VB.NET 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>'

VB.NET Example

Dim rest As New Chilkat.Rest
Dim success As Boolean

Dim authAws As New Chilkat.AuthAws
authAws.AccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"
authAws.SecretKey = "AWS_SECRET_KEY"
authAws.Region = "us-east-1"
authAws.ServiceName = "s3"
rest.SetAuthAws(authAws)

'  URL: https://chilkat100.s3.amazonaws.com/starfish.jpg?tagging
Dim bTls As Boolean = True
Dim port As Integer = 443
Dim bAutoReconnect As Boolean = True
success = rest.Connect("chilkat100.s3.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("ConnectFailReason: " & rest.ConnectFailReason)
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


'  See the Online Tool for Generating XML Creation Code
Dim xml As New Chilkat.Xml
xml.Tag = "Tagging"
xml.UpdateChildContent("TagSet|Tag|Key","animal")
xml.UpdateChildContent("TagSet|Tag|Value","starfish")


Dim sbRequestBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
xml.GetXmlSb(sbRequestBody)
Dim sbResponseBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = rest.FullRequestSb("PUT","/starfish.jpg?tagging",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody)
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim respStatusCode As Integer = rest.ResponseStatusCode
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode)
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:")
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.ResponseHeader)
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:")
    Debug.WriteLine(sbResponseBody.GetAsString())
    Exit Sub
End If