(Tcl) REST Upload String

Example to upload the contents of a string to the Amazon S3 service.

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load ./chilkat.dll

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

set rest [new_CkRest]

# Connect to the Amazon AWS REST server.
set bTls 1
set port 443
set bAutoReconnect 1
set success [CkRest_Connect $rest "s3.amazonaws.com" $port $bTls $bAutoReconnect]

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Important: For buckets created in regions outside us-east-1,
# there are three important changes that need to be made.
# See Working with S3 Buckets in Non-us-east-1 Regions for the details.
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
set authAws [new_CkAuthAws]

CkAuthAws_put_AccessKey $authAws "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"
CkAuthAws_put_SecretKey $authAws "AWS_SECRET_KEY"
CkAuthAws_put_ServiceName $authAws "s3"
set success [CkRest_SetAuthAws $rest $authAws]

# Set the bucket name via the HOST header.
# In this case, the bucket name is "chilkat100".
CkRest_put_Host $rest "chilkat100.s3.amazonaws.com"

# Load a text file into memory.
set fac [new_CkFileAccess]

set fileContents [CkFileAccess_readEntireTextFile $fac "qa_data/xml/hamlet.xml" "utf-8"]
if {[CkFileAccess_get_LastMethodSuccess $fac] != 1} then {
    puts [CkFileAccess_lastErrorText $fac]
    delete_CkRest $rest
    delete_CkAuthAws $authAws
    delete_CkFileAccess $fac
    exit
}

# To send the file in gzip or deflate compressed format, set the Content-Encoding request
# header to "gzip" or "deflate".  (this is optional)
set success [CkRest_AddHeader $rest "Content-Encoding" "gzip"]

# Indicate the Content-Type of our upload.  (This is optional)
set success [CkRest_AddHeader $rest "Content-Type" "text/xml"]

# We can add an "Expect: 100-continue" header so that if the request is rejected
# by the server immediately after receiving the request header, it can respond
# and the client (Chilkat) can avoid sending the file data.
# (this is optional)
set success [CkRest_AddHeader $rest "Expect" "100-continue"]

# Upload the file to Amazon S3.
set responseBodyStr [CkRest_fullRequestString $rest "PUT" "/hamlet_play.xml" $fileContents]
if {[CkRest_get_LastMethodSuccess $rest] != 1} then {
    puts [CkRest_lastErrorText $rest]
    delete_CkRest $rest
    delete_CkAuthAws $authAws
    delete_CkFileAccess $fac
    exit
}

# Did we get a 200 response indicating success?
set statusCode [CkRest_get_ResponseStatusCode $rest]
if {$statusCode != 200} then {
    puts "Error response: $responseBodyStr"
    puts "Status code: $statusCode, Status text: [CkRest_responseStatusText $rest]"
    delete_CkRest $rest
    delete_CkAuthAws $authAws
    delete_CkFileAccess $fac
    exit
}

puts "File successfully uploaded."

delete_CkRest $rest
delete_CkAuthAws $authAws
delete_CkFileAccess $fac