Xojo Plugin

Create S3 Bucket in a Region

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

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
success = rest.Connect("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 bucketRegion As String
bucketRegion = "eu-west-2"
Dim sbBucketRegion As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = sbBucketRegion.Append(bucketRegion)

// We only need to specify the LocationConstraint if the bucket's region is NOT us-east-1
Dim xml As New Chilkat.Xml
If (Not sbBucketRegion.ContentsEqual("us-east-1")) Then
    xml.Tag = "CreateBucketConfiguration"
    success = xml.AddAttribute("xmlns","http://s3.amazonaws.com/doc/2006-03-01/")
    xml.UpdateChildContent "LocationConstraint","eu-west-2"
End If

// --------------------------------------------------------------
// IMPORTANT: To create a bucket in the default us-east-1 region,
// do not add the LocationConstraint.  Adding a LocationConstraint of "us-east-1"
// causes an error "The specified location-constraint is not valid."
// By default, the bucket is created in us-east-1 by sending a PUT with an empty body.
// --------------------------------------------------------------

// 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
If (Not sbBucketRegion.ContentsEqual("us-east-1")) Then
    responseStr = rest.FullRequestString("PUT","/",xml.GetXml())
Else
    // If the bucket is to be created in the us-east-1 region (the default region)
    // just send a PUT with no body.
    responseStr = rest.FullRequestNoBody("PUT","/")
End If

If (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    System.DebugLog("status code = " + Str(rest.ResponseStatusCode))
    Dim responseXml As New Chilkat.Xml
    success = responseXml.LoadXml(responseStr)
    System.DebugLog(responseXml.GetXml())
    System.DebugLog("Failed.")
    Return
End If

System.DebugLog("Bucket in the eu-west-2 region created.")