_region = $region;
        parent::__construct($accessKey, $secretKey);
    }
    /**
     * Set which region you are working in.  It will append the
     * end point automaticly
     *
     * @param string $region
     */
    public static function setRegion($region)
    {
        if(in_array(strtolower($region), self::$_validEc2Regions, true)) {
            self::$_defaultRegion = $region;
        } else {
            require_once 'Zend/Service/Amazon/Exception.php';
            throw new Zend_Service_Amazon_Exception('Invalid Amazon Ec2 Region');
        }
    }
    /**
     * Method to fetch the AWS Region
     *
     * @return string
     */
    protected function _getRegion()
    {
        return (!empty($this->_region)) ? $this->_region . '.' : '';
    }
    /**
     * Sends a HTTP request to the queue service using Zend_Http_Client
     *
     * @param array $params         List of parameters to send with the request
     * @return Zend_Service_Amazon_Ec2_Response
     * @throws Zend_Service_Amazon_Ec2_Exception
     */
    protected function sendRequest(array $params = array())
    {
        $url = 'https://' . $this->_getRegion() . $this->_ec2Endpoint . '/';
        $params = $this->addRequiredParameters($params);
        try {
            /* @var $request Zend_Http_Client */
            $request = self::getHttpClient();
            $request->resetParameters();
            $request->setConfig(array(
                'timeout' => $this->_httpTimeout
            ));
            $request->setUri($url);
            $request->setMethod(Zend_Http_Client::POST);
            $request->setParameterPost($params);
            $httpResponse = $request->request();
        } catch (Zend_Http_Client_Exception $zhce) {
            $message = 'Error in request to AWS service: ' . $zhce->getMessage();
            throw new Zend_Service_Amazon_Ec2_Exception($message, $zhce->getCode(), $zhce);
        }
        $response = new Zend_Service_Amazon_Ec2_Response($httpResponse);
        $this->checkForErrors($response);
        return $response;
    }
    /**
     * Adds required authentication and version parameters to an array of
     * parameters
     *
     * The required parameters are:
     * - AWSAccessKey
     * - SignatureVersion
     * - Timestamp
     * - Version and
     * - Signature
     *
     * If a required parameter is already set in the $parameters array,
     * it is overwritten.
     *
     * @param array $parameters the array to which to add the required
     *                          parameters.
     *
     * @return array
     */
    protected function addRequiredParameters(array $parameters)
    {
        $parameters['AWSAccessKeyId']   = $this->_getAccessKey();
        $parameters['SignatureVersion'] = $this->_ec2SignatureVersion;
        $parameters['Timestamp']        = gmdate('Y-m-d\TH:i:s\Z');
        $parameters['Version']          = $this->_ec2ApiVersion;
        $parameters['SignatureMethod']  = $this->_ec2SignatureMethod;
        $parameters['Signature']        = $this->signParameters($parameters);
        return $parameters;
    }
    /**
     * Computes the RFC 2104-compliant HMAC signature for request parameters
     *
     * This implements the Amazon Web Services signature, as per the following
     * specification:
     *
     * 1. Sort all request parameters (including SignatureVersion and
     *    excluding Signature, the value of which is being created),
     *    ignoring case.
     *
     * 2. Iterate over the sorted list and append the parameter name (in its
     *    original case) and then its value. Do not URL-encode the parameter
     *    values before constructing this string. Do not use any separator
     *    characters when appending strings.
     *
     * @param array  $parameters the parameters for which to get the signature.
     * @param string $secretKey  the secret key to use to sign the parameters.
     *
     * @return string the signed data.
     */
    protected function signParameters(array $paramaters)
    {
        $data = "POST\n";
        $data .= $this->_getRegion() . $this->_ec2Endpoint . "\n";
        $data .= "/\n";
        uksort($paramaters, 'strcmp');
        unset($paramaters['Signature']);
        $arrData = array();
        foreach($paramaters as $key => $value) {
            $arrData[] = $key . '=' . str_replace("%7E", "~", rawurlencode($value));
        }
        $data .= implode('&', $arrData);
        require_once 'Zend/Crypt/Hmac.php';
        $hmac = Zend_Crypt_Hmac::compute($this->_getSecretKey(), 'SHA256', $data, Zend_Crypt_Hmac::BINARY);
        return base64_encode($hmac);
    }
    /**
     * Checks for errors responses from Amazon
     *
     * @param Zend_Service_Amazon_Ec2_Response $response the response object to
     *                                                   check.
     *
     * @return void
     *
     * @throws Zend_Service_Amazon_Ec2_Exception if one or more errors are
     *         returned from Amazon.
     */
    private function checkForErrors(Zend_Service_Amazon_Ec2_Response $response)
    {
        $xpath = new DOMXPath($response->getDocument());
        $list  = $xpath->query('//Error');
        if ($list->length > 0) {
            $node    = $list->item(0);
            $code    = $xpath->evaluate('string(Code/text())', $node);
            $message = $xpath->evaluate('string(Message/text())', $node);
            throw new Zend_Service_Amazon_Ec2_Exception($message, 0, $code);
        }
    }
}