CreateInstance 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 = "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"
' }