VB.NET

Amazon Glacier Create Vault

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Demonstrates how to create a new vault with a specified name. The name of the vault must be unique within a region for an AWS account. VB.NET

Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim rest As New Chilkat.Rest

' Connect to the Amazon AWS REST server in the desired region.
Dim bTls As Boolean = True
Dim port As Integer = 443
Dim bAutoReconnect As Boolean = True
success = rest.Connect("glacier.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)

' Provide AWS credentials.
Dim authAws As New Chilkat.AuthAws
authAws.AccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"
authAws.SecretKey = "AWS_SECRET_KEY"
authAws.ServiceName = "glacier"
' The vault we're creating will be in the us-west-2 region.
authAws.Region = "us-west-2"

success = rest.SetAuthAws(authAws)

' --------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Note: The above REST connection and setup of the AWS credentials
' can be done once.  After connecting, any number of REST calls can be made.
' The "auto reconnect" property passed to rest.Connect indicates that if
' the connection is lost, a REST method call will automatically reconnect
' if needed.
' --------------------------------------------------------------------------

' 
' For more information, see Glacier Create Vault Reference Documentation
' 
rest.AddHeader("x-amz-glacier-version","2012-06-01")

' Create a vault named "chilkat" in my account's us-west-2 region.
Dim sbResponseBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = rest.FullRequestNoBodySb("PUT","/AWS_ACCOUNT_ID/vaults/chilkat",sbResponseBody)
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Dim respStatusCode As Integer = rest.ResponseStatusCode
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode)
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:")
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.ResponseHeader)
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:")
    Debug.WriteLine(sbResponseBody.GetAsString())
    Exit Sub
End If


' Success is indicated by a 201 response status with an empty response body.
Debug.WriteLine("response status code = " & respStatusCode)