Object Operations
An object is a container for storing data and metadata. A container may have many objects, but the object names must be unique. This API enables a client to create an object, set access controls and metadata, retrieve an object’s data and metadata, and delete an object. Since this API makes requests related to information in a particular user’s account, all requests in this API must be authenticated unless the container or object’s access control is deliberately made publicly accessible (i.e., allows anonymous requests).
Create/Update an Object
To create a new object, make a PUT
request with the API version, account, container name and the name of the new object. You must have write permission on the container to create or update an object. The object name must be unique within the container. The PUT
request is not idempotent, so if you do not use a unique name, the request will update the object. However, you may use pseudo-hierarchical syntax in your object name to distinguish it from another object of the same name if it is under a different pseudo-hierarchical directory. You may include access control headers and metadata headers in the request.
Syntax
PUT /{api version}/{account}/{container}/{object} HTTP/1.1
Host: {fqdn}
X-Auth-Token: {auth-token}
Request Headers
ETag
Description
An MD5 hash of the object’s contents. Recommended.
Type
String
Required
No
Content-Type
Description
The type of content the object contains.
Type
String
Required
No
Transfer-Encoding
Description
Indicates whether the object is part of a larger aggregate object.
Type
String
Valid Values
chunked
Required
No
Copy an Object
Copying an object allows you to make a server-side copy of an object, so that you don’t have to download it and upload it under another container/name. To copy the contents of one object to another object, you may make either a PUT
request or a COPY
request with the API version, account, and the container name. For a PUT
request, use the destination container and object name in the request, and the source container and object in the request header. For a Copy
request, use the source container and object in the request, and the destination container and object in the request header. You must have write permission on the container to copy an object. The destination object name must be unique within the container. The request is not idempotent, so if you do not use a unique name, the request will update the destination object. However, you may use pseudo-hierarchical syntax in your object name to distinguish the destination object from the source object of the same name if it is under a different pseudo-hierarchical directory. You may include access control headers and metadata headers in the request.
Syntax
PUT /{api version}/{account}/{dest-container}/{dest-object} HTTP/1.1
X-Copy-From: {source-container}/{source-object}
Host: {fqdn}
X-Auth-Token: {auth-token}
or alternatively:
COPY /{api version}/{account}/{source-container}/{source-object} HTTP/1.1
Destination: {dest-container}/{dest-object}
Request Headers
X-Copy-From
Description
Used with a PUT
request to define the source container/object path.
Type
String
Required
Yes, if using PUT
Destination
Description
Used with a COPY
request to define the destination container/object path.
Type
String
Required
Yes, if using COPY
If-Modified-Since
Description
Only copies if modified since the date/time of the source object’s last_modified
attribute.
Type
Date
Required
No
If-Unmodified-Since
Description
Only copies if not modified since the date/time of the source object’s last_modified
attribute.
Type
Date
Required
No
Copy-If-Match
Description
Copies only if the ETag in the request matches the source object’s ETag.
Type
ETag.
Required
No
Copy-If-None-Match
Description
Copies only if the ETag in the request does not match the source object’s ETag.
Type
ETag.
Required
No
Delete an Object
To delete an object, make a DELETE
request with the API version, account, container and object name. You must have write permissions on the container to delete an object within it. Once you have successfully deleted the object, you will be able to reuse the object name.
Syntax
DELETE /{api version}/{account}/{container}/{object} HTTP/1.1
Host: {fqdn}
X-Auth-Token: {auth-token}
Get an Object
To retrieve an object, make a GET
request with the API version, account, container and object name. You must have read permissions on the container to retrieve an object within it.
Syntax
GET /{api version}/{account}/{container}/{object} HTTP/1.1
Host: {fqdn}
X-Auth-Token: {auth-token}
Request Headers
range
Description
To retrieve a subset of an object’s contents, you may specify a byte range.
Type
Date
Required
No
If-Modified-Since
Description
Only copies if modified since the date/time of the source object’s last_modified
attribute.
Type
Date
Required
No
If-Unmodified-Since
Description
Only copies if not modified since the date/time of the source object’s last_modified
attribute.
Type
Date
Required
No
Copy-If-Match
Description
Copies only if the ETag in the request matches the source object’s ETag.
Type
ETag.
Required
No
Copy-If-None-Match
Description
Copies only if the ETag in the request does not match the source object’s ETag.
Type
ETag.
Required
No
Response Headers
Content-Range
Description
The range of the subset of object contents. Returned only if the range header field was specified in the request
Get Object Metadata
To retrieve an object’s metadata, make a HEAD
request with the API version, account, container and object name. You must have read permissions on the container to retrieve metadata from an object within the container. This request returns the same header information as the request for the object itself, but it does not return the object’s data.
Syntax
HEAD /{api version}/{account}/{container}/{object} HTTP/1.1
Host: {fqdn}
X-Auth-Token: {auth-token}
Add/Update Object Metadata
To add metadata to an object, make a POST
request with the API version, account, container and object name. You must have write permissions on the parent container to add or update metadata.
Syntax
POST /{api version}/{account}/{container}/{object} HTTP/1.1
Host: {fqdn}
X-Auth-Token: {auth-token}
Request Headers
X-Object-Meta-{key}
Description
A user-defined meta data key that takes an arbitrary string value.
Type
String
Required
No