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Amazon Glacier Set Vault Access Policy

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Demonstrates how to set an access policy for a vault (will overwrite the existing policy).

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require 'chilkat'

success = false

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

rest = Chilkat::CkRest.new()

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

# Provide AWS credentials.
authAws = Chilkat::CkAuthAws.new()
authAws.put_AccessKey("AWS_ACCESS_KEY")
authAws.put_SecretKey("AWS_SECRET_KEY")
authAws.put_ServiceName("glacier")
authAws.put_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 Set Vault Access Policy Reference Documentation
# 
rest.AddHeader("x-amz-glacier-version","2012-06-01")

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

# {
#   "Version": "2012-10-17",
#   "Statement": [
#     {
#       "Sid": "Define-owner-access-rights",
#       "Effect": "Allow",
#       "Principal": {
#         "AWS": "arn:aws:iam::AWS_ACCOUNT_ID:root"
#       },
#       "Action": "glacier:DeleteArchive",
#       "Resource": "arn:aws:glacier:us-west-2:AWS_ACCOUNT_ID:vaults/chilkat"
#     }
#   ]
# }

jsonPolicy = Chilkat::CkJsonObject.new()
jsonPolicy.UpdateString("Version","2012-10-17")
jsonPolicy.UpdateString("Statement[0].Sid","Define-owner-access-rights")
jsonPolicy.UpdateString("Statement[0].Effect","Allow")
jsonPolicy.UpdateString("Statement[0].Principal.AWS","arn:aws:iam::AWS_ACCOUNT_ID:root")
jsonPolicy.UpdateString("Statement[0].Action","glacier:DeleteArchive")
# Notice here the name of the vault: "chilkat".  Change it to your vault name.  Also use your actual AWS account ID.
jsonPolicy.UpdateString("Statement[0].Resource","arn:aws:glacier:us-west-2:AWS_ACCOUNT_ID:vaults/chilkat")

# Wrap the above JSON in this JSON:

# {
#    "Policy": "{  ... the above JSON ... }"
# }
json = Chilkat::CkJsonObject.new()
json.UpdateString("Policy",jsonPolicy.emit())

sbRequestBody = Chilkat::CkStringBuilder.new()
json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)

sbResponseBody = Chilkat::CkStringBuilder.new()
success = rest.FullRequestSb("PUT","/AWS_ACCOUNT_ID/vaults/chilkat/access-policy",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody)
if (success != true)
    print rest.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

respStatusCode = rest.get_ResponseStatusCode()
if (respStatusCode >= 400)
    print "Response Status Code = " + respStatusCode.to_s() + "\n";
    print "Response Header:" + "\n";
    print rest.responseHeader() + "\n";
    print "Response Body:" + "\n";
    print sbResponseBody.getAsString() + "\n";
    exit
end

# Success is indicated by a 204 response status with an empty response body.
print "response status code = " + respStatusCode.to_s() + "\n";