(VB.NET UWP/WinRT) OSS Download String (Alibaba Cloud)

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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 Alibaba Cloud's OSS service.

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

Dim http As New Chilkat.Http

' Insert your AccessKey ID here:
http.AwsAccessKey = "access-key"

' Insert your AccessKey Secret here:
http.AwsSecretKey = "secret-key"

' To download from a bucket located in a different region, use the endpoint for that region, such as "oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com 	"
' See Alibaba Object Storage Service Regions and Endpoints
http.AwsEndpoint = "oss-us-east-1.aliyuncs.com"

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

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

Dim fileContents As String = Await http.S3_DownloadStringAsync(bucketName,objectName,charset)

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