Downloading an Archive in Amazon Glacier - Amazon Glacier
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Downloading an Archive in Amazon Glacier

Amazon Glacier provides a management console, which you can use to create and delete vaults. However, you cannot download archives from Amazon Glacier by using the management console. To download data, such as photos, videos, and other documents, you must either use the Amazon Command Line Interface (Amazon CLI) or write code to make requests, by using either the REST API directly or by using the Amazon SDKs.

For information about using Amazon Glacier with the Amazon CLI, see the Amazon CLI Reference for Amazon Glacier. To install the Amazon CLI, see Amazon Command Line Interface. The following topics describe how to download archives to Amazon Glacier by using the Amazon SDK for Java, the Amazon SDK for .NET, and the Amazon Glacier REST API.

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