DescribeChannel VB6 Example
' This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
Dim rest As New ChilkatRest
Dim success As Long
Dim authAws As New ChilkatAuthAws
authAws.AccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"
authAws.SecretKey = "AWS_SECRET_KEY"
' Don't forget to change the region to your particular region. (Also make the same change in the call to Connect below.)
authAws.Region = "us-west-2"
authAws.ServiceName = "iotanalytics"
' SetAuthAws causes Chilkat to automatically add the following headers: Authorization, X-Amz-Date
success = rest.SetAuthAws(authAws)
' URL: https://iotanalytics.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
' Use the same region as specified above.
success = rest.Connect("iotanalytics.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",443,1,1)
If (success <> 1) Then
Debug.Print "ConnectFailReason: " & rest.ConnectFailReason
Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
Exit Sub
End If
success = rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/x-amz-json-1.1")
success = rest.AddHeader("X-Amz-Target","DescribeChannel")
Dim sbResponseBody As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = rest.FullRequestNoBodySb("GET","/channels/{channelName}",sbResponseBody)
If (success <> 1) Then
Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
Exit Sub
End If
Dim respStatusCode As Long
respStatusCode = rest.ResponseStatusCode
Debug.Print "response status code = " & respStatusCode
If (respStatusCode <> 200) Then
Debug.Print "Response Header:"
Debug.Print rest.ResponseHeader
Debug.Print "Response Body:"
Debug.Print sbResponseBody.GetAsString()
Exit Sub
End If
Dim jResp As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
' The following code parses the JSON response.
' A sample JSON response is shown below the sample code.
' Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
' Generate Parsing Code from JSON
Dim Arn As String
Arn = jResp.StringOf("channel.arn")
Dim CreationTime As Long
CreationTime = jResp.IntOf("channel.creationTime")
Dim LastMessageArrivalTime As Long
LastMessageArrivalTime = jResp.IntOf("channel.lastMessageArrivalTime")
Dim LastUpdateTime As Long
LastUpdateTime = jResp.IntOf("channel.lastUpdateTime")
Dim Name As String
Name = jResp.StringOf("channel.name")
Dim NumberOfDays As Long
NumberOfDays = jResp.IntOf("channel.retentionPeriod.numberOfDays")
Dim Unlimited As Long
Unlimited = jResp.IntOf("channel.retentionPeriod.unlimited")
Dim Status As String
Status = jResp.StringOf("channel.status")
Dim Bucket As String
Bucket = jResp.StringOf("channel.storage.customerManagedS3.bucket")
Dim KeyPrefix As String
KeyPrefix = jResp.StringOf("channel.storage.customerManagedS3.keyPrefix")
Dim RoleArn As String
RoleArn = jResp.StringOf("channel.storage.customerManagedS3.roleArn")
Dim EstimatedOn As Long
EstimatedOn = jResp.IntOf("statistics.size.estimatedOn")
Dim EstimatedSizeInBytes As Long
EstimatedSizeInBytes = jResp.IntOf("statistics.size.estimatedSizeInBytes")
' A sample JSON response body parsed by the above code:
' {
' "channel": {
' "arn": "string",
' "creationTime": number,
' "lastMessageArrivalTime": number,
' "lastUpdateTime": number,
' "name": "string",
' "retentionPeriod": {
' "numberOfDays": number,
' "unlimited": boolean
' },
' "status": "string",
' "storage": {
' "customerManagedS3": {
' "bucket": "string",
' "keyPrefix": "string",
' "roleArn": "string"
' },
' "serviceManagedS3": {}
' }
' },
' "statistics": {
' "size": {
' "estimatedOn": number,
' "estimatedSizeInBytes": number
' }
' }
' }