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REST Upload String

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Example to upload the contents of a string to the Amazon S3 service.

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

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

$rest = new CkRest();

// 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.
$authAws = new CkAuthAws();
$authAws->put_AccessKey('AWS_ACCESS_KEY');
$authAws->put_SecretKey('AWS_SECRET_KEY');
$authAws->put_ServiceName('s3');
$success = $rest->SetAuthAws($authAws);

// Set the bucket name via the HOST header.
// In this case, the bucket name is "chilkat100".
$rest->put_Host('chilkat100.s3.amazonaws.com');

// Load a text file into memory.
$fac = new CkFileAccess();
$fileContents = $fac->readEntireTextFile('qa_data/xml/hamlet.xml','utf-8');
if ($fac->get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
    print $fac->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// To send the file in gzip or deflate compressed format, set the Content-Encoding request
// header to "gzip" or "deflate".  (this is optional)
$success = $rest->AddHeader('Content-Encoding','gzip');

// Indicate the Content-Type of our upload.  (This is optional)
$success = $rest->AddHeader('Content-Type','text/xml');

// We can add an "Expect: 100-continue" header so that if the request is rejected
// by the server immediately after receiving the request header, it can respond
// and the client (Chilkat) can avoid sending the file data.
// (this is optional)
$success = $rest->AddHeader('Expect','100-continue');

// Upload the file to Amazon S3.
$responseBodyStr = $rest->fullRequestString('PUT','/hamlet_play.xml',$fileContents);
if ($rest->get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Did we get a 200 response indicating success?
$statusCode = $rest->get_ResponseStatusCode();
if ($statusCode != 200) {
    print 'Error response: ' . $responseBodyStr . "\n";
    print 'Status code: ' . $statusCode . ', Status text: ' . $rest->responseStatusText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'File successfully uploaded.' . "\n";

?>