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S3 List Buckets using an STS Session Token

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This is an example showing how to use an STS session token in an Amazon AWS request. This example will list S3 buckets using a previously obtained session token.

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#include <CkXml.h>
#include <CkRest.h>
#include <CkAuthAws.h>
#include <CkStringBuilder.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

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

    // See Get AWS STS Session Token for sample code to get the session token XML.
    CkXml xmlToken;
    success = xmlToken.LoadXmlFile("qa_data/tokens/aws_session_token.xml");
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << xmlToken.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    CkRest rest;

    // Connect to the Amazon AWS REST server.
    bool bTls = true;
    int port = 443;
    bool bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect("s3.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);

    // Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
    CkAuthAws authAws;

    // The purpose of this example is to show how to use the temporary AccessKeyId, SecretAccessKey, and SessionToken.
    authAws.put_AccessKey(xmlToken.getChildContent("GetSessionTokenResult|Credentials|AccessKeyId"));
    authAws.put_SecretKey(xmlToken.getChildContent("GetSessionTokenResult|Credentials|SecretAccessKey"));
    authAws.put_ServiceName("s3");
    success = rest.SetAuthAws(authAws);

    rest.AddQueryParam("X-Amz-Security-Token",xmlToken.getChildContent("GetSessionTokenResult|Credentials|SessionToken"));

    CkStringBuilder sbResponse;
    success = rest.FullRequestNoBodySb("GET","/",sbResponse);
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << rest.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    int statusCode = rest.get_ResponseStatusCode();
    std::cout << "Response status code = " << statusCode << "\r\n";

    CkXml xml;
    xml.LoadSb(sbResponse,true);
    std::cout << xml.getXml() << "\r\n";

    if (statusCode != 200) {
        std::cout << "Failed.  See error information in the XML." << "\r\n";
        return;
    }
    }