Node.js

Glacier Initiate Inventory Retrieval Job

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Demonstrates how to initiate an inventory retrieval job to get a list of archives from the examplevault vault. The Format set to CSV in the body of the request indicates that the inventory is returned in CSV format.

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

Node.js

NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

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

    var rest = new chilkat.Rest();

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

    //  Provide AWS credentials.
    var authAws = new chilkat.AuthAws();
    authAws.AccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY";
    authAws.SecretKey = "AWS_SECRET_KEY";
    authAws.ServiceName = "glacier";
    authAws.Region = "us-west-2";

    success = rest.SetAuthAws(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
    //  
    rest.AddHeader("x-amz-glacier-version","2012-06-01");

    //  The body of our request will contain this JSON:
    //  {
    //    "Type": "inventory-retrieval",
    //    "Description": "My inventory job",
    //    "Format": "CSV",  
    //    "SNSTopic": "arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:111111111111:Glacier-InventoryRetrieval-topic-Example"
    //  }

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

    var json = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    json.UpdateString("Type","inventory-retrieval");
    json.UpdateString("Description","My inventory job");
    json.UpdateString("Format","CSV");
    //  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.

    var sbRequestBody = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
    json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody);
    var sbResponseBody = new chilkat.StringBuilder();

    //  Start an inventory retrieval job for the vault named "chilkat".
    success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/AWS_ACCOUNT_ID/vaults/chilkat/jobs",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody);
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    var respStatusCode = rest.ResponseStatusCode;
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        console.log("Response Status Code = " + respStatusCode);
        console.log("Response Header:");
        console.log(rest.ResponseHeader);
        console.log("Response Body:");
        console.log(sbResponseBody.GetAsString());
        return;
    }

    //  Success is indicated by a 202 response status with an empty response body.
    console.log("response status code = " + 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
    //  

    var jobId = rest.ResponseHdrByName("x-amz-job-id");
    console.log("x-amz-job-id = " + jobId);

    var location = rest.ResponseHdrByName("Location");
    console.log("Location = " + location);

}

chilkatExample();