(Visual Basic 6.0) Backblaze S3 Download String

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Demonstrates how to download a textual object into a string variable.

The Chilkat S3 functions in the HTTP class are compatible with the Backblaze service. However, because of some specific issues, Chilkat v9.5.0.89 or later is needed.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

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

Dim http As New ChilkatHttp

' keyID = Access Key ID or Access Key
http.AwsAccessKey = "access-key"

' applicationKey = Secret Access Key or Secret Key
http.AwsSecretKey = "secret-key"

' Region is the 2nd part of your S3 Endpoint
http.AwsEndpoint = "s3.us-west-002.backblazeb2.com"

Dim bucketName As String
bucketName = "chilkat-test"
Dim objectName As String
objectName = "orchard.json"

' This is the byte representation of the text file downloaded from Backblaze.
' It must be specified to allow Chilkat to correctly interpret the bytes as characters.
Dim charset As String
charset = "utf-8"

Dim fileContents As String
fileContents = http.S3_DownloadString(bucketName,objectName,charset)

If (http.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
Else
    Debug.Print fileContents
    Debug.Print "Success."
End If