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Glacier Initiate Archive Retrieval Job

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Demonstrates how to initiate an archive retrieval job to download an archive.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.78 or greater.

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C
#include <C_CkRest.h>
#include <C_CkAuthAws.h>
#include <C_CkJsonObject.h>
#include <C_CkStringBuilder.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkRest rest;
    BOOL bTls;
    int port;
    BOOL bAutoReconnect;
    HCkAuthAws authAws;
    HCkJsonObject json;
    HCkStringBuilder sbRequestBody;
    HCkStringBuilder sbResponseBody;
    int respStatusCode;
    const char *jobId;
    const char *location;

    success = FALSE;

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

    rest = CkRest_Create();

    // Connect to the Amazon AWS REST server in the desired region.
    bTls = TRUE;
    port = 443;
    bAutoReconnect = TRUE;
    success = CkRest_Connect(rest,"glacier.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);

    // Provide AWS credentials.
    authAws = CkAuthAws_Create();
    CkAuthAws_putAccessKey(authAws,"AWS_ACCESS_KEY");
    CkAuthAws_putSecretKey(authAws,"AWS_SECRET_KEY");
    CkAuthAws_putServiceName(authAws,"glacier");
    CkAuthAws_putRegion(authAws,"us-west-2");

    success = CkRest_SetAuthAws(rest,authAws);

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Note: The above REST connection and setup of the AWS credentials
    // can be done once.  After connecting, any number of REST calls can be made.
    // The "auto reconnect" property passed to rest.Connect indicates that if
    // the connection is lost, a REST method call will automatically reconnect
    // if needed.
    // --------------------------------------------------------------------------

    // 
    // For more information, see Glacier Initiate Job Post Reference Documentation
    // 
    CkRest_AddHeader(rest,"x-amz-glacier-version","2012-06-01");

    // The body of our request will contain this JSON:
    // {
    //   "Type": "archive-retrieval",
    //   "ArchiveId": "NkbByEejwEggmBz2fTHgJrg0XBoDfjP4q6iu87-TjhqG6eGoOY9Z8i1_AUyUsuhPAdTqLHy8pTl5nfCFJmDl2yEZONi5L26Omw12vcs01MNGntHEQL8MBfGlqrEXAMPLEArchiveId"
    //   "Description": "My archive description",
    //   "SNSTopic": "arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:111111111111:Glacier-ArchiveRetrieval-topic-Example",
    //   "Tier" : "Bulk"
    // }

    // Use this online tool to generate the code from sample JSON: 
    // Generate Code to Create JSON

    json = CkJsonObject_Create();
    CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,"Type","archive-retrieval");
    CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,"ArchiveId","ARCHIVE_ID");
    CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,"Description","My archive description");
    // Possible tiers are Bulk, Standard, and Expedited.
    CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,"Tier","Bulk");
    // The SNSTopic is optional.  If included, then notification is sent to the SNS topic when the job is complete.
    // This example will omit the SNSTopic.

    sbRequestBody = CkStringBuilder_Create();
    CkJsonObject_EmitSb(json,sbRequestBody);
    sbResponseBody = CkStringBuilder_Create();

    // Start an archive retrieval in for the vault named "chilkat".
    success = CkRest_FullRequestSb(rest,"POST","/AWS_ACCOUNT_ID/vaults/chilkat/jobs",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkRest_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkRest_Dispose(rest);
        CkAuthAws_Dispose(authAws);
        CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
        CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbRequestBody);
        CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
        return;
    }

    respStatusCode = CkRest_getResponseStatusCode(rest);
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        printf("Response Status Code = %d\n",respStatusCode);
        printf("Response Header:\n");
        printf("%s\n",CkRest_responseHeader(rest));
        printf("Response Body:\n");
        printf("%s\n",CkStringBuilder_getAsString(sbResponseBody));
        CkRest_Dispose(rest);
        CkAuthAws_Dispose(authAws);
        CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
        CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbRequestBody);
        CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
        return;
    }

    // Success is indicated by a 202 response status with an empty response body.
    printf("response status code = %d\n",respStatusCode);

    // If successful, the response header looks like this.
    // The Location and x-amz-job-id are two items of information we may wish to save..

    // HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted
    // x-amzn-RequestId: AAABZpJrTyioDC_HsOmHae8EZp_uBSJr6cnGOLKp_XJCl-Q
    // Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2017 12:00:00 GMT 
    // Location: /111122223333/vaults/examplevault/jobs/HkF9p6o7yjhFx-K3CGl6fuSm6VzW9T7esGQfco8nUXVYwS0jlb5gq1JZ55yHgt5vP54ZShjoQzQVVh7vEXAMPLEjobID
    // x-amz-job-id: HkF9p6o7yjhFx-K3CGl6fuSm6VzW9T7esGQfco8nUXVYwS0jlb5gq1JZ55yHgt5vP54ZShjoQzQVVh7vEXAMPLEjobID
    // 

    jobId = CkRest_responseHdrByName(rest,"x-amz-job-id");
    printf("x-amz-job-id = %s\n",jobId);

    location = CkRest_responseHdrByName(rest,"Location");
    printf("Location = %s\n",location);


    CkRest_Dispose(rest);
    CkAuthAws_Dispose(authAws);
    CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
    CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbRequestBody);
    CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbResponseBody);

    }