Amazon S3 - Create Bucket with PUT Request

Demonstrates how to create an Amazon S3 bucket by sending a PUT HTTP request.

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uses
    Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Variants, Classes, Graphics, Controls, Forms,
    Dialogs, StdCtrls,
    CHILKATHTTPLib_TLB,
    CHILKATCRYPT2Lib_TLB,
    OleCtrls;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
http: TChilkatHttp;
success: Integer;
curDateTime: String;
strToSign: String;
crypt: TChilkatCrypt2;
AWSAccessKeyId: String;
AWSSecretAccessKey: String;
signature: String;
authValue: String;
xmlResponse: String;

begin
http := TChilkatHttp.Create(Self);
success := http.UnlockComponent('Anything for 30-day trial.');
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    //  Unlock failed.
    ShowMessage(http.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  The HTTP component now includes a method to generate
//  the current date/time in RFC 2616 compliant format.
//  Note: The GenTimeStamp method is available as a pre-release (as of 18-June-2008).
//  It will become available in the next new version dated after
//  18-June-2008.
curDateTime := http.GenTimeStamp();

ShowMessage(curDateTime);

//  The PUT request operation with a bucket URI creates a new bucket.
strToSign := 'PUT' + #10 + #10 + #10 + curDateTime + #10 + '/chilkat/';

crypt := TChilkatCrypt2.Create(Self);

success := crypt.UnlockComponent('Anything for 30-day trial.');
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    ShowMessage(crypt.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  We want SHA1 for the HMAC hash algorithm:
crypt.HashAlgorithm := 'sha1';

//  These must be changed for your account:
AWSAccessKeyId := 'zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz';
AWSSecretAccessKey := 'zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz';

//  Set the HMAC secret key:
crypt.SetHmacKeyString(AWSSecretAccessKey);

//  By setting the charset = "utf-8", the string will be converted
//  to utf-8 (internal to the Chilkat component) prior to signing:
crypt.Charset := 'utf-8';

//  Indicate that Base64 output is desired:
crypt.EncodingMode := 'base64';

signature := crypt.HmacStringENC(strToSign);

authValue := 'AWS ' + AWSAccessKeyId + ':' + signature;

//  The bucket to be created is specified in the Host header.
//  In this example, the "chilkat" bucket is created:
http.SetRequestHeader('Host','chilkat.s3.amazonaws.com');

http.SetRequestHeader('Authorization',authValue);
http.SetRequestHeader('Date',curDateTime);
http.SetRequestHeader('Content-Length','0');

xmlResponse := http.QuickPutStr('http://s3.amazonaws.com/');
if (xmlResponse = NULL ) then
  begin
    //  Failed.  Show the last request header, response header,
    //  and response body.
    Memo1.Lines.Add(http.LastHeader);
    Memo1.Lines.Add('---');
    Memo1.Lines.Add(http.LastResponseHeader);
    Memo1.Lines.Add('---');
    Memo1.Lines.Add(http.LastErrorText);
  end
else
  begin

    //  Success is indicated by an empty xmlResponse string, and
    //  a response status of 200.
    if (http.LastStatus = 200) then
      begin
        ShowMessage('Bucket created!');

        //  Let's check out the response header anyway...
        Memo1.Lines.Add(http.LastResponseHeader);

      end
    else
      begin
        //  Failed.  Show the last request header, response header,
        //  and response body.
        Memo1.Lines.Add(http.LastHeader);
        Memo1.Lines.Add('---');
        Memo1.Lines.Add(http.LastResponseHeader);
        Memo1.Lines.Add('---');
        Memo1.Lines.Add(http.LastErrorText);
      end;

  end;
end;