You can specify one or more conditions to download objects. If the specified conditions are met, the object is downloaded. If the specified conditions are not met, an error is returned and the object is not downloaded.

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 STS, see Create an OSSClient instance.
  • To use conditional download, you must have the oss:GetObject permission. For more information, see Attach a custom policy to a RAM user.

Conditions

The following table describes the available object download conditions.

Note
  • Both If-Modified-Since and If-Unmodified-Since can exist at the same time as object download conditions. Both If-Match and If-None-Match can exist at the same time as object download conditions.
  • You can obtain the ETag by using ossClient.getObjectMeta.
ParameterDescription
If-Modified-SinceIf the specified time is earlier than the time the object is modified, the object can be downloaded. Otherwise, an error (304 Not modified) is returned.
If-Unmodified-SinceIf the specified time is later than or equal to the time the object is modified, the object can be downloaded. Otherwise, an error (412 Precondition failed) is returned.
If-MatchIf the specified ETag matches that of an object, the object can be downloaded. Otherwise, an error (412 Precondition failed) is returned.
If-None-MatchIf the specified ETag does not match that of an object, the object can be downloaded. Otherwise, an error (304 Not modified) is returned.

Sample code

The following code provides an example on how to use ossClient.getObject with download conditions to download an object. You can use ossClient.downloadFile with download conditions to download an object in a way that is similar to ossClient.getObject.

import com.aliyun.oss.ClientException;
import com.aliyun.oss.OSS;
import com.aliyun.oss.OSSClientBuilder;
import com.aliyun.oss.OSSException;
import com.aliyun.oss.model.GetObjectRequest;
import java.io.File;
import java.util.Date;

public class Demo {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        // In this example, the endpoint of the China (Hangzhou) region is used. Specify the actual endpoint. 
        String endpoint = "https://oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com";
        // The AccessKey pair of an Alibaba Cloud account has permissions on all API operations. Using these credentials to perform operations in OSS is a high-risk operation. We recommend that you use a RAM user to call API operations or perform routine O&M. To create a RAM user, log on to the RAM console. 
        String accessKeyId = "yourAccessKeyId";
        String accessKeySecret = "yourAccessKeySecret";
        // Specify the name of the bucket. Example: examplebucket. 
        String bucketName = "examplebucket";
        // Specify the full path of the object. The full path of the object cannot contain the bucket name. Example: testfolder/exampleobject.txt. 
        String objectName = "testfolder/exampleobject.txt";
        String pathName = "D:\\localpath\\examplefile.txt";

        // Create an OSSClient instance. 
        OSS ossClient = new OSSClientBuilder().build(endpoint, accessKeyId, accessKeySecret);

        try {
            GetObjectRequest request = new GetObjectRequest(bucketName, objectName);
            // Configure download conditions. 
            request.setModifiedSinceConstraint(new Date());

            // Download an object to your local computer. 
            ossClient.getObject(request, new File(pathName));
        } catch (OSSException oe) {
            System.out.println("Caught an OSSException, which means your request made it to OSS, "
                    + "but was rejected with an error response for some reason.");
            System.out.println("Error Message:" + oe.getErrorMessage());
            System.out.println("Error Code:" + oe.getErrorCode());
            System.out.println("Request ID:" + oe.getRequestId());
            System.out.println("Host ID:" + oe.getHostId());
        } catch (ClientException ce) {
            System.out.println("Caught an ClientException, which means the client encountered "
                    + "a serious internal problem while trying to communicate with OSS, "
                    + "such as not being able to access the network.");
            System.out.println("Error Message:" + ce.getMessage());
        } finally {
            if (ossClient != null) {
                ossClient.shutdown();
            }
        }
    }
}
        

References

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