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EC2 Check Instance Status

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Demonstrates how to send a request to check the status of Amazon EC2 instances.

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LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loRest
LOCAL lnBTls
LOCAL lnPort
LOCAL lnBAutoReconnect
LOCAL loAuthAws
LOCAL lcResponseXml
LOCAL loXml

lnSuccess = 0

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

loRest = CreateObject('Chilkat.Rest')

* Connect to the Amazon AWS server.
* such as https://ec2.amazonaws.com/
lnBTls = 1
lnPort = 443
lnBAutoReconnect = 1
lnSuccess = loRest.Connect("ec2.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",lnPort,lnBTls,lnBAutoReconnect)

* Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
loAuthAws = CreateObject('Chilkat.AuthAws')
loAuthAws.AccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"
loAuthAws.SecretKey = "AWS_SECRET_KEY"
* the region should match the region part of the domain passed to the REST connect method (above).
loAuthAws.Region = "us-west-2"
loAuthAws.ServiceName = "ec2"

loRest.SetAuthAws(loAuthAws)

loRest.AddQueryParam("Action","DescribeInstanceStatus")
loRest.AddQueryParam("Version","2016-11-15")

loRest.AddQueryParam("InstanceId.1","i-999719995399c9999")
* If you have additional instances to check, then add them with .2, .3, etc.
loRest.AddQueryParam("InstanceId.2","i-999719995399c0000")
loRest.AddQueryParam("InstanceId.3","i-999719995399c0111")
* ...

* Instead of checking specific instances, you can check all instances by 
* sending the IncludeAllInstances param
loRest.AddQueryParam("IncludeAllInstances","true")

lcResponseXml = loRest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/")
IF (loRest.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loRest.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loRest
    RELEASE loAuthAws
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
IF (loRest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) THEN
    ? "response status code = " + STR(loRest.ResponseStatusCode)
    ? "response status text = " + loRest.ResponseStatusText
    ? "response header: " + loRest.ResponseHeader
    ? "response body: " + lcResponseXml
    RELEASE loRest
    RELEASE loAuthAws
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* Examine the successful XML response.
loXml = CreateObject('Chilkat.Xml')
loXml.LoadXml(lcResponseXml)
? loXml.GetXml()

* Here is a sample response:

* Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample XML: 
* Generate Parsing Code from XML

* <DescribeInstanceStatusResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2016-11-15/">
*     <requestId>3be1508e-c444-4fef-89cc-0b1223c4f02fEXAMPLE</requestId>
*     <instanceStatusSet>
*         <item>
*             <instanceId>i-1234567890abcdef0</instanceId>
*             <availabilityZone>us-east-1d</availabilityZone>
*             <instanceState>
*                 <code>16</code>
*                 <name>running</name>
*             </instanceState>
*             <systemStatus>
*                 <status>impaired</status>
*                 <details>
*                     <item>
*                         <name>reachability</name>
*                         <status>failed</status>
*                         <impairedSince>YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.000Z</impairedSince>
*                     </item>
*                 </details>
*             </systemStatus>
*             <instanceStatus>
*                 <status>impaired</status>
*                 <details>
*                     <item>
*                         <name>reachability</name>
*                         <status>failed</status>
*                         <impairedSince>YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.000Z</impairedSince>
*                     </item>
*                 </details>
*             </instanceStatus>
*             <eventsSet>
*               <item>
*                 <code>instance-retirement</code>
*                 <description>The instance is running on degraded hardware</description>
*                 <notBefore>YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+0000</notBefore>
*                 <notAfter>YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+0000</notAfter>
*               </item>
*             </eventsSet>
*         </item>
*         <item>
*             <instanceId>i-0598c7d356eba48d7</instanceId>
*             <availabilityZone>us-east-1d</availabilityZone>
*             <instanceState>
*                 <code>16</code>
*                 <name>running</name>
*             </instanceState>
*             <systemStatus>
*                 <status>ok</status>
*                 <details>
*                     <item>
*                         <name>reachability</name>
*                         <status>passed</status>
*                     </item>
*                 </details>
*             </systemStatus>
*             <instanceStatus>
*                 <status>ok</status>
*                 <details>
*                     <item>
*                         <name>reachability</name>
*                         <status>passed</status>
*                     </item>
*                 </details>
*             </instanceStatus>
*             <eventsSet>
*               <item>
*                 <code>instance-reboot</code>
*                 <description>The instance is scheduled for a reboot</description>
*                 <notBefore>YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+0000</notBefore>
*                 <notAfter>YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+0000</notAfter>
*               </item>
*             </eventsSet>
*         </item>
*         <item>
*             <instanceId>i-0987654321abcdef0</instanceId>
*             <availabilityZone>us-east-1d</availabilityZone>
*             <instanceState>
*                 <code>16</code>
*                 <name>running</name>
*             </instanceState>
*             <systemStatus>
*                 <status>ok</status>
*                 <details>
*                     <item>
*                         <name>reachability</name>
*                         <status>passed</status>
*                     </item>
*                 </details>
*             </systemStatus>
*             <instanceStatus>
*                 <status>ok</status>
*                 <details>
*                     <item>
*                         <name>reachability</name>
*                         <status>passed</status>
*                     </item>
*                 </details>
*             </instanceStatus>
*         </item>
*         <item>
*             <instanceId>i-0598c7d356eba48d8</instanceId>
*             <availabilityZone>us-east-1d</availabilityZone>
*             <instanceState>
*                 <code>16</code>
*                 <name>running</name>
*             </instanceState>
*             <systemStatus>
*                 <status>ok</status>
*                 <details>
*                     <item>
*                         <name>reachability</name>
*                         <status>passed</status>
*                     </item>
*                 </details>
*             </systemStatus>
*             <instanceStatus>
*                 <status>insufficient-data</status>
*                 <details>
*                     <item>
*                         <name>reachability</name>
*                         <status>insufficient-data</status>
*                     </item>
*                 </details>
*             </instanceStatus>
*          </item>
*     </instanceStatusSet>
* </DescribeInstanceStatusResponse>

RELEASE loRest
RELEASE loAuthAws
RELEASE loXml