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Upload File with User-Defined Metadata

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Demonstrates how to upload a file with user-defined metadata to the Amazon S3 service.

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Java
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    boolean success = false;

    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();

    // Insert your AWS keys here:
    http.put_AwsAccessKey("AWS_ACCESS_KEY");
    http.put_AwsSecretKey("AWS_SECRET_KEY");

    String bucketName = "chilkat.ocean";
    String objectName = "seahorse.jpg";
    String localFilePath = "qa_data/jpg/seahorse.jpg";
    String contentType = "image/jpg";

    // User-defined metadata are name/value pairs, and are added to the HTTP request header.
    // Header names must begin with "x-amz-meta-" to distinguish them from other HTTP headers.
    // Note that Amazon S3 stores user-defined metadata keys in lowercase.

    // For example, to add genus=Hippocampus, we do this:
    http.SetRequestHeader("x-amz-meta-genus","Hippocampus");

    // Add a few more user-metadata key pairs.
    http.SetRequestHeader("x-amz-meta-species","big-belly seahorse");
    http.SetRequestHeader("x-amz-meta-habitat","shallow tropical and temperate waters");

    success = http.S3_UploadFile(localFilePath,contentType,bucketName,objectName);

    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(http.lastErrorText());
        }
    else {
        System.out.println("File uploaded.");
        }
  }
}