(PowerShell) S3 Download String Object

Demonstrates how to download a text file (i.e. object) from the Amazon S3 service directly into an in-memory string variable.

Download: Chilkat .NET Assemblies

[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile("C:\myAssemblies\ChilkatDotNet2.dll")

$http = New-Object Chilkat.Http

$success = $http.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($http.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

#  Insert your access key here:
$http.AwsAccessKey = "ABQXXABC83ABCDEFVQXX"

#  Insert your secret key here:
$http.AwsSecretKey = "XXXXYYYYabcdABCD12345678xxxxyyyyzzzz"

$bucketName = "chilkattestbucket"

$objectName = "contacts.xml"

$charset = "utf-8"

$fileContents = $http.S3_DownloadString($bucketName,$objectName,$charset)

if ($fileContents -eq $null ) {
    #  Failed
    $($http.LastErrorText)
}
else {
    #  Success
    $($fileContents)
}