C++ AWS S3: Add a Set of Tags to an S3 Object

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Adds a set of tags to an existing S3 object. This example adds tags to the object named "starfish.jpg" located in the bucket "chilkat100".

Documentation: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/RESTObjectPUTtagging.html

CURL Command

curl -X PUT https://chilkat100.s3.amazonaws.com/starfish.jpg?tagging \
  -d '<Tagging>
  <TagSet>
     <Tag>
       <Key>animal</Key>
       <Value>starfish</Value>
     </Tag>
  </TagSet>
</Tagging>'

C++ Example

#include <CkRest.h>
#include <CkAuthAws.h>
#include <CkXml.h>
#include <CkStringBuilder.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkRest rest;
    bool success;

    CkAuthAws authAws;
    authAws.put_AccessKey("AWS_ACCESS_KEY");
    authAws.put_SecretKey("AWS_SECRET_KEY");
    authAws.put_Region("us-east-1");
    authAws.put_ServiceName("s3");
    rest.SetAuthAws(authAws);

    //  URL: https://chilkat100.s3.amazonaws.com/starfish.jpg?tagging
    bool bTls = true;
    int port = 443;
    bool bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect("chilkat100.s3.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << "ConnectFailReason: " << rest.get_ConnectFailReason() << "\r\n";
        std::cout << rest.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    //  See the Online Tool for Generating XML Creation Code
    CkXml xml;
    xml.put_Tag("Tagging");
    xml.UpdateChildContent("TagSet|Tag|Key","animal");
    xml.UpdateChildContent("TagSet|Tag|Value","starfish");

    CkStringBuilder sbRequestBody;
    xml.GetXmlSb(sbRequestBody);
    CkStringBuilder sbResponseBody;
    success = rest.FullRequestSb("PUT","/starfish.jpg?tagging",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody);
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << rest.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    int respStatusCode = rest.get_ResponseStatusCode();
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        std::cout << "Response Status Code = " << respStatusCode << "\r\n";
        std::cout << "Response Header:" << "\r\n";
        std::cout << rest.responseHeader() << "\r\n";
        std::cout << "Response Body:" << "\r\n";
        std::cout << sbResponseBody.getAsString() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }
    }