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Visual Basic 6.0

S3 Upload Binary File from BinData

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Upload a binary file contained in a BinData object to Amazon S3.

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Visual Basic 6.0
Dim success As Long
success = 0

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

Dim rest As New ChilkatRest

' Connect to the Amazon AWS REST server.
Dim bTls As Long
bTls = 1
Dim port As Long
port = 443
Dim bAutoReconnect As Long
bAutoReconnect = 1
' Make sure to connect to the region where the bucket is located..
success = rest.Connect("s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)

' Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
Dim authAws As New ChilkatAuthAws
authAws.AccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"
authAws.SecretKey = "AWS_SECRET_KEY"
' Use the correct region..
authAws.Region = "us-west-2"
authAws.ServiceName = "s3"

success = rest.SetAuthAws(authAws)

' Set the bucket name via the HOST header.
' In this case, the bucket name is "chilkat.qa".
' (Also make sure to use the correct region.)
rest.Host = "chilkat.qa.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com"

' Load a text file into memory.
Dim pngData As New ChilkatBinData
success = pngData.LoadFile("qa_data/png/anemone.png")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print "Failed to load file from local filesystem."
    Exit Sub
End If

' Indicate the Content-Type of our upload.  (This is optional)
success = rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","image/png")

' Upload the file to Amazon S3.
Dim sbResponse As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = rest.FullRequestBd("PUT","/images/sea_creatures/anemone.png",pngData,sbResponse)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Did we get a 200 response indicating success?
Dim statusCode As Long
statusCode = rest.ResponseStatusCode
If (statusCode <> 200) Then
    Debug.Print "Error response: " & sbResponse.GetAsString()
    Debug.Print "Status code: " & statusCode & ", Status text: " & rest.ResponseStatusText
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print "File successfully uploaded."