This operation initiates the process of scheduling an upload or download of your data. You include in the request a manifest that describes the data transfer specifics. The response to the request includes a job ID, which you can use in other operations, a signature that you use to identify your storage device, and the address where you should ship your storage device.
Access
public
Parameters
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Specifies whether the job to initiate is an import or export job. [Allowed values: |
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The UTF-8 encoded text of the manifest file. |
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Validate the manifest and parameter values in the request but do not actually create a job. |
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An associative array of parameters that can have the following keys:
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Returns
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Examples
Create a new import job.
See Manifest File Parameters for information about creating manifests.
$ies = new AmazonImportExport(); // Create a new manifest $manifest = CFManifest::map(array( 'manifestVersion' => '2.0', 'bucket' => 'my-bucket', 'eraseDevice' => 'no', 'deviceId' => 49382, 'accessKeyId' => $ies->key, 'returnAddress' => array( 'name' => 'Amazon.com ATTN Joe Random', 'street1' => '120 Nosuch Ave S.', 'city' => 'Seattle', 'stateOrProvince' => 'WA', 'postalCode' => 91111, 'phoneNumber' => '206-266-0000', 'country' => 'USA' ) )); $response = $ies->create_job('Import', $manifest, 'false'); // Success? var_dump($response->isOK());Result:
bool(true)
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Source
Method defined in services/importexport.class.php | Toggle source view (9 lines) | View on GitHub