(Xojo Plugin) Create S3 Bucket in a Region

Demonstrates how to create an S3 bucket in a specified region. This example will create a bucket in the eu-west-2 region.

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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 New Chilkat.Rest

// Connect to the Amazon AWS REST server.
Dim bTls As Boolean
bTls = True
Dim port As Int32
port = 443
Dim bAutoReconnect As Boolean
bAutoReconnect = True
Dim success As Boolean
success = rest.Connect("s3.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)

// Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
Dim authAws As New Chilkat.AuthAws
authAws.AccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"
authAws.SecretKey = "AWS_SECRET_KEY"
authAws.ServiceName = "s3"
success = rest.SetAuthAws(authAws)

// We'll send a PUT request having an XML body such as this:
// <CreateBucketConfiguration xmlns="http://s3.amazonaws.com/doc/2006-03-01/"> 
//   <LocationConstraint>BucketRegion</LocationConstraint> 
//   </CreateBucketConfiguration>

// Create the XML body specifying the region as "eu-west-2"
Dim xml As New Chilkat.Xml
xml.Tag = "CreateBucketConfiguration"
success = xml.AddAttribute("xmlns","http://s3.amazonaws.com/doc/2006-03-01/")
xml.UpdateChildContent "LocationConstraint","eu-west-2"

// Set the bucket name via the HOST header.
// In this case, the bucket name is "chilkateuwest2".
rest.Host = "chilkateuwest2.s3.amazonaws.com"

// Make the call to create the bucket.
Dim responseStr As String
responseStr = rest.FullRequestString("PUT","/",xml.GetXml())
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    System.DebugLog("status code = " + Str(rest.ResponseStatusCode))
    Dim responseXml As New Chilkat.Xml
    success = responseXml.LoadXml(responseStr)
    System.DebugLog(responseXml.GetXml())
    System.DebugLog("Failed.")
    Return
End If

System.DebugLog("Bucket in the eu-west-2 region created.")