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Object Storage Service:Overview of uploading objects to OSS from web clients

Last Updated:Aug 24, 2023

This topic describes how to use form upload on the web to directly upload data to Object Storage Service (OSS).

In most cases, when users use a browser or an application to upload an object, the object is uploaded to the application server. Then, the application server uploads the object to OSS. During this process, the application server is necessary to transfer the object. In this case, the transmission efficiency is lower compared to direct data upload.

Direct upload allows you to call the PostObject operation to upload data. For more information, see PostObject. The following cases describe how to upload data to OSS by using form upload: