VB.NET

S3 List Buckets (using Chilkat REST)

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Demonstrates how to fetch a list of S3 buckets. 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.
Dim bTls As Boolean = True
Dim port As Integer = 443
Dim bAutoReconnect As Boolean = True
success = rest.Connect("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.
Dim authAws As New Chilkat.AuthAws
authAws.AccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"
authAws.SecretKey = "AWS_SECRET_KEY"
authAws.ServiceName = "s3"
success = rest.SetAuthAws(authAws)

Dim sbResponse As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = rest.FullRequestNoBodySb("GET","/",sbResponse)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If



Dim statusCode As Integer = rest.ResponseStatusCode
Debug.WriteLine("Response status code = " & statusCode)

Dim xml As New Chilkat.Xml
xml.LoadSb(sbResponse,True)
Debug.WriteLine(xml.GetXml())

If (statusCode <> 200) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed.  See error information in the XML.")
    Exit Sub
End If


' Use this online tool to generate code from sample XML: 
' Generate Code to Create XML

Dim Name As String
Dim CreationDate As String

Dim i As Integer = 0
Dim count_i As Integer = xml.NumChildrenHavingTag("Buckets|Bucket")
While i < count_i
    xml.I = i
    Name = xml.GetChildContent("Buckets|Bucket[i]|Name")
    CreationDate = xml.GetChildContent("Buckets|Bucket[i]|CreationDate")
    Debug.WriteLine(Name)
    Debug.WriteLine(CreationDate)
    Debug.WriteLine("--")
    i = i + 1
End While