Use DescribeVault with an AWS SDK or CLI - AWS SDK Code Examples

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Use DescribeVault with an AWS SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use DescribeVault.

.NET
AWS SDK for .NET
Note

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/// <summary> /// Describe an Amazon S3 Glacier vault. /// </summary> /// <param name="vaultName">The name of the vault to describe.</param> /// <returns>The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the vault.</returns> public async Task<string> DescribeVaultAsync(string vaultName) { var request = new DescribeVaultRequest { AccountId = "-", VaultName = vaultName, }; var response = await _glacierService.DescribeVaultAsync(request); // Display the information about the vault. Console.WriteLine($"{response.VaultName}\tARN: {response.VaultARN}"); Console.WriteLine($"Created on: {response.CreationDate}\tNumber of Archives: {response.NumberOfArchives}\tSize (in bytes): {response.SizeInBytes}"); if (response.LastInventoryDate != DateTime.MinValue) { Console.WriteLine($"Last inventory: {response.LastInventoryDate}"); } return response.VaultARN; }
  • For API details, see DescribeVault in AWS SDK for .NET API Reference.

CLI
AWS CLI

The following command retrieves data about a vault named my-vault:

aws glacier describe-vault --vault-name my-vault --account-id -

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 DescribeVault in AWS CLI Command Reference.