VB.NET

Amazon S3 Download String from Bucket in Region

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Demonstrates how to download a text file (i.e. object) from an S3 bucket NOT in the us-east-1 region. VB.NET

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

Dim http As New Chilkat.Http

' Insert your access key here:
http.AwsAccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"

' Insert your secret key here:
http.AwsSecretKey = "AWS_SECRET_KEY"

' This bucket is in the eu-central-1 region.
http.AwsRegion = "eu-central-1"

Dim bucketName As String = "chilkateufrankfurt"

Dim objectName As String = "fruit.xml"

Dim charset As String = "utf-8"

Dim fileContents As String
fileContents = http.S3_DownloadString(bucketName,objectName,charset)

If (http.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    ' Failed
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
Else
    ' Success
    Debug.WriteLine(fileContents)
End If