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REST Upload String

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

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#include <C_CkRestW.h>
#include <C_CkAuthAwsW.h>
#include <C_CkFileAccessW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkRestW rest;
    BOOL bTls;
    int port;
    BOOL bAutoReconnect;
    HCkAuthAwsW authAws;
    HCkFileAccessW fac;
    const wchar_t *fileContents;
    const wchar_t *responseBodyStr;
    int statusCode;

    success = FALSE;

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

    rest = CkRestW_Create();

    // Connect to the Amazon AWS REST server.
    bTls = TRUE;
    port = 443;
    bAutoReconnect = TRUE;
    success = CkRestW_Connect(rest,L"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.
    authAws = CkAuthAwsW_Create();
    CkAuthAwsW_putAccessKey(authAws,L"AWS_ACCESS_KEY");
    CkAuthAwsW_putSecretKey(authAws,L"AWS_SECRET_KEY");
    CkAuthAwsW_putServiceName(authAws,L"s3");
    success = CkRestW_SetAuthAws(rest,authAws);

    // Set the bucket name via the HOST header.
    // In this case, the bucket name is "chilkat100".
    CkRestW_putHost(rest,L"chilkat100.s3.amazonaws.com");

    // Load a text file into memory.
    fac = CkFileAccessW_Create();
    fileContents = CkFileAccessW_readEntireTextFile(fac,L"qa_data/xml/hamlet.xml",L"utf-8");
    if (CkFileAccessW_getLastMethodSuccess(fac) != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkFileAccessW_lastErrorText(fac));
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        CkAuthAwsW_Dispose(authAws);
        CkFileAccessW_Dispose(fac);
        return;
    }

    // To send the file in gzip or deflate compressed format, set the Content-Encoding request
    // header to "gzip" or "deflate".  (this is optional)
    success = CkRestW_AddHeader(rest,L"Content-Encoding",L"gzip");

    // Indicate the Content-Type of our upload.  (This is optional)
    success = CkRestW_AddHeader(rest,L"Content-Type",L"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)
    success = CkRestW_AddHeader(rest,L"Expect",L"100-continue");

    // Upload the file to Amazon S3.
    responseBodyStr = CkRestW_fullRequestString(rest,L"PUT",L"/hamlet_play.xml",fileContents);
    if (CkRestW_getLastMethodSuccess(rest) != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        CkAuthAwsW_Dispose(authAws);
        CkFileAccessW_Dispose(fac);
        return;
    }

    // Did we get a 200 response indicating success?
    statusCode = CkRestW_getResponseStatusCode(rest);
    if (statusCode != 200) {
        wprintf(L"Error response: %s\n",responseBodyStr);
        wprintf(L"Status code: %d, Status text: %s\n",statusCode,CkRestW_responseStatusText(rest));
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        CkAuthAwsW_Dispose(authAws);
        CkFileAccessW_Dispose(fac);
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"File successfully uploaded.\n");


    CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
    CkAuthAwsW_Dispose(authAws);
    CkFileAccessW_Dispose(fac);

    }