CreateConnection 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 = "networkmanager"
' SetAuthAws causes Chilkat to automatically add the following headers: Authorization, X-Amz-Date
success = rest.SetAuthAws(authAws)
' URL: https://networkmanager.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
' Use the same region as specified above.
success = rest.Connect("networkmanager.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.UpdateString("ConnectedDeviceId","string")
success = json.UpdateString("ConnectedLinkId","string")
success = json.UpdateString("Description","string")
success = json.UpdateString("DeviceId","string")
success = json.UpdateString("LinkId","string")
success = json.UpdateString("Tags[0].Key","string")
success = json.UpdateString("Tags[0].Value","string")
' The JSON request body created by the above code:
' {
' "ConnectedDeviceId": "string",
' "ConnectedLinkId": "string",
' "Description": "string",
' "DeviceId": "string",
' "LinkId": "string",
' "Tags": [
' {
' "Key": "string",
' "Value": "string"
' }
' ]
' }
success = rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/x-amz-json-1.1")
success = rest.AddHeader("X-Amz-Target","CreateConnection")
Dim sbRequestBody As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)
Dim sbResponseBody As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/global-networks/{globalNetworkId}/connections",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 ConnectedDeviceId As String
ConnectedDeviceId = jResp.StringOf("Connection.ConnectedDeviceId")
Dim ConnectedLinkId As String
ConnectedLinkId = jResp.StringOf("Connection.ConnectedLinkId")
Dim ConnectionArn As String
ConnectionArn = jResp.StringOf("Connection.ConnectionArn")
Dim ConnectionId As String
ConnectionId = jResp.StringOf("Connection.ConnectionId")
Dim CreatedAt As Long
CreatedAt = jResp.IntOf("Connection.CreatedAt")
Dim Description As String
Description = jResp.StringOf("Connection.Description")
Dim DeviceId As String
DeviceId = jResp.StringOf("Connection.DeviceId")
Dim GlobalNetworkId As String
GlobalNetworkId = jResp.StringOf("Connection.GlobalNetworkId")
Dim LinkId As String
LinkId = jResp.StringOf("Connection.LinkId")
Dim State As String
State = jResp.StringOf("Connection.State")
Dim i As Long
i = 0
Dim count_i As Long
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("Connection.Tags")
Do While i < count_i
jResp.I = i
Key = jResp.StringOf("Connection.Tags[i].Key")
Value = jResp.StringOf("Connection.Tags[i].Value")
i = i + 1
Loop
' A sample JSON response body parsed by the above code:
' {
' "Connection": {
' "ConnectedDeviceId": "string",
' "ConnectedLinkId": "string",
' "ConnectionArn": "string",
' "ConnectionId": "string",
' "CreatedAt": number,
' "Description": "string",
' "DeviceId": "string",
' "GlobalNetworkId": "string",
' "LinkId": "string",
' "State": "string",
' "Tags": [
' {
' "Key": "string",
' "Value": "string"
' }
' ]
' }
' }