Chilkat Online Tools

CreateInstance VB6 Example

AWS OpsWorks

' 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 = "opsworks"
' SetAuthAws causes Chilkat to automatically add the following headers: Authorization, X-Amz-Date
success = rest.SetAuthAws(authAws)

' URL: https://opsworks.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
' Use the same region as specified above.
success = rest.Connect("opsworks.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("AgentVersion","string")
success = json.UpdateString("AmiId","string")
success = json.UpdateString("Architecture","string")
success = json.UpdateString("AutoScalingType","string")
success = json.UpdateString("AvailabilityZone","string")
success = json.UpdateString("BlockDeviceMappings[0].DeviceName","string")
success = json.UpdateInt("BlockDeviceMappings[0].Ebs.DeleteOnTermination",123)
success = json.UpdateInt("BlockDeviceMappings[0].Ebs.Iops",123)
success = json.UpdateString("BlockDeviceMappings[0].Ebs.SnapshotId","string")
success = json.UpdateInt("BlockDeviceMappings[0].Ebs.VolumeSize",123)
success = json.UpdateString("BlockDeviceMappings[0].Ebs.VolumeType","string")
success = json.UpdateString("BlockDeviceMappings[0].NoDevice","string")
success = json.UpdateString("BlockDeviceMappings[0].VirtualName","string")
success = json.UpdateInt("EbsOptimized",123)
success = json.UpdateString("Hostname","string")
success = json.UpdateInt("InstallUpdatesOnBoot",123)
success = json.UpdateString("InstanceType","string")
success = json.UpdateString("LayerIds[0]","string")
success = json.UpdateString("Os","string")
success = json.UpdateString("RootDeviceType","string")
success = json.UpdateString("SshKeyName","string")
success = json.UpdateString("StackId","string")
success = json.UpdateString("SubnetId","string")
success = json.UpdateString("Tenancy","string")
success = json.UpdateString("VirtualizationType","string")

' The JSON request body created by the above code:

' {
'   "AgentVersion": "string",
'   "AmiId": "string",
'   "Architecture": "string",
'   "AutoScalingType": "string",
'   "AvailabilityZone": "string",
'   "BlockDeviceMappings": [
'     {
'       "DeviceName": "string",
'       "Ebs": {
'         "DeleteOnTermination": boolean,
'         "Iops": number,
'         "SnapshotId": "string",
'         "VolumeSize": number,
'         "VolumeType": "string"
'       },
'       "NoDevice": "string",
'       "VirtualName": "string"
'     }
'   ],
'   "EbsOptimized": boolean,
'   "Hostname": "string",
'   "InstallUpdatesOnBoot": boolean,
'   "InstanceType": "string",
'   "LayerIds": [
'     "string"
'   ],
'   "Os": "string",
'   "RootDeviceType": "string",
'   "SshKeyName": "string",
'   "StackId": "string",
'   "SubnetId": "string",
'   "Tenancy": "string",
'   "VirtualizationType": "string"
' }

success = rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/x-amz-json-1.1")
success = rest.AddHeader("X-Amz-Target","OpsWorks_20130218.CreateInstance")

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 InstanceId As String
InstanceId = jResp.StringOf("InstanceId")

' A sample JSON response body parsed by the above code:

' {
'   "InstanceId": "string"
' }