(VB.NET UWP/WinRT) Create S3 Bucket in a Region

Demonstrates how to create an S3 bucket in a specified region. This example will create a bucket in the eu-west-2 region.

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' 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
Dim success As Boolean = Await rest.ConnectAsync("s3.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)

' 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)


' We'll send a PUT request having an XML body such as this:
' <CreateBucketConfiguration xmlns="http://s3.amazonaws.com/doc/2006-03-01/"> 
'   <LocationConstraint>BucketRegion</LocationConstraint> 
'   </CreateBucketConfiguration>

' Create the XML body specifying the region as "eu-west-2"
Dim xml As New Chilkat.Xml
xml.Tag = "CreateBucketConfiguration"
xml.AddAttribute("xmlns","http://s3.amazonaws.com/doc/2006-03-01/")
xml.UpdateChildContent("LocationConstraint","eu-west-2")

' Set the bucket name via the HOST header.
' In this case, the bucket name is "chilkateuwest2".
rest.Host = "chilkateuwest2.s3.amazonaws.com"

' Make the call to create the bucket.
Dim responseStr As String = Await rest.FullRequestStringAsync("PUT","/",xml.GetXml())
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("status code = " & rest.ResponseStatusCode)
    Dim responseXml As New Chilkat.Xml
    responseXml.LoadXml(responseStr)
    Debug.WriteLine(responseXml.GetXml())
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed.")
    Exit Sub
End If


Debug.WriteLine("Bucket in the eu-west-2 region created.")