Amazon S3 - Create Bucket with Constraint

Create an Amazon S3 bucket with a constraint using the REST API.

Download Chilkat Python Library

import sys
import chilkat

http = chilkat.CkHttp()
success = http.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial.")
if (success != True):
    #  Unlock failed.
    print http.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

#  Create the XML contraint for the bucket:
#  <CreateBucketConfiguration>
#          <LocationConstraint>EU</LocationConstraint>
#  </CreateBucketConfiguration>
xml = chilkat.CkXml()
xml.put_Tag("CreateBucketConfiguration")
xml.NewChild2("LocationConstraint","EU")
print xml.getXml()

crypt = chilkat.CkCrypt2()

success = crypt.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial.")
if (success != True):
    print crypt.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

#  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()

#  The PUT request operation with a bucket URI creates a new bucket.
strToSign = "PUT" + "\n" + "\n" + "text/xml" + "\n" + curDateTime + "\n" + "/chilkat2/"

#  We want SHA1 for the HMAC hash algorithm:
crypt.put_HashAlgorithm("sha1")

#  These must be changed for your account:
AWSAccessKeyId = "zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz"
AWSSecretAccessKey = "zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz"

#  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.put_Charset("utf-8")

#  Indicate that Base64 output is desired:
crypt.put_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 "chilkat2" bucket is created:
http.SetRequestHeader("Host","chilkat2.s3.amazonaws.com")

http.SetRequestHeader("Authorization",authValue)
http.SetRequestHeader("Date",curDateTime)

xmlResponse = http.xmlRpcPut("http://s3.amazonaws.com/",xml.getXml())
if (xmlResponse == None ):
    print "NULL response"
    print "---"
    #  Failed.  Show the last request header, response header,
    #  and response body.
    print http.lastHeader()
    print "---"
    print http.lastResponseHeader()
    print "---"
    print http.lastErrorText()
else:

    #  Success is indicated by an empty xmlResponse string, and
    #  a response status of 200.
    if (http.get_LastStatus() == 200):
        print "Bucket created!"

        #  Let's check out the response header anyway...
        print http.lastResponseHeader()

    else:
        print "LastStatus: " + http.get_LastStatus()
        print "---"
        #  Failed.  Show the last request header, response header,
        #  and response body.
        print http.lastHeader()
        print "---"
        print http.lastResponseHeader()
        print "---"
        print http.lastErrorText()