>
//             <instanceStatus>
//                 <status>ok</status>
//                 <details>
//                     <item>
//                         <name>reachability</name>
//                         <status>passed</status>
//                     </item>
//                 </details>
//             </instanceStatus>
//             <eventsSet>
//               <item>
//                 <code>instance-reboot</code>
//                 <description>The instance is scheduled for a reboot</description>
//                 <notBefore>YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+0000</notBefore>
//                 <notAfter>YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+0000</notAfter>
//               </item>
//             </eventsSet>
//         </item>
//         <item>
//             <instanceId>i-0987654321abcdef0</instanceId>
//             <availabilityZone>us-east-1d</availabilityZone>
//             <instanceState>
//                 <code>16</code>
//                 <name>running</name>
//             </instanceState>
//             <systemStatus>
//                 <status>ok</status>
//                 <details>
//                     <item>
//                         <name>reachability</name>
//                         <status>passed</status>
//                     </item>
//                 </details>
//             </systemStatus>
//             <instanceStatus>
//                 <status>ok</status>
//                 <details>
//                     <item>
//                         <name>reachability</name>
//                         <status>passed</status>
//                     </item>
//                 </details>
//             </instanceStatus>
//         </item>
//         <item>
//             <instanceId>i-0598c7d356eba48d8</instanceId>
//             <availabilityZone>us-east-1d</availabilityZone>
//             <instanceState>
//                 <code>16</code>
//                 <name>running</name>
//             </instanceState>
//             <systemStatus>
//                 <status>ok</status>
//                 <details>
//                     <item>
//                         <name>reachability</name>
//                         <status>passed</status>
//                     </item>
//                 </details>
//             </systemStatus>
//             <instanceStatus>
//                 <status>insufficient-data</status>
//                 <details>
//                     <item>
//                         <name>reachability</name>
//                         <status>insufficient-data</status>
//                     </item>
//                 </details>
//             </instanceStatus>
//          </item>
//     </instanceStatusSet>
// </DescribeInstanceStatusResponse>