Xojo Plugin

REST through SOCKS Proxy

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

Dim success As Boolean
success = False

// 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.
Dim rest As New Chilkat.Rest
Dim socket As New 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.
Dim bTls As Boolean
bTls = True
Dim port As Int32
port = 443
Dim maxWaitMs As Int32
maxWaitMs = 5000
success = socket.Connect("s3.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,maxWaitMs)
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog("Connect Failure Error Code: " + Str(socket.ConnectFailReason))
    System.DebugLog(socket.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Use the proxied TLS connection:
success = rest.UseConnection(socket,True)
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// 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)

// List all buckets for the account...
Dim responseXml As String
responseXml = rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/")
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

Dim xml As New Chilkat.Xml
success = xml.LoadXml(responseXml)

// Show the full XML returned.
System.DebugLog(xml.GetXml())

// Iterate over the buckets, showing each bucket name.
success = xml.FindChild2("Buckets")
If (xml.FirstChild2() = True) Then
    System.DebugLog(xml.GetChildContent("Name"))
    While (xml.NextSibling2() = True)
        System.DebugLog(xml.GetChildContent("Name"))
    Wend
End If

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