How to download Rackspace Cloud Files containers

download-rackspace-cloud-files.sh

# I could not get python-swiftclient to obtain its own auth token from Rackspace directly for a non-default region.
# Instead, I obtain one with the swiftly client and then use the `swift` CLI to download the container.

pip install -U python-swiftclient swiftly

export OS_AUTH_URL=https://identity.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2.0/
export OS_USERNAME=...
export OS_REGION_NAME=IAD
# Set your API Key as the password, not your password...
export OS_PASSWORD=...

swiftly -A $OS_AUTH_URL -U $OS_USERNAME -K $OS_PASSWORD --region $OS_REGION_NAME auth

# Extract the "Storage URL" and "Auth Token" and define two more variables

export STORAGE_URL=...
export AUTH_TOKEN=...

# Make sure you see the buckets you expect

swift --os-storage-url $STORAGE_URL --os-auth-token $AUTH_TOKEN list

# Download all buckets in the region (or specify the bucket name instead of `--all` to download one)

swift --os-storage-url $STORAGE_URL --os-auth-token $AUTH_TOKEN download --all