Delete all archives in an Amazon Glacier Vault

delete_all_archives.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'aws-sdk'
require 'json'

# add credentials here
akid = ""
secret_key = ""

Aws.config.update({
  region: 'us-east-1',
  credentials: Aws::Credentials.new(akid, secret_key)
})

glacier = Aws::Glacier::Client.new(region: 'us-east-1')

vault_id = "vault-ID-name-goes-here"

begin
  jobs = glacier.list_jobs(
    :account_id => '-',
    :vault_name => vault_id
  )

  inventory_jobs = jobs[:job_list].select do |j|
    j[:action] == 'InventoryRetrieval'
  end

  puts inventory_jobs.inspect

  succeeded_inventory_job = inventory_jobs.select do |j|
    j[:status_code] == 'Succeeded'
  end.last

  if !succeeded_inventory_job
    inventory = glacierinitiate_job({
      :account_id => '-',
      :vault_name => vault_id,
      :job_parameters => {
        :type => 'inventory-retrieval'
      }
    })
    puts "Initiated Inventory Download... waiting 30 minutes"
    sleep 1800
  end
end while !succeeded_inventory_job

archives = JSON.parse(glacier.get_job_output(
  :account_id => '-',
  :vault_name => vault_id,
  :job_id => succeeded_inventory_job[:job_id]
).body.read())['ArchiveList']

puts "We have #{archives.length} archives to delete."

archives.each_with_index do |a, i|
  glacier.delete_archive(
    :account_id => '-',
    :vault_name => vault_id,
    :archive_id => a['ArchiveId']
  )
  puts "[OK] #{i}/#{archives.length}"
end