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Demonstrates how to use the AWS Translate service to translate text from one language to another.

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#include <C_CkRestW.h>
#include <C_CkAuthAwsW.h>
#include <C_CkJsonObjectW.h>
#include <C_CkStringBuilderW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkRestW rest;
    HCkAuthAwsW authAws;
    BOOL bTls;
    int port;
    BOOL bAutoReconnect;
    HCkJsonObjectW json;
    HCkStringBuilderW sbRequestBody;
    HCkStringBuilderW sbResponseBody;
    int respStatusCode;
    HCkJsonObjectW jsonResponse;

    success = FALSE;

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

    rest = CkRestW_Create();

    authAws = CkAuthAwsW_Create();
    CkAuthAwsW_putAccessKey(authAws,L"AWS_ACCESS_KEY");
    CkAuthAwsW_putSecretKey(authAws,L"AWS_SECRET_KEY");
    CkAuthAwsW_putRegion(authAws,L"us-west-2");
    CkAuthAwsW_putServiceName(authAws,L"translate");
    CkRestW_SetAuthAws(rest,authAws);

    // URL: https://translate.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
    bTls = TRUE;
    port = 443;
    bAutoReconnect = TRUE;
    success = CkRestW_Connect(rest,L"translate.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"ConnectFailReason: %d\n",CkRestW_getConnectFailReason(rest));
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        CkAuthAwsW_Dispose(authAws);
        return;
    }

    // Translate text from English to German
    json = CkJsonObjectW_Create();
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateString(json,L"SourceLanguageCode",L"en");
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateString(json,L"TargetLanguageCode",L"de");
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateString(json,L"Text",L"This is the text to be translated");

    CkRestW_AddHeader(rest,L"Content-Type",L"application/x-amz-json-1.1");
    CkRestW_AddHeader(rest,L"X-Amz-Target",L"AWSShineFrontendService_20170701.TranslateText");

    sbRequestBody = CkStringBuilderW_Create();
    CkJsonObjectW_EmitSb(json,sbRequestBody);
    sbResponseBody = CkStringBuilderW_Create();
    success = CkRestW_FullRequestSb(rest,L"POST",L"/",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        CkAuthAwsW_Dispose(authAws);
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
        CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbRequestBody);
        CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
        return;
    }

    respStatusCode = CkRestW_getResponseStatusCode(rest);
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        wprintf(L"Response Status Code = %d\n",respStatusCode);
        wprintf(L"Response Header:\n");
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_responseHeader(rest));
        wprintf(L"Response Body:\n");
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkStringBuilderW_getAsString(sbResponseBody));
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        CkAuthAwsW_Dispose(authAws);
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
        CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbRequestBody);
        CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
        return;
    }

    jsonResponse = CkJsonObjectW_Create();
    CkJsonObjectW_LoadSb(jsonResponse,sbResponseBody);
    CkJsonObjectW_putEmitCompact(jsonResponse,FALSE);

    wprintf(L"%s\n",CkJsonObjectW_emit(jsonResponse));

    // {
    //   "SourceLanguageCode": "en",
    //   "TargetLanguageCode": "de",
    //   "TranslatedText": "Dies ist der zu �bersetzende Text"
    // }

    wprintf(L"%s\n",CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(jsonResponse,L"TranslatedText"));


    CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
    CkAuthAwsW_Dispose(authAws);
    CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
    CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbRequestBody);
    CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
    CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(jsonResponse);

    }