CreateFirewall 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 = "network-firewall"
' SetAuthAws causes Chilkat to automatically add the following headers: Authorization, X-Amz-Date
success = rest.SetAuthAws(authAws)
' URL: https://network-firewall.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
' Use the same region as specified above.
success = rest.Connect("network-firewall.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
' The following code creates the JSON request body.
' The JSON created by this code is shown below.
' Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON:
' Generate Code to Create JSON
Dim json As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = json.UpdateInt("DeleteProtection",123)
success = json.UpdateString("Description","string")
success = json.UpdateString("EncryptionConfiguration.KeyId","string")
success = json.UpdateString("EncryptionConfiguration.Type","string")
success = json.UpdateString("FirewallName","string")
success = json.UpdateString("FirewallPolicyArn","string")
success = json.UpdateInt("FirewallPolicyChangeProtection",123)
success = json.UpdateInt("SubnetChangeProtection",123)
success = json.UpdateString("SubnetMappings[0].SubnetId","string")
success = json.UpdateString("Tags[0].Key","string")
success = json.UpdateString("Tags[0].Value","string")
success = json.UpdateString("VpcId","string")
' The JSON request body created by the above code:
' {
' "DeleteProtection": boolean,
' "Description": "string",
' "EncryptionConfiguration": {
' "KeyId": "string",
' "Type": "string"
' },
' "FirewallName": "string",
' "FirewallPolicyArn": "string",
' "FirewallPolicyChangeProtection": boolean,
' "SubnetChangeProtection": boolean,
' "SubnetMappings": [
' {
' "SubnetId": "string"
' }
' ],
' "Tags": [
' {
' "Key": "string",
' "Value": "string"
' }
' ],
' "VpcId": "string"
' }
success = rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/x-amz-json-1.0")
success = rest.AddHeader("X-Amz-Target","NetworkFirewall_20201112.CreateFirewall")
Dim sbRequestBody As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)
Dim sbResponseBody As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/",sbRequestBody,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 Key As String
Dim Value As String
Dim DeleteProtection As Long
DeleteProtection = jResp.IntOf("Firewall.DeleteProtection")
Dim Description As String
Description = jResp.StringOf("Firewall.Description")
Dim KeyId As String
KeyId = jResp.StringOf("Firewall.EncryptionConfiguration.KeyId")
Dim v_Type As String
v_Type = jResp.StringOf("Firewall.EncryptionConfiguration.Type")
Dim FirewallArn As String
FirewallArn = jResp.StringOf("Firewall.FirewallArn")
Dim FirewallId As String
FirewallId = jResp.StringOf("Firewall.FirewallId")
Dim FirewallName As String
FirewallName = jResp.StringOf("Firewall.FirewallName")
Dim FirewallPolicyArn As String
FirewallPolicyArn = jResp.StringOf("Firewall.FirewallPolicyArn")
Dim FirewallPolicyChangeProtection As Long
FirewallPolicyChangeProtection = jResp.IntOf("Firewall.FirewallPolicyChangeProtection")
Dim SubnetChangeProtection As Long
SubnetChangeProtection = jResp.IntOf("Firewall.SubnetChangeProtection")
Dim VpcId As String
VpcId = jResp.StringOf("Firewall.VpcId")
Dim ConfigurationSyncStateSummary As String
ConfigurationSyncStateSummary = jResp.StringOf("FirewallStatus.ConfigurationSyncStateSummary")
Dim Status As String
Status = jResp.StringOf("FirewallStatus.Status")
Dim EndpointId As String
EndpointId = jResp.StringOf("FirewallStatus.SyncStates.string.Attachment.EndpointId")
Dim AttachmentStatus As String
AttachmentStatus = jResp.StringOf("FirewallStatus.SyncStates.string.Attachment.Status")
Dim SubnetId As String
SubnetId = jResp.StringOf("FirewallStatus.SyncStates.string.Attachment.SubnetId")
Dim SyncStatus As String
SyncStatus = jResp.StringOf("FirewallStatus.SyncStates.string.Config.string.SyncStatus")
Dim UpdateToken As String
UpdateToken = jResp.StringOf("FirewallStatus.SyncStates.string.Config.string.UpdateToken")
Dim i As Long
i = 0
Dim count_i As Long
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("Firewall.SubnetMappings")
Do While i < count_i
jResp.I = i
SubnetId = jResp.StringOf("Firewall.SubnetMappings[i].SubnetId")
i = i + 1
Loop
i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("Firewall.Tags")
Do While i < count_i
jResp.I = i
Key = jResp.StringOf("Firewall.Tags[i].Key")
Value = jResp.StringOf("Firewall.Tags[i].Value")
i = i + 1
Loop
' A sample JSON response body parsed by the above code:
' {
' "Firewall": {
' "DeleteProtection": boolean,
' "Description": "string",
' "EncryptionConfiguration": {
' "KeyId": "string",
' "Type": "string"
' },
' "FirewallArn": "string",
' "FirewallId": "string",
' "FirewallName": "string",
' "FirewallPolicyArn": "string",
' "FirewallPolicyChangeProtection": boolean,
' "SubnetChangeProtection": boolean,
' "SubnetMappings": [
' {
' "SubnetId": "string"
' }
' ],
' "Tags": [
' {
' "Key": "string",
' "Value": "string"
' }
' ],
' "VpcId": "string"
' },
' "FirewallStatus": {
' "ConfigurationSyncStateSummary": "string",
' "Status": "string",
' "SyncStates": {
' "string": {
' "Attachment": {
' "EndpointId": "string",
' "Status": "string",
' "SubnetId": "string"
' },
' "Config": {
' "string": {
' "SyncStatus": "string",
' "UpdateToken": "string"
' }
' }
' }
' }
' }
' }
