Use ListJobs with an AWS SDK or CLI - Amazon Glacier

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Use ListJobs with an AWS SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use ListJobs.

Action examples are code excerpts from larger programs and must be run in context. You can see this action in context in the following code examples:

.NET
SDK for .NET
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository.

/// <summary> /// List Amazon S3 Glacier jobs. /// </summary> /// <param name="vaultName">The name of the vault to list jobs for.</param> /// <returns>A list of Amazon S3 Glacier jobs.</returns> public async Task<List<GlacierJobDescription>> ListJobsAsync(string vaultName) { var request = new ListJobsRequest { // Using a hyphen "-" for the Account Id will // cause the SDK to use the Account Id associated // with the current account. AccountId = "-", VaultName = vaultName, }; var response = await _glacierService.ListJobsAsync(request); return response.JobList; }
  • For API details, see ListJobs in AWS SDK for .NET API Reference.

CLI
AWS CLI

The following command lists in-progress and recently completed jobs for a vault named my-vault:

aws glacier list-jobs --account-id - --vault-name my-vault

Output:

{ "JobList": [ { "VaultARN": "arn:aws:glacier:us-west-2:0123456789012:vaults/my-vault", "RetrievalByteRange": "0-3145727", "SNSTopic": "arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:0123456789012:my-vault", "Completed": false, "SHA256TreeHash": "9628195fcdbcbbe76cdde932d4646fa7de5f219fb39823836d81f0cc0e18aa67", "JobId": "l7IL5-EkXyEY9Ws95fClzIbk2O5uLYaFdAYOi-azsX_Z8V6NH4yERHzars8wTKYQMX6nBDI9cMNHzyZJO59-8N9aHWav", "ArchiveId": "kKB7ymWJVpPSwhGP6ycSOAekp9ZYe_--zM_mw6k76ZFGEIWQX-ybtRDvc2VkPSDtfKmQrj0IRQLSGsNuDp-AJVlu2ccmDSyDUmZwKbwbpAdGATGDiB3hHO0bjbGehXTcApVud_wyDw", "JobDescription": "Retrieve archive on 2015-07-17", "ArchiveSizeInBytes": 3145728, "Action": "ArchiveRetrieval", "ArchiveSHA256TreeHash": "9628195fcdbcbbe76cdde932d4646fa7de5f219fb39823836d81f0cc0e18aa67", "CreationDate": "2015-07-17T21:16:13.840Z", "StatusCode": "InProgress" }, { "InventoryRetrievalParameters": { "Format": "JSON" }, "VaultARN": "arn:aws:glacier:us-west-2:0123456789012:vaults/my-vault", "Completed": false, "JobId": "zbxcm3Z_3z5UkoroF7SuZKrxgGoDc3RloGduS7Eg-RO47Yc6FxsdGBgf_Q2DK5Ejh18CnTS5XW4_XqlNHS61dsO4CnMW", "Action": "InventoryRetrieval", "CreationDate": "2015-07-17T20:23:41.616Z", "StatusCode": ""InProgress"" } ] }

Amazon Glacier requires an account ID argument when performing operations, but you can use a hyphen to specify the in-use account.

  • For API details, see ListJobs in AWS CLI Command Reference.

Python
SDK for Python (Boto3)
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository.

class GlacierWrapper: """Encapsulates Amazon S3 Glacier API operations.""" def __init__(self, glacier_resource): """ :param glacier_resource: A Boto3 Amazon S3 Glacier resource. """ self.glacier_resource = glacier_resource @staticmethod def list_jobs(vault, job_type): """ Lists jobs by type for the specified vault. :param vault: The vault to query. :param job_type: The type of job to list. :return: The list of jobs of the requested type. """ job_list = [] try: if job_type == "all": jobs = vault.jobs.all() elif job_type == "in_progress": jobs = vault.jobs_in_progress.all() elif job_type == "completed": jobs = vault.completed_jobs.all() elif job_type == "succeeded": jobs = vault.succeeded_jobs.all() elif job_type == "failed": jobs = vault.failed_jobs.all() else: jobs = [] logger.warning("%s isn't a type of job I can get.", job_type) for job in jobs: job_list.append(job) logger.info("Got %s %s job %s.", job_type, job.action, job.id) except ClientError: logger.exception("Couldn't get %s jobs from %s.", job_type, vault.name) raise else: return job_list
  • For API details, see ListJobs in AWS SDK for Python (Boto3) API Reference.

For a complete list of AWS SDK developer guides and code examples, see Using Amazon Glacier with an AWS SDK. This topic also includes information about getting started and details about previous SDK versions.