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Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

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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Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)
program ChilkatDemo;

// Demonstrates using the Chilkat Pascal wrapper via the C bridge DLL.
// Builds as a console application under Lazarus (FPC) or Delphi.

{$IFDEF FPC}
  {$MODE DELPHI}
{$ENDIF}
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  {$IFDEF UNIX}
  cthreads,
  {$ENDIF}
  SysUtils,
  CkDllLoader,
  Chilkat.AuthAws,
  Chilkat.Rest,
  Chilkat.StringBuilder,
  Chilkat.Csv;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  rest: TRest;
  bTls: Boolean;
  port: Integer;
  bAutoReconnect: Boolean;
  authAws: TAuthAws;
  sbResponseBody: TStringBuilder;
  respStatusCode: Integer;
  csv: TCsv;
  i: Integer;
  numRows: Integer;
  archiveId: string;

begin
  success := False;

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

  rest := TRest.Create;

  //  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 := TAuthAws.Create;
  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 Retrieve Job Output Reference Documentation
  //  
  rest.AddHeader('x-amz-glacier-version','2012-06-01');

  sbResponseBody := TStringBuilder.Create;
  success := rest.FullRequestNoBodySb('GET','/AWS_ACCOUNT_ID/vaults/chilkat/jobs/JOB_ID/output',sbResponseBody);
  if (success <> True) then
    begin
      WriteLn(rest.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  respStatusCode := rest.ResponseStatusCode;
  if (respStatusCode >= 400) then
    begin
      WriteLn('Response Status Code = ' + respStatusCode);
      WriteLn('Response Header:');
      WriteLn(rest.ResponseHeader);
      WriteLn('Response Body:');
      WriteLn(sbResponseBody.GetAsString());
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Success is indicated by a 200 response status.
  WriteLn('response status code = ' + respStatusCode);

  //  The inventory retrieval job output is in CSV format.
  WriteLn('job output:');
  WriteLn(sbResponseBody.GetAsString());
  WriteLn('--');

  //  The CSV has these fields:  ArchiveId,ArchiveDescription,CreationDate,Size,SHA256TreeHash
  csv := TCsv.Create;
  csv.HasColumnNames := True;
  csv.LoadFromString(sbResponseBody.GetAsString());

  //  Iterate over the results and delete each archive from the vault.
  i := 0;
  numRows := csv.NumRows;
  while i < numRows do
    begin

      archiveId := csv.GetCellByName(i,'ArchiveId');
      WriteLn('Deleting ArchiveId: ' + archiveId);
      rest.AddPathParam('ArchiveID',archiveId);
      success := rest.FullRequestNoBodySb('DELETE','/AWS_ACCOUNT_ID/vaults/chilkat/archives/ArchiveID',sbResponseBody);
      if (success <> True) then
        begin
          WriteLn(rest.LastErrorText);
          Exit;
        end;

      respStatusCode := rest.ResponseStatusCode;

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

      i := i + 1;
    end;



  rest.Free;
  authAws.Free;
  sbResponseBody.Free;
  csv.Free;

end;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

begin

  try
    RunDemo;
  except
    on E: Exception do
      WriteLn('Unhandled exception: ', E.ClassName, ': ', E.Message);
  end;

  WriteLn;
  {$IFDEF MSWINDOWS}
  WriteLn('Press Enter to exit...');
  ReadLn;
  {$ENDIF}
end.