(Xojo Plugin) REST Download Binary to Memory (Byte Array) (Amazon S3)

Demonstrates how to make a REST call that returns a binary response body. This example is valid for reasonably small files that fit in memory. The example shows how to download a small JPG from the Amazon S3 service. For larger files, Chilkat provides streaming functionality to stream directly to a file, or to make an asynchronous call where the foreground thread can read the response body stream.

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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
bTls = True
Dim port As Int32
port = 443
Dim bAutoReconnect As Boolean
bAutoReconnect = True
Dim success As Boolean
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)

// Set the bucket name via the HOST header.
// In this case, the bucket name is "chilkat100".
rest.Host = "chilkat100.s3.amazonaws.com"

// Send the request to download the JPG.
success = rest.SendReqNoBody("GET","/starfish.jpg")
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Read the response header.
Dim responseStatusCode As Int32
responseStatusCode = rest.ReadResponseHeader()
If (responseStatusCode < 0) Then
    System.DebugLog(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

System.DebugLog("Response status code = " + Str(responseStatusCode))

// We expect a 200 response status if the JPG data is coming.
// Otherwise, we'll get a string response body with an error message(or no response body).
If (responseStatusCode = 200) Then
    Dim jpgData As MemoryBlock
    jpgData = rest.ReadRespBodyBinary()
    If (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
        System.DebugLog(rest.LastErrorText)
    Else
        System.DebugLog("Successfully received the JPG bytes..")
    End If

Else
    Dim errResponse As String
    errResponse = rest.ReadRespBodyString()
    If (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
        System.DebugLog(rest.LastErrorText)
    Else
        System.DebugLog(errResponse)
    End If

End If