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Object Storage Service:use OSS SDK for C to manage object metadata

Last Updated:Jan 18, 2024

Objects that are stored in Object Storage Service (OSS) consist of keys, data, and object metadata. Object metadata describes object attributes. Object metadata includes standard HTTP headers and user metadata. You can create custom HTTP request policies such as object cache policies and forced object download policies by configuring standard HTTP headers. You can configure user metadata for an object to identify the purposes or attributes of the object.

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 configure object metadata, you must have the oss:PutObject permission. To query object metadata, you must have the oss:GetObject permission. For more information, see Attach a custom policy to a RAM user.

Sample code

After you upload an object to Object Storage Service (OSS) or before you read an object from OSS, you can call the oss_get_object_meta operation to query the metadata of the object, such as the length and type of the object. The following code provides an example on how to configure and query object metadata:

Warning

When you upload objects to OSS, if an object stored in OSS has the same name as the uploaded object, OSS overwrites the existing object with the uploaded object. Before you configure object metadata by uploading an object, make sure that the destination bucket does not contain an object that has the same name to avoid accidentally overwriting existing objects. For more information, see Simple upload.

#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 of the object. Example: exampledir/exampleobject.txt. */
const char *object_name = "exampledir/exampleobject.txt";
const char *object_content= "hello world";
void init_options(oss_request_options_t *options)
{
    options->config = oss_config_create(options->pool);
    /* Use a char* string to initialize aos_string_t. */
    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 that is 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 specifies that the pool does not inherit other memory pools. */
    aos_pool_create(&pool, NULL);
    /* Create and initialize options. This parameter specifies 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_table_t *headers;
    aos_list_t buffer;
    aos_table_t *resp_headers = NULL; 
    aos_status_t *resp_status = NULL; 
    aos_buf_t *content = NULL;
    char *content_length_str = NULL;
    char *object_type = NULL;
    char *object_author = NULL;
    int64_t content_length = 0;
    aos_str_set(&bucket, bucket_name);
    aos_str_set(&object, object_name);
    headers = aos_table_make(pool, 2);
    /* Configure user metadata. */
    apr_table_set(headers, "Expires", "Fri, 28 Feb 2032 05:38:42 GMT"); 
    apr_table_set(headers, "x-oss-meta-author", "oss");
    aos_list_init(&buffer);
    content = aos_buf_pack(oss_client_options->pool, object_content, strlen(object_content));
    aos_list_add_tail(&content->node, &buffer);
    /* Upload an object from the cache. */
    resp_status = oss_put_object_from_buffer(oss_client_options, &bucket, &object, 
               &buffer, headers, &resp_headers);
    if (aos_status_is_ok(resp_status)) {
        printf("put object from buffer with md5 succeeded\n");
    } else {
        printf("put object from buffer with md5 failed\n");
    }
    /* Query object metadata. */
    resp_status = oss_get_object_meta(oss_client_options, &bucket, &object, &resp_headers);
    if (aos_status_is_ok(resp_status)) {
        content_length_str = (char*)apr_table_get(resp_headers, OSS_CONTENT_LENGTH);
        if (content_length_str != NULL) {
            content_length = atol(content_length_str);
        }
        object_author = (char*)apr_table_get(resp_headers, OSS_AUTHORIZATION);
        object_type = (char*)apr_table_get(resp_headers, OSS_OBJECT_TYPE);
        printf("get object meta succeeded, object author:%s, object type:%s, content_length:%ld\n", object_author, object_type, content_length);
    } else {
        printf("req:%s, get object meta failed\n", resp_status->req_id);
    }
    /* Release the memory pool. This operation releases 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 query object metadata, visit GitHub.

  • For more information about the API operation that you can call to query object metadata, see GetObjectMeta.