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(Excel) 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.

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

Dim rest As Chilkat.Rest
Set rest = Chilkat.NewRest

' Connect to the Amazon AWS REST server.

bTls = True

port = 443

bAutoReconnect = 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 Chilkat.AuthAws
Set authAws = Chilkat.NewAuthAws
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
    Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Read the response header.

responseStatusCode = rest.ReadResponseHeader()
If (responseStatusCode < 0) Then
    Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print "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

    errResponse = rest.ReadRespBodyString()
    If (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
        Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
    Else
        Debug.Print errResponse
    End If

    Exit Sub
End If

Dim bdBody As Chilkat.BinData
Set bdBody = Chilkat.NewBinData
success = rest.ReadRespBd(bdBody)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

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


 

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