CreateLink 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.UpdateInt("Bandwidth.DownloadSpeed",123)
success = json.UpdateInt("Bandwidth.UploadSpeed",123)
success = json.UpdateString("Description","string")
success = json.UpdateString("Provider","string")
success = json.UpdateString("SiteId","string")
success = json.UpdateString("Tags[0].Key","string")
success = json.UpdateString("Tags[0].Value","string")
success = json.UpdateString("Type","string")
' The JSON request body created by the above code:
' {
' "Bandwidth": {
' "DownloadSpeed": number,
' "UploadSpeed": number
' },
' "Description": "string",
' "Provider": "string",
' "SiteId": "string",
' "Tags": [
' {
' "Key": "string",
' "Value": "string"
' }
' ],
' "Type": "string"
' }
success = rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/x-amz-json-1.1")
success = rest.AddHeader("X-Amz-Target","CreateLink")
Dim sbRequestBody As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)
Dim sbResponseBody As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/global-networks/{globalNetworkId}/links",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 DownloadSpeed As Long
DownloadSpeed = jResp.IntOf("Link.Bandwidth.DownloadSpeed")
Dim UploadSpeed As Long
UploadSpeed = jResp.IntOf("Link.Bandwidth.UploadSpeed")
Dim CreatedAt As Long
CreatedAt = jResp.IntOf("Link.CreatedAt")
Dim Description As String
Description = jResp.StringOf("Link.Description")
Dim GlobalNetworkId As String
GlobalNetworkId = jResp.StringOf("Link.GlobalNetworkId")
Dim LinkArn As String
LinkArn = jResp.StringOf("Link.LinkArn")
Dim LinkId As String
LinkId = jResp.StringOf("Link.LinkId")
Dim Provider As String
Provider = jResp.StringOf("Link.Provider")
Dim SiteId As String
SiteId = jResp.StringOf("Link.SiteId")
Dim State As String
State = jResp.StringOf("Link.State")
Dim v_Type As String
v_Type = jResp.StringOf("Link.Type")
Dim i As Long
i = 0
Dim count_i As Long
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("Link.Tags")
Do While i < count_i
jResp.I = i
Key = jResp.StringOf("Link.Tags[i].Key")
Value = jResp.StringOf("Link.Tags[i].Value")
i = i + 1
Loop
' A sample JSON response body parsed by the above code:
' {
' "Link": {
' "Bandwidth": {
' "DownloadSpeed": number,
' "UploadSpeed": number
' },
' "CreatedAt": number,
' "Description": "string",
' "GlobalNetworkId": "string",
' "LinkArn": "string",
' "LinkId": "string",
' "Provider": "string",
' "SiteId": "string",
' "State": "string",
' "Tags": [
' {
' "Key": "string",
' "Value": "string"
' }
' ],
' "Type": "string"
' }
' }