# NAME

Backblaze::B2 - interface to the Backblaze B2 API

# SYNOPSIS

# METHODS

## `Backblaze::B2->new %options`

- **version**

    Allows you to specify the API version. The current
    default is `v1`, which corresponds to the
    Backblaze B2 API version 1 as documented at
    [https://www.backblaze.com/b2/docs/](https://www.backblaze.com/b2/docs/).

# SETUP

- 0. Have a telephone / mobile phone number you're willing to
share with Backblaze
- 1. Register at for Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage at 

    [https://secure.backblaze.com/account\_settings.htm?showPhone=true](https://secure.backblaze.com/account_settings.htm?showPhone=true)

- 2. Add the phone number to your account at

    [https://secure.backblaze.com/account\_settings.htm?showPhone=true](https://secure.backblaze.com/account_settings.htm?showPhone=true)

- 3. Enable Two-Factor verification through your phone at

    [https://secure.backblaze.com/account\_settings.htm?showPhone=true](https://secure.backblaze.com/account_settings.htm?showPhone=true)

- 4. Create a JSON file named `B2.credentials`

    This file should live in your
    home directory
    with the application key and the account key:

        { "accountId":      "...",
          "applicationKey": ".............."
        }

# NAME

Backblaze::B2::v1 - Backblaze B2 API account

# METHODS

## `->new %options`

    my $b2 = Backblaze::B2::v1->new(
        api => 'Backblaze::B2::v1::Synchronous', # the default
    );

Creates a new instance. Depending on whether you pass in
`<Backblaze::B2::v1::Synchronous`> or `<Backblaze::B2::v1::AnyEvent`>,
you will get a synchronous or asynchronous API.

The synchronous API is what is documented here, as this is the
most likely use case.

    my @buckets = $b2->buckets();
    for( @buckets ) {
        ...
    }

The asynchronous API is identical to the synchronous API in spirit, but
will return [Promises](https://metacpan.org/pod/Promises) . These condvars usually return
two or more parameters upon completion:

    my $results = $b2->buckets();
    $results->then( sub{ 
        my( @buckets ) = @_;
        for( @buckets ) {
            ...
        }
    }

The asynchronous API puts the burden of error handling into your code.

## `->buckets`

    my @buckets = $b2->buckets();

Returns a list of [Backblaze::B2::Bucket](https://metacpan.org/pod/Backblaze::B2::Bucket) objects associated with
the B2 account.

## `->bucket_from_id`

    my @buckets = $b2->bucket_from_id(
        'deadbeef'
    );

Returns a [Backblaze::B2::Bucket](https://metacpan.org/pod/Backblaze::B2::Bucket) object that has the given ID. It
does not make an HTTP request to fetch the name and status of that bucket.

## `->create_bucket`

    my $new_bucket = $b2->create_bucket(
        name => 'my-new-bucket', # only /[A-Za-z0-9-]/i are allowed as bucket names
        type => 'allPrivate', # or allPublic
    );
    
    print sprintf "Created new bucket %s\n", $new_bucket->id;

Creates a new bucket and returns it.

## `->api`

Returns the underlying API object

## `->files( %options )`

Lists the files contained in this bucket

    my @files = $bucket->files(
        startFileName => undef,
    );

By default it returns only the first 1000
files, but see the `allFiles` parameter.

- `allFiles`

        allFiles => 1

    Passing in a true value for this parameter will make
    as many API calls as necessary to fetch all files.

## `->upload_file( %options )`

Uploads a file into this bucket, potentially creating
a new file version.

    my $new_file = $bucket->upload_file(
        file => 'some/local/file.txt',
        target_file => 'the/public/name.txt',
    );

- `file`

    Local name of the source file. This file will be loaded
    into memory in one go.

- `target_file`

    Name of the file on the B2 API. Defaults to the local name.

    The target file name will have backslashes replaced by forward slashes
    to comply with the B2 API.

- `mime_type`

    Content-type of the stored file. Defaults to autodetection by the B2 API.

- `content`

    If you don't have the local content in a file on disk, you can
    pass the content in as a string.

- `mtime`

    Time in miliseconds since the epoch to when the content was created.
    Defaults to the current time.

- `sha1`

    Hexdigest of the SHA1 of the content. If this is missing, the SHA1
    will be calculated upon upload.

## `->download_file_by_name( %options )`

Downloads a file from this bucket by name:

    my $content = $bucket->download_file_by_name(
        fileName => 'the/public/name.txt',
    );

This saves you searching through the list of existing files
if you already know the filename.

## `->get_download_authorization( %options )`

Downloads a file from this bucket by name:

    my $authToken = $bucket->get_download_authorization(
        fileNamePrefix => '/members/downloads/',
        validDurationInSeconds => 300, # five minutes
    );

This returns an authorization token that can download files with the
given prefix.

## `->api`

Returns the underlying API object

## `->files( %options )`

Lists the files contained in this bucket

    my @files = $bucket->files(
        startFileName => undef,
    );

By default it returns only the first 1000
files, but see the `allFiles` parameter.

- `allFiles`

        allFiles => 1

    Passing in a true value for this parameter will make
    as many API calls as necessary to fetch all files.

## `->upload_file( %options )`

Uploads a file into this bucket, potentially creating
a new file version.

    my $new_file = $bucket->upload_file(
        file => 'some/local/file.txt',
        target_file => 'the/public/name.txt',
    );

- `file`

    Local name of the source file. This file will be loaded
    into memory in one go.

- `target_file`

    Name of the file on the B2 API. Defaults to the local name.

    The target file name will have backslashes replaced by forward slashes
    to comply with the B2 API.

- `mime_type`

    Content-type of the stored file. Defaults to autodetection by the B2 API.

- `content`

    If you don't have the local content in a file on disk, you can
    pass the content in as a string.

- `mtime`

    Time in miliseconds since the epoch to when the content was created.
    Defaults to the current time.

- `sha1`

    Hexdigest of the SHA1 of the content. If this is missing, the SHA1
    will be calculated upon upload.

## `->download_file_by_name( %options )`

Downloads a file from this bucket by name:

    my $content = $bucket->download_file_by_name(
        file => 'the/public/name.txt',
    );

This saves you searching through the list of existing files
if you already know the filename.

## `->api`

Returns the underlying API object
