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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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#include <C_CkRestW.h>
#include <C_CkAuthAwsW.h>
#include <C_CkJsonObjectW.h>
#include <C_CkStringBuilderW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkRestW rest;
    BOOL bTls;
    int port;
    BOOL bAutoReconnect;
    HCkAuthAwsW authAws;
    HCkJsonObjectW json;
    HCkStringBuilderW sbRequestBody;
    HCkStringBuilderW sbResponseBody;
    int respStatusCode;
    const wchar_t *jobId;
    const wchar_t *location;

    success = FALSE;

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

    rest = CkRestW_Create();

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

    //  Provide AWS credentials.
    authAws = CkAuthAwsW_Create();
    CkAuthAwsW_putAccessKey(authAws,L"AWS_ACCESS_KEY");
    CkAuthAwsW_putSecretKey(authAws,L"AWS_SECRET_KEY");
    CkAuthAwsW_putServiceName(authAws,L"glacier");
    CkAuthAwsW_putRegion(authAws,L"us-west-2");

    success = CkRestW_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
    //  
    CkRestW_AddHeader(rest,L"x-amz-glacier-version",L"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 = CkJsonObjectW_Create();
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateString(json,L"Type",L"archive-retrieval");
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateString(json,L"ArchiveId",L"ARCHIVE_ID");
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateString(json,L"Description",L"My archive description");
    //  Possible tiers are Bulk, Standard, and Expedited.
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateString(json,L"Tier",L"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 = CkStringBuilderW_Create();
    CkJsonObjectW_EmitSb(json,sbRequestBody);
    sbResponseBody = CkStringBuilderW_Create();

    //  Start an archive retrieval in for the vault named "chilkat".
    success = CkRestW_FullRequestSb(rest,L"POST",L"/AWS_ACCOUNT_ID/vaults/chilkat/jobs",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        CkAuthAwsW_Dispose(authAws);
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
        CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbRequestBody);
        CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
        return;
    }

    respStatusCode = CkRestW_getResponseStatusCode(rest);
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        wprintf(L"Response Status Code = %d\n",respStatusCode);
        wprintf(L"Response Header:\n");
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_responseHeader(rest));
        wprintf(L"Response Body:\n");
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkStringBuilderW_getAsString(sbResponseBody));
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        CkAuthAwsW_Dispose(authAws);
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
        CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbRequestBody);
        CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
        return;
    }

    //  Success is indicated by a 202 response status with an empty response body.
    wprintf(L"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 = CkRestW_responseHdrByName(rest,L"x-amz-job-id");
    wprintf(L"x-amz-job-id = %s\n",jobId);

    location = CkRestW_responseHdrByName(rest,L"Location");
    wprintf(L"Location = %s\n",location);


    CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
    CkAuthAwsW_Dispose(authAws);
    CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
    CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbRequestBody);
    CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbResponseBody);

    }