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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.

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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 REST server.
    const b_tls = true;
    const port = 443;
    const b_auto_reconnect = true;
    try rest.connect("s3.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");
    auth_aws.setServiceName("s3");
    try rest.setAuthAws(auth_aws);

    // 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"
    const bucket_region = "eu-west-2";
    const sb_bucket_region = try chilkat.StringBuilder.init();
    defer sb_bucket_region.deinit();
    sb_bucket_region.append(bucket_region) catch {};

    // We only need to specify the LocationConstraint if the bucket's region is NOT us-east-1
    const xml = try chilkat.Xml.init();
    defer xml.deinit();
    if (!sb_bucket_region.contentsEqual("us-east-1", true)) {
        xml.setTag("CreateBucketConfiguration");
        xml.addAttribute("xmlns", "http://s3.amazonaws.com/doc/2006-03-01/") catch {};
        xml.updateChildContent("LocationConstraint", "eu-west-2");
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------
    // 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.setHost("chilkateuwest2.s3.amazonaws.com");

    // Make the call to create the bucket.
    var response_str: [:0]const u8 = "";
    if (!sb_bucket_region.contentsEqual("us-east-1", true)) {
        response_str = try rest.fullRequestString(alloc, "PUT", "/", try xml.getXml(alloc));
    } else {
        // If the bucket is to be created in the us-east-1 region (the default region)
        // just send a PUT with no body.
        response_str = try rest.fullRequestNoBody(alloc, "PUT", "/");
    }

    if (!rest.getLastMethodSuccess()) {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try rest.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    }

    if (rest.getResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
        std.debug.print("status code = {d}\n", .{rest.getResponseStatusCode()});
        const response_xml = try chilkat.Xml.init();
        defer response_xml.deinit();
        response_xml.loadXml(response_str) catch {};
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try response_xml.getXml(alloc)});
        std.debug.print("Failed.\n", .{});
        return;
    }

    std.debug.print("Bucket in the eu-west-2 region created.\n", .{});
}