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Object Storage Service:Resumable download

Last Updated:Oct 18, 2023

If the network is unstable or other exceptions occur, a large object fails to be downloaded. In some cases, the object may still fail to be downloaded even after several attempts. To resolve this issue, OSS provides the resumable download feature.

Usage notes

  • In this topic, the public endpoint of the China (Hangzhou) region is used. If you want to access OSS by using other Alibaba Cloud services in the same region as OSS, use an internal endpoint. For more information about the regions and endpoints supported by OSS, see Regions and endpoints.

  • In this topic, an OSSClient instance is created by using an OSS endpoint. If you want to create an OSSClient instance by using custom domain names or Security Token Service (STS), see Initialization.

  • To use resumable download, you must have the oss:GetObject permission. For more information, see Common examples of RAM policies.

Sample code

You can use the oss_resumable_clt_params_t method to implement resumable download. The oss_resumable_clt_params_t method contains the following parameters.

Parameter

Description

thread_num

The number of concurrent threads. Default value: 1.

enable_checkpoint

Specifies whether to enable resumable download. By default, resumable download is not enabled.

partSize

The size of each part. Valid values: 1 to 5368709120. Unit: bytes.

checkpoint_path

The path of the checkpoint file. Default value: {upload_file_path}.cp.

During the download, the download progress is recorded in the checkpoint file. If a part fails to be downloaded, the download is resumed from the position recorded in the checkpoint file. The checkpoint file is deleted after resumable download is complete.

The following code provides an example on how to perform resumable download:

#include "oss_api.h"
#include "aos_http_io.h"
/* Specify the endpoint of the region in which the bucket is located. For example, if the bucket is located in the China (Hangzhou) region, set the endpoint to https://oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com. */
const char *endpoint = "yourEndpoint";

/* Specify the name of the bucket. Example: examplebucket. */
const char *bucket_name = "examplebucket";
/* Specify the full path of the object. Do not include the bucket name in the full path. Example: exampledir/exampleobject.txt. */
const char *object_name = "exampledir/exampleobject.txt";
/* Specify the full path of the local file. */
const char *local_filename = "yourLocalFilename";
void init_options(oss_request_options_t *options)
{
    options->config = oss_config_create(options->pool);
    /* Use a char* string to initialize data of the aos_string_t type. */
    aos_str_set(&options->config->endpoint, endpoint);
    /* Obtain access credentials from environment variables. Before you run the sample code, make sure that the OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET environment variables are configured. */    
    aos_str_set(&options->config->access_key_id, getenv("OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID"));
    aos_str_set(&options->config->access_key_secret, getenv("OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET"));
    /* Specify whether to use CNAME. The value 0 indicates that CNAME is not used. */
    options->config->is_cname = 0;
    /* Specify network parameters, such as the timeout period. */
    options->ctl = aos_http_controller_create(options->pool, 0);
}
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    /* Call the aos_http_io_initialize method in main() to initialize global resources, such as network resources and memory resources. */
    if (aos_http_io_initialize(NULL, 0) != AOSE_OK) {
        exit(1);
    }
    /* Create a memory pool to manage memory. aos_pool_t is equivalent to apr_pool_t. The code used to create a memory pool is included in the APR library. */
    aos_pool_t *pool;
    /* Create a memory pool. The value of the second parameter is NULL. This value indicates that the pool does not inherit other memory pools. */
    aos_pool_create(&pool, NULL);
    /* Create and initialize options. This parameter includes global configuration information, such as endpoint, access_key_id, access_key_secret, is_cname, and curl. */
    oss_request_options_t *oss_client_options;
    /* Allocate the memory resources in the memory pool to the options. */
    oss_client_options = oss_request_options_create(pool);
    /* Initialize oss_client_options. */
    init_options(oss_client_options);
    /* Initialize the parameters. */
    aos_string_t bucket;
    aos_string_t object;
    aos_string_t file;
    aos_table_t *headers = NULL;
    aos_table_t *resp_headers = NULL; 
    aos_status_t *resp_status = NULL; 
    oss_resumable_clt_params_t *clt_params;
    aos_str_set(&bucket, bucket_name);
    aos_str_set(&object, object_name);
    aos_str_set(&file, local_filename);
    /* Perform resumable download to download the object. */
    clt_params = oss_create_resumable_clt_params_content(pool, 1024 * 100, 3, AOS_TRUE, NULL);
    resp_status = oss_resumable_download_file(oss_client_options, &bucket, &object, &file, headers, NULL, clt_params, NULL, &resp_headers);
    if (aos_status_is_ok(resp_status)) {
        printf("download succeeded\n");
    } else {
        printf("download failed\n");
    }
    /* Release the memory pool. This operation releases the memory resources allocated for the request. */
    aos_pool_destroy(pool);
    /* Release the allocated global resources. */
    aos_http_io_deinitialize();
    return 0;
}

References

  • For the complete sample code that is used to perform resumable download, visit GitHub.

  • For more information about the API operation that you can call to perform resumable download, see GetObject.