def copy_container(self, source_access_id, source_access_key):
"""
Copies the contents of another container into this one.
Warning: Deletes EVERYTHING inside the current container!
Requires the access credentials of the source container.
"""
# we additionally sign our source container data with
# the source container secret. The server can then
# check both signatures to verify that the caller has
# knowledge of the secrets for both containers.
data = {'source_id': source_access_id}
data['source_signature'] = sign(source_access_key, data)
response = self._post('copy-container', data)
response.raise_for_status()
return response.ok
def _sign(self, data, keys=None):
if keys is not None:
data = dict((k, v) for k, v in data.items() if k in keys)
return sign(self.access_key, data)
