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EC2 Check Instance Status

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Demonstrates how to send a request to check the status of Amazon EC2 instances.

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const std = @import("std");
const chilkat = @import("chilkat");

pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
    const alloc = init.arena.allocator();

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

    const rest = try chilkat.Rest.init();
    defer rest.deinit();

    // Connect to the Amazon AWS server.
    // such as https://ec2.amazonaws.com/
    const b_tls = true;
    const port = 443;
    const b_auto_reconnect = true;
    try rest.connect("ec2.us-west-2.amazonaws.com", port, b_tls, b_auto_reconnect);

    // Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
    const auth_aws = try chilkat.AuthAws.init();
    defer auth_aws.deinit();
    auth_aws.setAccessKey("AWS_ACCESS_KEY");
    auth_aws.setSecretKey("AWS_SECRET_KEY");
    // the region should match the region part of the domain passed to the REST connect method (above).
    auth_aws.setRegion("us-west-2");
    auth_aws.setServiceName("ec2");

    rest.setAuthAws(auth_aws) catch {};

    rest.addQueryParam("Action", "DescribeInstanceStatus") catch {};
    rest.addQueryParam("Version", "2016-11-15") catch {};

    rest.addQueryParam("InstanceId.1", "i-999719995399c9999") catch {};
    // If you have additional instances to check, then add them with .2, .3, etc.
    rest.addQueryParam("InstanceId.2", "i-999719995399c0000") catch {};
    rest.addQueryParam("InstanceId.3", "i-999719995399c0111") catch {};
    // ...

    // Instead of checking specific instances, you can check all instances by
    // sending the IncludeAllInstances param
    rest.addQueryParam("IncludeAllInstances", "true") catch {};

    const response_xml = rest.fullRequestNoBody(alloc, "GET", "/") catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try rest.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    // A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
    if (rest.getResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
        std.debug.print("response status code = {d}\n", .{rest.getResponseStatusCode()});
        std.debug.print("response status text = {s}\n", .{try rest.getResponseStatusText(alloc)});
        std.debug.print("response header: {s}\n", .{try rest.getResponseHeader(alloc)});
        std.debug.print("response body: {s}\n", .{response_xml});
        return;
    }

    // Examine the successful XML response.
    const xml = try chilkat.Xml.init();
    defer xml.deinit();
    xml.loadXml(response_xml) catch {};
    std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try xml.getXml(alloc)});

    // Here is a sample response:

    // Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample XML:
    // Generate Parsing Code from XML

    // <DescribeInstanceStatusResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2016-11-15/">
    //     <requestId>3be1508e-c444-4fef-89cc-0b1223c4f02fEXAMPLE</requestId>
    //     <instanceStatusSet>
    //         <item>
    //             <instanceId>i-1234567890abcdef0</instanceId>
    //             <availabilityZone>us-east-1d</availabilityZone>
    //             <instanceState>
    //                 <code>16</code>
    //                 <name>running</name>
    //             </instanceState>
    //             <systemStatus>
    //                 <status>impaired</status>
    //                 <details>
    //                     <item>
    //                         <name>reachability</name>
    //                         <status>failed</status>
    //                         <impairedSince>YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.000Z</impairedSince>
    //                     </item>
    //                 </details>
    //             </systemStatus>
    //             <instanceStatus>
    //                 <status>impaired</status>
    //                 <details>
    //                     <item>
    //                         <name>reachability</name>
    //                         <status>failed</status>
    //                         <impairedSince>YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.000Z</impairedSince>
    //                     </item>
    //                 </details>
    //             </instanceStatus>
    //             <eventsSet>
    //               <item>
    //                 <code>instance-retirement</code>
    //                 <description>The instance is running on degraded hardware</description>
    //                 <notBefore>YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+0000</notBefore>
    //                 <notAfter>YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+0000</notAfter>
    //               </item>
    //             </eventsSet>
    //         </item>
    //         <item>
    //             <instanceId>i-0598c7d356eba48d7</instanceId>
    //             <availabilityZone>us-east-1d</availabilityZone>
    //             <instanceState>
    //                 <code>16</code>
    //                 <name>running</name>
    //             </instanceState>
    //             <systemStatus>
    //                 <status>ok</status>
    //                 <details>
    //                     <item>
    //                         <name>reachability</name>
    //                         <status>passed</status>
    //                     </item>
    //                 </details>
    //             </systemStatus>
    //             <instanceStatus>
    //                 <status>ok</status>
    //                 <details>
    //                     <item>
    //                         <name>reachability</name>
    //                         <status>passed</status>
    //                     </item>
    //                 </details>
    //             </instanceStatus>
    //             <eventsSet>
    //               <item>
    //                 <code>instance-reboot</code>
    //                 <description>The instance is scheduled for a reboot</description>
    //                 <notBefore>YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+0000</notBefore>
    //                 <notAfter>YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+0000</notAfter>
    //               </item>
    //             </eventsSet>
    //         </item>
    //         <item>
    //             <instanceId>i-0987654321abcdef0</instanceId>
    //             <availabilityZone>us-east-1d</availabilityZone>
    //             <instanceState>
    //                 <code>16</code>
    //                 <name>running</name>
    //             </instanceState>
    //             <systemStatus>
    //                 <status>ok</status>
    //                 <details>
    //                     <item>
    //                         <name>reachability</name>
    //                         <status>passed</status>
    //                     </item>
    //                 </details>
    //             </systemStatus>
    //             <instanceStatus>
    //                 <status>ok</status>
    //                 <details>
    //                     <item>
    //                         <name>reachability</name>
    //                         <status>passed</status>
    //                     </item>
    //                 </details>
    //             </instanceStatus>
    //         </item>
    //         <item>
    //             <instanceId>i-0598c7d356eba48d8</instanceId>
    //             <availabilityZone>us-east-1d</availabilityZone>
    //             <instanceState>
    //                 <code>16</code>
    //                 <name>running</name>
    //             </instanceState>
    //             <systemStatus>
    //                 <status>ok</status>
    //                 <details>
    //                     <item>
    //                         <name>reachability</name>
    //                         <status>passed</status>
    //                     </item>
    //                 </details>
    //             </systemStatus>
    //             <instanceStatus>
    //                 <status>insufficient-data</status>
    //                 <details>
    //                     <item>
    //                         <name>reachability</name>
    //                         <status>insufficient-data</status>
    //                     </item>
    //                 </details>
    //             </instanceStatus>
    //          </item>
    //     </instanceStatusSet>
    // </DescribeInstanceStatusResponse>
}