(Python) 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.

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import sys
import chilkat

http = chilkat.CkHttp()

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

#  Insert your access key here:
http.put_AwsAccessKey("ABQXXABC83ABCDEFVQXX")

#  Insert your secret key here:
http.put_AwsSecretKey("XXXXYYYYabcdABCD12345678xxxxyyyyzzzz")

bucketName = "chilkattestbucket"

objectName = "contacts.xml"

charset = "utf-8"

fileContents = http.s3_DownloadString(bucketName,objectName,charset)

if (fileContents == None ):
    #  Failed
    print http.lastErrorText()
else:
    #  Success
    print fileContents