(Delphi ActiveX) Glacier Download Archive

Demonstrates how to download an Amazon Glacier archive. Downloading a Glacier archive is a two step process. First an archive retrieval job is initiated. After it completes, the job output is downloaded (i.e. the archive contents are downloaded.)

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

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uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
rest: TChilkatRest;
bTls: Integer;
port: Integer;
bAutoReconnect: Integer;
success: Integer;
authAws: TChilkatAuthAws;
responseStatusCode: Integer;
bodyStream: TChilkatStream;
jsonError: WideString;

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

rest := TChilkatRest.Create(Self);

// Connect to the Amazon AWS REST server in the desired region.
bTls := 1;
port := 443;
bAutoReconnect := 1;
success := rest.Connect('glacier.us-west-2.amazonaws.com',port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);

// Provide AWS credentials.
authAws := TChilkatAuthAws.Create(Self);
authAws.AccessKey := 'AWS_ACCESS_KEY';
authAws.SecretKey := 'AWS_SECRET_KEY';
authAws.ServiceName := 'glacier';
authAws.Region := 'us-west-2';

success := rest.SetAuthAws(authAws.ControlInterface);

// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
// 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 Retrieve Job Output Reference Documentation
// 
rest.AddHeader('x-amz-glacier-version','2012-06-01');

// To download an archive, we'll make several method calls:
// 1) Send the HTTPS GET request.
// 2) Get the response body.
// 3) If the response status code indicates success, stream the response body (i.e the archive data) to a file.
// 4) If the response status code indicates an error, get the JSON error response.

// Send the GET request.
success := rest.SendReqNoBody('GET','/AWS_ACCOUNT_ID/vaults/chilkat/jobs/JOB_ID/output');
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(rest.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Read the response header.
responseStatusCode := rest.ReadResponseHeader();
if (responseStatusCode < 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(rest.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add('Response status code = ' + IntToStr(responseStatusCode));

// We expect a 200 response status if the archive data is coming.
// Otherwise, we'll get a JSON response body with an error message(or no response body).
if (responseStatusCode = 200) then
  begin

    bodyStream := TChilkatStream.Create(Self);

    // The stream's sink will be a file.
    bodyStream.SinkFile := 'qa_output/archiveData.dat';

    // Read the response body to the stream.
    success := rest.ReadRespBodyStream(bodyStream.ControlInterface,1);
    if (success <> 1) then
      begin
        Memo1.Lines.Add(rest.LastErrorText);
        Exit;
      end;

    Memo1.Lines.Add('Successfully received the archive file.');

  end
else
  begin
    jsonError := rest.ReadRespBodyString();
    if (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) then
      begin
        Memo1.Lines.Add(rest.LastErrorText);
      end
    else
      begin
        Memo1.Lines.Add(jsonError);
      end;
  end;
end;