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REST Read Binary Response into BinData Object (Amazon S3)

Demonstrates how to make a REST call that returns a binary response body. This example is valid for files that fit in memory. The example shows how to download a JPG from the Amazon S3 service. B4X

Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim rest As ChilkatRest
rest.Initialize("rest")

'  Connect to the Amazon AWS REST server.
Dim bTls As Boolean = True
Dim port As Int = 443
Dim bAutoReconnect As Boolean = True
success = rest.Connect("s3.amazonaws.com", port, bTls, bAutoReconnect)

'  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
'  Important: For buckets created in regions outside us-east-1,
'  there are three important changes that need to be made.
'  See Working with S3 Buckets in Non-us-east-1 Regions for the details.
'  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

'  Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
Dim authAws As ChilkatAuthAws
authAws.Initialize
authAws.AccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"
authAws.SecretKey = "AWS_SECRET_KEY"
authAws.ServiceName = "s3"
success = rest.SetAuthAws(authAws)

'  Set the bucket name via the HOST header.
'  In this case, the bucket name is "chilkat100".
rest.Host = "chilkat100.s3.amazonaws.com"

'  Send the request to download the JPG.
success = rest.SendReqNoBody("GET", "/starfish.jpg")
If success <> True Then
    Log(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Read the response header.
Dim responseStatusCode As Int = rest.ReadResponseHeader
If responseStatusCode < 0 Then
    Log(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


Log("Response status code = " & responseStatusCode)

'  We expect a 200 response status if the JPG data is coming.
'  Otherwise, we'll get a string response body with an error message(or no response body).
If responseStatusCode <> 200 Then
    Dim errResponse As String = rest.ReadRespBodyString
    If rest.LastMethodSuccess <> True Then
        Log(rest.LastErrorText)
    Else
        Log(errResponse)
    End If

    Return
End If


Dim bdBody As ChilkatBinData
bdBody.Initialize
success = rest.ReadRespBd(bdBody)
If success = False Then
    Log(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Save the contents of the response body to a file.
success = bdBody.WriteFile("qa_output/starfish.jpg")
If success = True Then
    Log("Success")
Else
    Log("Failed to write file.")
End If