Swiftly

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Copyright 2011-2014 Gregory Holt

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Overview

Provides a command line tool as well as Client and other classes for common Swift functions. Works both with access as a standard external user and as an internal administrator of a cluster with direct access to the rings and to all back end servers.

Dependencies

Can optionally make use of Eventlet (0.11.0 or later recommended) http://eventlet.net/

Can optionally make use of PyCrypto (2.6.1 or later) https://www.dlitz.net/software/pycrypto/

Note

If you sudo easy_install swiftly on Mac OS X, you may need to run sudo chmod -R og+r /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages in order to run swiftly.

Client Class Usage

Example as a standard end user:

from swiftly.client import StandardClient
client = StandardClient(
    auth_url='http://127.0.0.1:8080/auth/v1.0',
    auth_user='test:tester', auth_key='testing')
print client.head_account()

Example as a administrator direct user:

from swiftly.client import DirectClient
client = DirectClient(swift_proxy_storage_path='/v1/AUTH_test')
print client.head_account()

Command Line Help

swiftly help

Usage: swiftly [options] <command> [command_options] [args]

With all these main Swiftly options, you can also specify them in a
configuration file or in an environment variable.

The configuration file option name is the long name of the command line option
with any dashes replaced with underscores, for example:
--auth-url becomes auth_url

The environment variable name is the long name of the command line option in
uppercase prefixed with SWIFTLY_, for example:
--auth-url becomes SWIFTLY_AUTH_URL

Command line options override environment variables which override
configuration file variables.

Options:
  -?, --help            Shows this help text.
  --version             Shows the version of this tool.
  -h                    Shows this help text.
  --conf=PATH           Path to the configuration file to use. Default:
                        ~/.swiftly.conf
  -A URL, --auth-url=URL
                        URL to auth system, example:
                        https://identity.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2.0
  -U USER, --auth-user=USER
                        User name for auth system, example: test:tester
  -K KEY, --auth-key=KEY
                        Key for auth system, example: testing
  -T TENANT, --auth-tenant=TENANT
                        Tenant name for auth system, example: test If not
                        specified and needed, the auth user will be used.
  --auth-methods=name[,name[...]]
                        Auth methods to use with the auth system, example: aut
                        h2key,auth2password,auth2password_force_tenant,auth1
                        The best order will try to be determined for you; but
                        if you notice it keeps making useless auth attempts
                        and that drives you crazy, you can override that here.
                        All the available auth methods are listed in the
                        example.
  --region=VALUE        Region to use, if supported by auth, example: DFW
                        Default: default region specified by the auth
                        response.
  -D PATH, --direct=PATH
                        Uses direct connect method to access Swift. Requires
                        access to rings and backend servers. The PATH is the
                        account path, example: /v1/AUTH_test
  -L PATH, --local=PATH
                        Uses the local file system method to access a fake
                        Swift. The PATH is the path on the local file system
                        where the fake Swift stores its data.
  -P URL, --proxy=URL   Uses the given HTTP proxy URL.
  -S, --snet            Prepends the storage URL host name with "snet-".
                        Mostly only useful with Rackspace Cloud Files and
                        Rackspace ServiceNet.
  --no-snet             Disables the above snet value if it had been set true
                        in the environment or configuration file.
  -R INTEGER, --retries=INTEGER
                        Indicates how many times to retry the request on a
                        server error. Default: 4
  -C, --cache-auth      If set true, the storage URL and auth token are cached
                        in your OS temporary directory as <user>.swiftly for
                        reuse. If there are already cached values, they are
                        used without authenticating first.
  --no-cache-auth       Disables the above cache-auth value if it had been set
                        true in the environment or configuration file.
  --cdn                 Directs requests to the CDN management interface.
  --no-cdn              Disables the above cdn value if it had been set true
                        in the environment or configuration file.
  --concurrency=INTEGER
                        Sets the the number of actions that can be done
                        simultaneously when possible (currently requires using
                        Eventlet too). Default: 1 Note that some nested
                        actions may amplify the number of concurrent actions.
                        For instance, a put of an entire directory will use up
                        to this number of concurrent actions. A put of a
                        segmented object will use up to this number of
                        concurrent actions. But, if a directory structure put
                        is uploading segmented objects, this nesting could
                        cause up to INTEGER * INTEGER concurrent actions.
  --eventlet            Enables Eventlet, if installed. This is disabled by
                        default if Eventlet is not installed or is less than
                        version 0.11.0 (because older Swiftly+Eventlet tends
                        to use excessive CPU.
  --no-eventlet         Disables Eventlet, even if installed and version
                        0.11.0 or greater.
  -v, --verbose         Causes output to standard error indicating actions
                        being taken. These output lines will be prefixed with
                        VERBOSE and will also include the number of seconds
                        elapsed since the command started.
  --no-verbose          Disables the above verbose value if it had been set
                        true in the environment or configuration file.
  -O PATH, --direct-object-ring=PATH
                        The current object ring of the cluster being pinged.
                        This will enable direct client to use this ring for
                        all the queries. Use of this also requires the main
                        Swift code  is installed and importable.
Commands:
  auth                  Authenticates and then outputs the resulting
                        information.
  decrypt [key]         Decrypts standard input using the given [key] and sends
                        that to standard output. If the key is not provided on
                        the command line or is a single dash "-", it must be
                        provided via a SWIFTLY_CRYPT_KEY environment variable.
  delete [options] [path]
                        Issues a DELETE request of the [path] given.
  encrypt [key]         Encrypts standard input using the given [key] and sends
                        that to standard output. If the key is not provided on
                        the command line or is a single dash "-", it must be
                        provided via a SWIFTLY_CRYPT_KEY environment variable.
  for [options] <path> do [command]
                        This will issue the [command] for each item encountered
                        performing a listing on <path>.
  get [options] [path]  Outputs the resulting contents from a GET request of
                        the [path] given. If no [path] is given, a GET request
                        on the account is performed.
  head [options] [path] Outputs the resulting headers from a HEAD request of
                        the [path] given. If no [path] is given, a HEAD request
                        on the account is performed.
  help [command]        Outputs help information for the given [command] or
                        general help if no [command] is given.
  ping [options] [path] Runs a ping test against the account. The [path] will
                        be used as a prefix to the random container name used
                        (default: swiftly-ping).
  post [options] [path] Issues a POST request of the [path] given. If no [path]
                        is given, a POST request on the account is performed.
  put [options] [path]  Performs a PUT request on the <path> given. If the
                        <path> is an object, the contents for the object are
                        read from standard input.
  tempurl [options] <method> <path> [seconds]
                        Outputs a TempURL using the information given. The
                        <path> should be to an object or object-prefix.
                        [seconds] defaults to 3600
  trans <x-trans-id-value>
                        Outputs information about the <x-trans-id-value> given,
                        such as the embedded transaction time.

swiftly help auth

Usage: swiftly [main_options] auth

For help on [main_options] run swiftly with no args.

Authenticates and then outputs the resulting information.

Possible Output Values:

    Auth Cache           The location where auth info may be cached.
    Auth URL             The URL of the auth service if in use.
    Auth User            The user to auth as if in use.
    Auth Key             The key to auth with if in use.
    Auth Tenant          The tenant to auth as if in use.
    Auth Methods         The auth methods in use if any specified.
    Direct Storage Path  The direct-mode path if in use.
    Direct CDN Path      The direct-mode CDN path if in use.
    Regions              The available regions as reported by the auth service.
    Default Region       The default region as reported by the auth service.
    Selected Region      The region selected for use by Swiftly.
    SNet                 True if ServiceNet/InternalURL would be used.
    Storage URL          The URL to use for storage as reported by the auth
                         service.
    CDN URL              The URL to use for CDN management as reported by the
                         auth service.
    Auth Token           The auth token to use as reported by the auth service.

Example Output:

Auth Cache:      /tmp/user.swiftly
Auth URL:        https://identity.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2.0
Auth User:       myusername
Auth Key:        mykey
Regions:         ORD DFW SYD IAD HKG
Default Region:  ORD
Selected Region: IAD
SNet:            True
Storage URL:     https://snet-storage101.iad3.clouddrive.com/v1/account
CDN URL:         https://cdn5.clouddrive.com/v1/account
Auth Token:      abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789

Options:
  -?, --help  Shows this help text.

swiftly help decrypt

Usage: swiftly [main_options] decrypt [key]

For help on [main_options] run swiftly with no args.

Decrypts standard input using the given [key] and sends that to standard
output. If the key is not provided on the command line or is a single dash "-",
it must be provided via a SWIFTLY_CRYPT_KEY environment variable.

This currently only supports AES 256 in CBC mode but other algorithms may be
offered in the future.

Options:
  -?, --help  Shows this help text.

swiftly help delete

Usage: swiftly [main_options] delete [options] [path]

For help on [main_options] run swiftly with no args.

Issues a DELETE request of the [path] given.

Options:
  -?, --help            Shows this help text.
  -h HEADER:VALUE, -H HEADER:VALUE, --header=HEADER:VALUE
                        Add a header to the request. This can be used multiple
                        times for multiple headers. Examples: -hx-some-header
                        :some-value -h "X-Some-Other-Header: Some other value"
  -q NAME[=VALUE], --query=NAME[=VALUE]
                        Add a query parameter to the request. This can be used
                        multiple times for multiple query parameters. Example:
                        -qmultipart-manifest=get
  -i PATH, --input=PATH
                        Indicates where to read the DELETE request body from;
                        use a dash (as in "-i -") to specify standard input
                        since DELETEs do not normally take input.
  --recursive           Normally a delete for a non-empty container will error
                        with a 409 Conflict; --recursive will first delete all
                        objects in a container and then delete the container
                        itself. For an account delete, all containers and
                        objects will be deleted (requires the --yes-i-mean-
                        empty-the-account option). Note that this will do just
                        one pass at deletion, so if objects revert to previous
                        versions or somehow otherwise arise after the deletion
                        pass, the container or account may not be full empty
                        once done. See --until-empty for a multiple-pass
                        option.
  --until-empty         If used with --recursive, multiple passes will be
                        attempted to empty all the containers of objects and
                        the account of all containers. Note that could run
                        forever if there is something else creating items
                        faster than they are deleted.
  --yes-i-mean-empty-the-account
                        Required when issuing a delete directly on an account
                        with the --recursive option. This will delete all
                        containers and objects in the account without deleting
                        the account itself, leaving an empty account. THERE IS
                        NO GOING BACK!
  --yes-i-mean-delete-the-account
                        Required when issuing a delete directly on an account.
                        Some Swift clusters do not support this. Those that do
                        will mark the account as deleted and immediately begin
                        removing the objects from the cluster in the
                        backgound. THERE IS NO GOING BACK!
  --ignore-404          Ignores 404 Not Found responses; the exit code will be
                        0 instead of 1.

swiftly help encrypt

Usage: swiftly [main_options] encrypt [key]

For help on [main_options] run swiftly with no args.

Encrypts standard input using the given [key] and sends that to standard
output. If the key is not provided on the command line or is a single dash "-",
it must be provided via a SWIFTLY_CRYPT_KEY environment variable.

This currently uses AES 256 in CBC mode but other algorithms may be offered in
the future.

Options:
  -?, --help  Shows this help text.

swiftly help fordo

Usage: swiftly [main_options] for [options] <path> do [command]

For help on [main_options] run swiftly with no args.

This will issue the [command] for each item encountered performing a listing on
<path>.

If the <path> is an empty string "" then an account listing is performed and
the [command] will be run for each container listed. Otherwise, the <path> must
be a container and the [command] will be run for each object listed.

You may include the options listed below before the "do" to change how the
listing is performed (prefix queries, limits, etc.)

The "do" keyword separates the [command] from the rest of the "for" expression.
After the "do" comes the [command] which will have the first instance of
"<item>" replaced with each item in turn that is in the resulting "for"
listing. Any additional instances of "<item>" will be left alone, as you might
be calling a nested "for ... do".

For example, to head every container for an account:

    swiftly for "" do head "<item>"

To head every object in every container for an account:

    swiftly for "" do for "<item>" do head "<item>"

To post to every object in a container, forcing an auto-detected update to
each's content-type:

    swiftly for my_container do post -hx-detect-content-type:true "<item>"

To head every object in a container, but only those with the name prefix of
"under_here/":

    swiftly for -p under_here/ my_container do head "<item>"

Options:
  -?, --help            Shows this help text.
  -h HEADER:VALUE, -H HEADER:VALUE, --header=HEADER:VALUE
                        Add a header to the request. This can be used multiple
                        times for multiple headers. Examples: -hif-
                        match:6f432df40167a4af05ca593acc6b3e4c -h "If-
                        Modified-Since: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:03:38 GMT"
  -q NAME[=VALUE], --query=NAME[=VALUE]
                        Add a query parameter to the request. This can be used
                        multiple times for multiple query parameters. Example:
                        -qmultipart-manifest=get
  -l LIMIT, --limit=LIMIT
                        For account and container GETs, this limits the number
                        of items returned. Without this option, all items are
                        returned, even if it requires several backend requests
                        to the gather the information.
  -d DELIMITER, --delimiter=DELIMITER
                        For account and container GETs, this sets the
                        delimiter for the listing retrieved. For example, a
                        container with the objects "abc/one", "abc/two", "xyz"
                        and a delimiter of "/" would return "abc/" and "xyz".
                        Using the same delimiter, but with a prefix of "abc/",
                        would return "abc/one" and "abc/two".
  -p PREFIX, --prefix=PREFIX
                        For account and container GETs, this sets the prefix
                        for the listing retrieved; the items returned will all
                        match the PREFIX given.
  -m MARKER, --marker=MARKER
                        For account and container GETs, this sets the marker
                        for the listing retrieved; the items returned will
                        begin with the item just after the MARKER given (note:
                        the marker does not have to actually exist).
  -e MARKER, --end-marker=MARKER
                        For account and container GETs, this sets the end-
                        marker for the listing retrieved; the items returned
                        will stop with the item just before the MARKER given
                        (note: the marker does not have to actually exist).
  --ignore-404          Ignores 404 Not Found responses. Nothing will be
                        output, and the exit code will be 0 instead of 1.
  --output-names        Outputs the name of each item just before calling
                        [command] with it. To ensure easier parsing, the name
                        will be url encoded and prefixed with "Item Name: ".
                        For commands that have output of their own, this is
                        usually only useful with single concurrency; otherwise
                        the item names and the command output will get
                        interspersed and impossible to associate.

swiftly help get

Usage: swiftly [main_options] get [options] [path]

For help on [main_options] run swiftly with no args.

Outputs the resulting contents from a GET request of the [path] given. If no
[path] is given, a GET request on the account is performed.

Options:
  -?, --help            Shows this help text.
  --headers             Output headers as well as the contents.
  -h HEADER:VALUE, -H HEADER:VALUE, --header=HEADER:VALUE
                        Add a header to the request. This can be used multiple
                        times for multiple headers. Examples: -hif-
                        match:6f432df40167a4af05ca593acc6b3e4c -h "If-
                        Modified-Since: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:03:38 GMT"
  -q NAME[=VALUE], --query=NAME[=VALUE]
                        Add a query parameter to the request. This can be used
                        multiple times for multiple query parameters. Example:
                        -qmultipart-manifest=get
  -l LIMIT, --limit=LIMIT
                        For account and container GETs, this limits the number
                        of items returned. Without this option, all items are
                        returned, even if it requires several backend requests
                        to the gather the information.
  -d DELIMITER, --delimiter=DELIMITER
                        For account and container GETs, this sets the
                        delimiter for the listing retrieved. For example, a
                        container with the objects "abc/one", "abc/two", "xyz"
                        and a delimiter of "/" would return "abc/" and "xyz".
                        Using the same delimiter, but with a prefix of "abc/",
                        would return "abc/one" and "abc/two".
  -p PREFIX, --prefix=PREFIX
                        For account and container GETs, this sets the prefix
                        for the listing retrieved; the items returned will all
                        match the PREFIX given.
  -m MARKER, --marker=MARKER
                        For account and container GETs, this sets the marker
                        for the listing retrieved; the items returned will
                        begin with the item just after the MARKER given (note:
                        the marker does not have to actually exist).
  -e MARKER, --end-marker=MARKER
                        For account and container GETs, this sets the end-
                        marker for the listing retrieved; the items returned
                        will stop with the item just before the MARKER given
                        (note: the marker does not have to actually exist).
  -f, --full            For account and container GETs, this will output
                        additional information about each item. For an account
                        GET, the items output will be bytes-used, object-
                        count, and container-name. For a container GET, the
                        items output will be bytes-used, last-modified-time,
                        etag, content-type, and object-name. Note that this is
                        mostly useless for --cdn queries; for those it is best
                        to just use --raw and parse the results yourself
                        (perhaps through "python -m json.tool").
  -r, --raw             For account and container GETs, this will return the
                        raw JSON from the request. This will only do one
                        request, even if subsequent requests would be needed
                        to return all items. Use a subsequent call with
                        --marker set to the last item name returned to get the
                        next batch of items, if desired.
  --all-objects         For an account GET, performs a container GET --all-
                        objects for every container returned by the original
                        account GET. For a container GET, performs a GET for
                        every object returned by that original container GET.
                        Any headers set with --header options are sent for
                        every GET. Any query parameter set with --query is
                        sent for every GET.
  -o PATH, --output=PATH
                        Indicates where to send the output; default is
                        standard output. If the PATH ends with a slash "/" and
                        --all-objects is used, each object will be placed in a
                        similarly named file inside the PATH given.
  --ignore-404          Ignores 404 Not Found responses. Nothing will be
                        output, but the exit code will be 0 instead of 1.
  --sub-command=COMMAND
                        Sends the contents of each object downloaded as
                        standard input to the COMMAND given and outputs the
                        command's standard output as if it were the object's
                        contents. This can be useful in combination with
                        --all-objects to filter the objects before writing
                        them to disk; for instance, downloading logs,
                        gunzipping them, grepping for a keyword, and only
                        storing matching lines locally (--sub-command "gunzip
                        | grep keyword" or --sub-command "zgrep keyword" if
                        your system has that).
  --remove-empty-files  Removes files that result as empty. This can be useful
                        in conjunction with --sub-command so you are left only
                        with the files that generated output.
  --decrypt=KEY         Will decrypt the downloaded object data with KEY. This
                        currently only supports AES 256 in CBC mode but other
                        algorithms may be offered in the future. You may
                        specify a single dash "-" as the KEY and instead the
                        KEY will be loaded from the SWIFTLY_CRYPT_KEY
                        environment variable.

swiftly help head

Usage: swiftly [main_options] head [options] [path]

For help on [main_options] run swiftly with no args.

Outputs the resulting headers from a HEAD request of the [path] given. If no
[path] is given, a HEAD request on the account is performed.

Options:
  -?, --help            Shows this help text.
  -h HEADER:VALUE, -H HEADER:VALUE, --header=HEADER:VALUE
                        Add a header to the request. This can be used multiple
                        times for multiple headers. Examples: -hif-
                        match:6f432df40167a4af05ca593acc6b3e4c -h "If-
                        Modified-Since: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:03:38 GMT"
  -q NAME[=VALUE], --query=NAME[=VALUE]
                        Add a query parameter to the request. This can be used
                        multiple times for multiple query parameters. Example:
                        -qmultipart-manifest=get
  --ignore-404          Ignores 404 Not Found responses. Nothing will be
                        output, but the exit code will be 0 instead of 1.

swiftly help ping

Usage: swiftly [main_options] ping [options] [path]

For help on [main_options] run swiftly with no args.

Runs a ping test against the account.
The [path] will be used as a prefix to the random container name used (default:
swiftly-ping).

Options:
  -?, --help            Shows this help text.
  -v, --verbose         Outputs additional information as ping works.
  -c PING_COUNT, --count=PING_COUNT
                        Count of objects to create; default 1.
  -o OBJECT_RING, --object-ring=OBJECT_RING
                        The current object ring of the cluster being pinged.
                        This will enable output of which nodes are involved in
                        the object requests and their implied behavior. Use of
                        this also requires the main Swift code is installed
                        and importable.
  -l LIMIT, --limit=LIMIT
                        Limits the node output tables to LIMIT nodes.
  -t THRESHOLD, --threshold=THRESHOLD
                        Changes the threshold for the final (average * x)
                        reports. This will define the value of x, defaults to
                        2.
  -g PREFIX, --graphite=PREFIX
                        Switches to "graphite" output. The output will be
                        lines of "PREFIX.metric value timestamp" suitable for
                        piping to graphite (through netcat or something
                        similar).

swiftly help post

Usage: swiftly [main_options] post [options] [path]

For help on [main_options] run swiftly with no args.

Issues a POST request of the [path] given. If no [path] is given, a POST
request on the account is performed.

Options:
  -?, --help            Shows this help text.
  -h HEADER:VALUE, -H HEADER:VALUE, --header=HEADER:VALUE
                        Add a header to the request. This can be used multiple
                        times for multiple headers. Examples: -hx-object-meta-
                        color:blue -h "Content-Type: text/html"
  -q NAME[=VALUE], --query=NAME[=VALUE]
                        Add a query parameter to the request. This can be used
                        multiple times for multiple query parameters. Example:
                        -qmultipart-manifest=get
  -i PATH, --input=PATH
                        Indicates where to read the POST request body from;
                        use a dash (as in "-i -") to specify standard input
                        since POSTs to Swift do not normally take input.

swiftly help put

Usage: swiftly [main_options] put [options] [path]

For help on [main_options] run swiftly with no args.

Performs a PUT request on the <path> given. If the <path> is an object, the
contents for the object are read from standard input.

Special Note About Segmented Objects:

For object uploads exceeding the -s [size] (default: 5G) the object will be
uploaded in segments. At this time, auto-segmenting only works for objects
uploaded from source files -- objects sourced from standard input cannot exceed
the maximum object size for the cluster.

A segmented object is one that has its contents in several other objects. On
download, these other objects are concatenated into a single object stream.

Segmented objects can be useful to greatly exceed the maximum single object
size, speed up uploading large objects with concurrent segment uploading, and
provide the option to replace, insert, and delete segments within a whole
object without having to alter or reupload any of the other segments.

The main object of a segmented object is called the "manifest object". This
object just has an X-Object-Manifest header that points to another path where
the segments for the object contents are stored. For Swiftly, this header value
is auto-generated as the same name as the manifest object, but with "_segments"
added to the container name. This keeps the segments out of the main container
listing, which is often useful.

By default, Swift's dynamic large object support is used since it was
implemented first. However, if you prefix the [size] with an 's', as in '-s
s1048576' Swiftly will use static large object support. These static large
objects are very similar as described above, except the manifest contains a
static list of the object segments. For more information on the tradeoffs, see
http://greg.brim.net/post/2013/05/16/1834.html

Options:
  -?, --help            Shows this help text.
  -h HEADER:VALUE, -H HEADER:VALUE, --header=HEADER:VALUE
                        Add a header to the request. This can be used multiple
                        times for multiple headers. Examples: -hx-object-meta-
                        color:blue -h "Content-Type: text/html"
  -q NAME[=VALUE], --query=NAME[=VALUE]
                        Add a query parameter to the request. This can be used
                        multiple times for multiple query parameters. Example:
                        -qmultipart-manifest=get
  -i PATH, --input=PATH
                        Indicates where to read the contents from; default is
                        standard input. If the PATH is a directory, all files
                        in the directory will be uploaded as similarly named
                        objects and empty directories will create
                        text/directory marker objects. Use a dash (as in "-i
                        -") to specify standard input for account and
                        container PUTs, as those do not normally take input.
                        This is useful with -qextract-archive=<format> bulk
                        upload requests. For example: tar zc . | swiftly put
                        -qextract-archive=tar.gz -i - container
  -n, --newer           For PUTs with an --input option, first performs a HEAD
                        on the object and compares the X-Object-Meta-Mtime
                        header with the modified time of the PATH obtained
                        from the --input option and then PUTs the object only
                        if the local time is newer. When the --input PATH is a
                        directory, this offers an easy way to upload only the
                        newer files since the last upload (at the expense of
                        HEAD requests). NOTE THAT THIS WILL NOT UPLOAD CHANGED
                        FILES THAT DO NOT HAVE A NEWER LOCAL MODIFIED TIME!
                        NEWER does not mean DIFFERENT.
  -d, --different       For PUTs with an --input option, first performs a HEAD
                        on the object and compares the X-Object-Meta-Mtime
                        header with the modified time of the PATH obtained
                        from the --input option and then PUTs the object only
                        if the local time is different. It will also check the
                        local and remote sizes and PUT if they differ.
                        ETag/MD5sum checking are not done (an option may be
                        provided in the future) since this is usually much
                        more disk intensive. When the --input PATH is a
                        directory, this offers an easy way to upload only the
                        differing files since the last upload (at the expense
                        of HEAD requests). NOTE THAT THIS CAN UPLOAD OLDER
                        FILES OVER NEWER ONES! DIFFERENT does not mean NEWER.
  -e, --empty           Indicates a zero-byte object should be PUT.
  -s BYTES, --segment-size=BYTES
                        Indicates the maximum size of an object before
                        uploading it as a segmented object. See full help text
                        for more information.
  --stdin-segmentation  Separate STDIN data into segments. This will separate
                        dataeven if segment size is not exceeded.
  --encrypt=KEY         Will encrypt the uploaded object data with KEY. This
                        currently uses AES 256 in CBC mode but other
                        algorithms may be offered in the future. You may
                        specify a single dash "-" as the KEY and instead the
                        KEY will be loaded from the SWIFTLY_CRYPT_KEY
                        environment variable.

swiftly help tempurl

Usage: swiftly [main_options] tempurl [options] <method> <path> [seconds]

For help on [main_options] run swiftly with no args.

Outputs a TempURL using the information given.
The <path> should be to an object or object-prefix.
[seconds] defaults to 3600

Options:
  -?, --help           Shows this help text.
  -c, --use_container  Create TempURL using container key.

swiftly help trans

Usage: swiftly [main_options] trans <x-trans-id-value>

For help on [main_options] run swiftly with no args.

Outputs information about the <x-trans-id-value> given, such as the embedded
transaction time.

Options:
  -?, --help  Shows this help text.