Chilkat Online Tools

StartSnapshot VBScript Example

Amazon Elastic Block Store

Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True)

' This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

set rest = CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Rest")

set authAws = CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.AuthAws")
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 = "ebs"
' SetAuthAws causes Chilkat to automatically add the following headers: Authorization, X-Amz-Date
success = rest.SetAuthAws(authAws)

' URL: https://ebs.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
' Use the same region as specified above.
success = rest.Connect("ebs.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",443,1,1)
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine("ConnectFailReason: " & rest.ConnectFailReason)
    outFile.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
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

set json = CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
success = json.UpdateString("ClientToken","string")
success = json.UpdateString("Description","string")
success = json.UpdateInt("Encrypted",123)
success = json.UpdateString("KmsKeyArn","string")
success = json.UpdateString("ParentSnapshotId","string")
success = json.UpdateString("Tags[0].Key","string")
success = json.UpdateString("Tags[0].Value","string")
success = json.UpdateInt("Timeout",123)
success = json.UpdateInt("VolumeSize",123)

' The JSON request body created by the above code:

' {
'   "ClientToken": "string",
'   "Description": "string",
'   "Encrypted": boolean,
'   "KmsKeyArn": "string",
'   "ParentSnapshotId": "string",
'   "Tags": [
'     {
'       "Key": "string",
'       "Value": "string"
'     }
'   ],
'   "Timeout": number,
'   "VolumeSize": number
' }

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

set sbRequestBody = CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder")
success = json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)
set sbResponseBody = CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder")
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/snapshots",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody)
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

respStatusCode = rest.ResponseStatusCode
outFile.WriteLine("response status code = " & respStatusCode)
If (respStatusCode <> 200) Then
    outFile.WriteLine("Response Header:")
    outFile.WriteLine(rest.ResponseHeader)
    outFile.WriteLine("Response Body:")
    outFile.WriteLine(sbResponseBody.GetAsString())
    WScript.Quit
End If

set jResp = CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
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

BlockSize = jResp.IntOf("BlockSize")
Description = jResp.StringOf("Description")
KmsKeyArn = jResp.StringOf("KmsKeyArn")
OwnerId = jResp.StringOf("OwnerId")
ParentSnapshotId = jResp.StringOf("ParentSnapshotId")
SnapshotId = jResp.StringOf("SnapshotId")
StartTime = jResp.IntOf("StartTime")
Status = jResp.StringOf("Status")
VolumeSize = jResp.IntOf("VolumeSize")
i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("Tags")
Do While i < count_i
    jResp.I = i
    Key = jResp.StringOf("Tags[i].Key")
    Value = jResp.StringOf("Tags[i].Value")
    i = i + 1
Loop

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

' {
'   "BlockSize": number,
'   "Description": "string",
'   "KmsKeyArn": "string",
'   "OwnerId": "string",
'   "ParentSnapshotId": "string",
'   "SnapshotId": "string",
'   "StartTime": number,
'   "Status": "string",
'   "Tags": [
'     {
'       "Key": "string",
'       "Value": "string"
'     }
'   ],
'   "VolumeSize": number
' }

outFile.Close