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Glacier Get Job Information and Status

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Demonstrates how to get information and status for a glacier job.

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VBScript
Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

success = 0

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

set rest = CreateObject("Chilkat.Rest")

' 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.
set authAws = CreateObject("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 Describe Job Reference Documentation
' 
success = rest.AddHeader("x-amz-glacier-version","2012-06-01")

set sbResponseBody = CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = rest.FullRequestNoBodySb("GET","/AWS_ACCOUNT_ID/vaults/chilkat/jobs/JOB_ID",sbResponseBody)
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

respStatusCode = rest.ResponseStatusCode
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    outFile.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode)
    outFile.WriteLine("Response Header:")
    outFile.WriteLine(rest.ResponseHeader)
    outFile.WriteLine("Response Body:")
    outFile.WriteLine(sbResponseBody.GetAsString())
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Success is indicated by a 200 response status.
outFile.WriteLine("response status code = " & respStatusCode)

set json = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = json.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
json.EmitCompact = 0
outFile.WriteLine(json.Emit())

' Sample output:
' Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
' Generate Parsing Code from JSON

' {
'   "Action": "InventoryRetrieval",
'   "ArchiveId": null,
'   "ArchiveSHA256TreeHash": null,
'   "ArchiveSizeInBytes": null,
'   "Completed": false,
'   "CompletionDate": null,
'   "CreationDate": "2019-04-09T22:48:48.700Z",
'   "InventoryRetrievalParameters": {
'     "EndDate": null,
'     "Format": "CSV",
'     "Limit": null,
'     "Marker": null,
'     "StartDate": null
'   },
'   "InventorySizeInBytes": null,
'   "JobDescription": "My inventory job",
'   "JobId": "E-mCnb3j122yvz5PRFGzETmFVXVrkX_pgI8PIuwBKNRyI8pAJqIetKwzkJC5a6blIvYZrrVohiBENQVhZE1a-K-x-uRO",
'   "JobOutputPath": null,
'   "OutputLocation": null,
'   "RetrievalByteRange": null,
'   "SHA256TreeHash": null,
'   "SNSTopic": null,
'   "SelectParameters": null,
'   "StatusCode": "InProgress",
'   "StatusMessage": null,
'   "Tier": null,
'   "VaultARN": "arn:aws:glacier:us-west-2:954491834127:vaults/chilkat"
' }
' 

Action = json.StringOf("Action")
ArchiveId = json.StringOf("ArchiveId")
ArchiveSHA256TreeHash = json.StringOf("ArchiveSHA256TreeHash")
ArchiveSizeInBytes = json.StringOf("ArchiveSizeInBytes")
Completed = json.BoolOf("Completed")
CompletionDate = json.StringOf("CompletionDate")
CreationDate = json.StringOf("CreationDate")
InventoryRetrievalParametersEndDate = json.StringOf("InventoryRetrievalParameters.EndDate")
InventoryRetrievalParametersFormat = json.StringOf("InventoryRetrievalParameters.Format")
InventoryRetrievalParametersLimit = json.StringOf("InventoryRetrievalParameters.Limit")
InventoryRetrievalParametersMarker = json.StringOf("InventoryRetrievalParameters.Marker")
InventoryRetrievalParametersStartDate = json.StringOf("InventoryRetrievalParameters.StartDate")
InventorySizeInBytes = json.StringOf("InventorySizeInBytes")
JobDescription = json.StringOf("JobDescription")
JobId = json.StringOf("JobId")
JobOutputPath = json.StringOf("JobOutputPath")
OutputLocation = json.StringOf("OutputLocation")
RetrievalByteRange = json.StringOf("RetrievalByteRange")
SHA256TreeHash = json.StringOf("SHA256TreeHash")
SNSTopic = json.StringOf("SNSTopic")
SelectParameters = json.StringOf("SelectParameters")
StatusCode = json.StringOf("StatusCode")
StatusMessage = json.StringOf("StatusMessage")
Tier = json.StringOf("Tier")
VaultARN = json.StringOf("VaultARN")

outFile.Close