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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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import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.AuthAws;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Csv;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Rest;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.StringBuilder;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
        // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

        Rest rest = new Rest();

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

        // Provide AWS credentials.
        AuthAws authAws = new AuthAws();
        authAws.setAccessKey("AWS_ACCESS_KEY");
        authAws.setSecretKey("AWS_SECRET_KEY");
        authAws.setServiceName("glacier");
        authAws.setRegion("us-west-2");

        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");

        StringBuilder sbResponseBody = new StringBuilder();
        try {
            rest.fullRequestNoBodySb("GET", "/AWS_ACCOUNT_ID/vaults/chilkat/jobs/JOB_ID/output", sbResponseBody);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        int respStatusCode = rest.getResponseStatusCode();
        if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
            System.out.println("Response Status Code = " + respStatusCode);
            System.out.println("Response Header:");
            System.out.println(rest.getResponseHeader());
            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
        Csv csv = new Csv();
        csv.setHasColumnNames(true);
        csv.loadFromString(sbResponseBody.getAsString());

        // Iterate over the results and delete each archive from the vault.
        int i = 0;
        int numRows = csv.getNumRows();
        while (i < numRows) {
            String archiveId = csv.getCellByName(i, "ArchiveId");
            System.out.println("Deleting ArchiveId: " + archiveId);
            rest.addPathParam("ArchiveID", archiveId);
            try {
                rest.fullRequestNoBodySb("DELETE", "/AWS_ACCOUNT_ID/vaults/chilkat/archives/ArchiveID", sbResponseBody);
            } catch (ChilkatException e) {
                System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
                return;
            }

            respStatusCode = rest.getResponseStatusCode();

            // 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;
        }
    }
}