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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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const std = @import("std");
const chilkat = @import("chilkat");

pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
    const alloc = init.arena.allocator();

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

    const rest = try chilkat.Rest.init();
    defer rest.deinit();

    // Connect to the Amazon AWS REST server in the desired region.
    const b_tls = true;
    const port = 443;
    const b_auto_reconnect = true;
    try rest.connect("glacier.us-west-2.amazonaws.com", port, b_tls, b_auto_reconnect);

    // Provide AWS credentials.
    const auth_aws = try chilkat.AuthAws.init();
    defer auth_aws.deinit();
    auth_aws.setAccessKey("AWS_ACCESS_KEY");
    auth_aws.setSecretKey("AWS_SECRET_KEY");
    auth_aws.setServiceName("glacier");
    auth_aws.setRegion("us-west-2");

    try rest.setAuthAws(auth_aws);

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // 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
    //
    rest.addHeader("x-amz-glacier-version", "2012-06-01") catch {};

    // 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

    const json = try chilkat.JsonObject.init();
    defer json.deinit();
    json.updateString("Type", "archive-retrieval") catch {};
    json.updateString("ArchiveId", "ARCHIVE_ID") catch {};
    json.updateString("Description", "My archive description") catch {};
    // Possible tiers are Bulk, Standard, and Expedited.
    json.updateString("Tier", "Bulk") catch {};
    // 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.

    const sb_request_body = try chilkat.StringBuilder.init();
    defer sb_request_body.deinit();
    json.emitSb(sb_request_body) catch {};
    const sb_response_body = try chilkat.StringBuilder.init();
    defer sb_response_body.deinit();

    // Start an archive retrieval in for the vault named "chilkat".
    rest.fullRequestSb("POST", "/AWS_ACCOUNT_ID/vaults/chilkat/jobs", sb_request_body, sb_response_body) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try rest.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    const resp_status_code = rest.getResponseStatusCode();
    if (resp_status_code >= 400) {
        std.debug.print("Response Status Code = {d}\n", .{resp_status_code});
        std.debug.print("Response Header:\n", .{});
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try rest.getResponseHeader(alloc)});
        std.debug.print("Response Body:\n", .{});
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try sb_response_body.getAsString(alloc)});
        return;
    }

    // Success is indicated by a 202 response status with an empty response body.
    std.debug.print("response status code = {d}\n", .{resp_status_code});

    // 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
    //

    const job_id = try rest.responseHdrByName(alloc, "x-amz-job-id");
    std.debug.print("x-amz-job-id = {s}\n", .{job_id});

    const location = try rest.responseHdrByName(alloc, "Location");
    std.debug.print("Location = {s}\n", .{location});
}