(VBScript) REST through SOCKS Proxy

Demonstrates how to connect through a SOCKS proxy to make REST API calls.

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Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

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

' This example connects to a REST server through a SOCKS proxy.
' It will connect to the Amazon AWS service for this example.
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Rest")
set rest = CreateObject("Chilkat.Rest")
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Socket")
set socket = CreateObject("Chilkat.Socket")

' Set the SOCKS proxy domain or IP address, port, and SOCKS version number (4 or 5)
socket.SocksHostname = "192.168.1.100"
socket.SocksPort = 1080
socket.SocksVersion = 5
' Other properties exist for specifying a SOCKS proxy login and password,
' but these are not used in this example.

' Connect through the HTTP proxy to the Amazon AWS server for the S3 service.
bTls = 1
port = 443
maxWaitMs = 5000
success = socket.Connect("s3.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,maxWaitMs)
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine("Connect Failure Error Code: " & socket.ConnectFailReason)
    outFile.WriteLine(socket.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Use the proxied TLS connection:
success = rest.UseConnection(socket,1)
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.AuthAws")
set authAws = CreateObject("Chilkat.AuthAws")
authAws.AccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"
authAws.SecretKey = "AWS_SECRET_KEY"
authAws.ServiceName = "s3"
success = rest.SetAuthAws(authAws)

' List all buckets for the account...
responseXml = rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/")
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Xml")
set xml = CreateObject("Chilkat.Xml")
success = xml.LoadXml(responseXml)

' Show the full XML returned.
outFile.WriteLine(xml.GetXml())

' Iterate over the buckets, showing each bucket name.
success = xml.FindChild2("Buckets")
If (xml.FirstChild2() = 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(xml.GetChildContent("Name"))
    Do While (xml.NextSibling2() = 1)
        outFile.WriteLine(xml.GetChildContent("Name"))
    Loop
End If

' Move the internal pointer back to the root node.
xml.GetRoot2 

outFile.Close