(Visual Basic 6.0) S3 Download String Object

Demonstrates how to download a text file (i.e. object) from the Amazon S3 service directly into an in-memory string variable.

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

' Insert your access key here:
http.AwsAccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"

' Insert your secret key here:
http.AwsSecretKey = "AWS_SECRET_KEY"

' This bucket is in the us-east-1 region.
http.AwsRegion = "us-east-1"

Dim bucketName As String
bucketName = "chilkat-test-bucket"

Dim objectName As String
objectName = "fruit.xml"

Dim charset As String
charset = "utf-8"

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

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