CreateStack 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("Attributes.string","string")
success = json.UpdateString("ChefConfiguration.BerkshelfVersion","string")
success = json.UpdateInt("ChefConfiguration.ManageBerkshelf",123)
success = json.UpdateString("ConfigurationManager.Name","string")
success = json.UpdateString("ConfigurationManager.Version","string")
success = json.UpdateString("CustomCookbooksSource.Password","string")
success = json.UpdateString("CustomCookbooksSource.Revision","string")
success = json.UpdateString("CustomCookbooksSource.SshKey","string")
success = json.UpdateString("CustomCookbooksSource.Type","string")
success = json.UpdateString("CustomCookbooksSource.Url","string")
success = json.UpdateString("CustomCookbooksSource.Username","string")
success = json.UpdateString("CustomJson","string")
success = json.UpdateString("DefaultAvailabilityZone","string")
success = json.UpdateString("DefaultInstanceProfileArn","string")
success = json.UpdateString("DefaultOs","string")
success = json.UpdateString("DefaultRootDeviceType","string")
success = json.UpdateString("DefaultSshKeyName","string")
success = json.UpdateString("DefaultSubnetId","string")
success = json.UpdateString("HostnameTheme","string")
success = json.UpdateString("Name","string")
success = json.UpdateString("Region","string")
success = json.UpdateString("ServiceRoleArn","string")
success = json.UpdateInt("UseCustomCookbooks",123)
success = json.UpdateInt("UseOpsworksSecurityGroups",123)
success = json.UpdateString("VpcId","string")
' The JSON request body created by the above code:
' {
' "AgentVersion": "string",
' "Attributes": {
' "string": "string"
' },
' "ChefConfiguration": {
' "BerkshelfVersion": "string",
' "ManageBerkshelf": boolean
' },
' "ConfigurationManager": {
' "Name": "string",
' "Version": "string"
' },
' "CustomCookbooksSource": {
' "Password": "string",
' "Revision": "string",
' "SshKey": "string",
' "Type": "string",
' "Url": "string",
' "Username": "string"
' },
' "CustomJson": "string",
' "DefaultAvailabilityZone": "string",
' "DefaultInstanceProfileArn": "string",
' "DefaultOs": "string",
' "DefaultRootDeviceType": "string",
' "DefaultSshKeyName": "string",
' "DefaultSubnetId": "string",
' "HostnameTheme": "string",
' "Name": "string",
' "Region": "string",
' "ServiceRoleArn": "string",
' "UseCustomCookbooks": boolean,
' "UseOpsworksSecurityGroups": boolean,
' "VpcId": "string"
' }
success = rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/x-amz-json-1.1")
success = rest.AddHeader("X-Amz-Target","OpsWorks_20130218.CreateStack")
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 StackId As String
StackId = jResp.StringOf("StackId")
' A sample JSON response body parsed by the above code:
' {
' "StackId": "string"
' }