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Glacier Delete All Archives in a Vault

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Iterates over a vault inventory retrieval and deletes each archive.

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Java
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    boolean success = false;

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

    CkRest rest = new CkRest();

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

    // Provide AWS credentials.
    CkAuthAws authAws = new CkAuthAws();
    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 Retrieve Job Output Reference Documentation
    // 
    rest.AddHeader("x-amz-glacier-version","2012-06-01");

    CkStringBuilder sbResponseBody = new CkStringBuilder();
    success = rest.FullRequestNoBodySb("GET","/AWS_ACCOUNT_ID/vaults/chilkat/jobs/JOB_ID/output",sbResponseBody);
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    int respStatusCode = rest.get_ResponseStatusCode();
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        System.out.println("Response Status Code = " + respStatusCode);
        System.out.println("Response Header:");
        System.out.println(rest.responseHeader());
        System.out.println("Response Body:");
        System.out.println(sbResponseBody.getAsString());
        return;
        }

    // Success is indicated by a 200 response status.
    System.out.println("response status code = " + respStatusCode);

    // The inventory retrieval job output is in CSV format.
    System.out.println("job output:");
    System.out.println(sbResponseBody.getAsString());
    System.out.println("--");

    // The CSV has these fields:  ArchiveId,ArchiveDescription,CreationDate,Size,SHA256TreeHash
    CkCsv csv = new CkCsv();
    csv.put_HasColumnNames(true);
    csv.LoadFromString(sbResponseBody.getAsString());

    // Iterate over the results and delete each archive from the vault.
    int i = 0;
    int numRows = csv.get_NumRows();
    while (i < numRows) {

        String archiveId = csv.getCellByName(i,"ArchiveId");
        System.out.println("Deleting ArchiveId: " + archiveId);
        rest.AddPathParam("ArchiveID",archiveId);
        success = rest.FullRequestNoBodySb("DELETE","/AWS_ACCOUNT_ID/vaults/chilkat/archives/ArchiveID",sbResponseBody);
        if (success != true) {
            System.out.println(rest.lastErrorText());
            return;
            }

        respStatusCode = rest.get_ResponseStatusCode();

        // Success is indicated by a 204 response status with an empty response body.
        // A 404 resonse indicates the archive was likely already deleted.
        System.out.println("response status code = " + respStatusCode);

        i = i+1;
        }
  }
}