Manage object ACLs - Object Storage Service - Alibaba Cloud Documentation Center

This topic describes how to manage the access control lists (ACLs) of objects.

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 the ACL for an object, you must have the oss:PutObjectAcl permission. To query object ACLs, you must have the oss:GetObjectAcl permission. For more information, see Attach a custom policy to a RAM user.

ACL types

The following table describes the ACLs that you can configure for an object.

Note

The ACL of an object takes precedence over the ACL of the bucket in which the object is stored. For example, if the ACL of an object in a private bucket is set to public-read, all users, including anonymous users, can read the object.

ACL type	Description	Value
Inherited from bucket	The ACL of the object is the same as that of the bucket in which the object is stored. This is the default ACL of an object.	CannedAccessControlList.Default
Private	Only the object owner can read and write the object. Other users cannot access the object.	CannedAccessControlList.Private
Public-read	Only the object owner can write the object. Other users, including anonymous users, can only read the object. Warning All users can access the object over the Internet. This may result in unexpected access to the object and unexpectedly high fees. Exercise caution when you set the object ACL to public-read.	CannedAccessControlList.PublicRead
Public-read-write	All users, including anonymous users, can read and write the object. Warning When you set the object ACL to this value, all users can access the object and write data to the object over the Internet. This may result in unauthorized access to the data in your bucket and high fees. If a user uploads prohibited data or information, your legitimate interests and rights may be infringed. Therefore, we recommend that you do not set the object ACL to public-read-write except in special cases.	CannedAccessControlList.PublicReadWrite

Sample code

The following code provides an example on how to configure and query the ACL of a specific object:

using Aliyun.OSS;
using Aliyun.OSS.Common;
// 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. 
var endpoint = "yourEndpoint";
// 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. 
var accessKeyId = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID");
var accessKeySecret = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET");
// Specify the name of the bucket. Example: examplebucket. 
var bucketName = "examplebucket";
// Specify the full path of the object. Do not include the bucket name in the full path. Example: exampledir/exampleobject.txt. 
var objectName = "exampleobject.txt";

// Create an OSSClient instance. 
var client = new OssClient(endpoint, accessKeyId, accessKeySecret);
// Configure the ACL of the object. 
try
{
    // Call SetObjectAcl to configure the ACL of the object. 
    client.SetObjectAcl(bucketName, objectName, CannedAccessControlList.PublicRead);
    Console.WriteLine("Set Object:{0} ACL succeeded ", objectName);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Set Object ACL failed with error info: {0}", ex.Message);
}
// Query the ACL of the object. 
try
{
    // Call GetObjectAcl to query the ACL of the object. 
    var result = client.GetObjectAcl(bucketName, objectName);
    Console.WriteLine("Get Object ACL succeeded, Id: {0}  ACL: {1}",
        result.Owner.Id, result.ACL.ToString());
}
catch (OssException ex)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Failed with error code: {0}; Error info: {1}. \nRequestID: {2}\tHostID: {3}",
        ex.ErrorCode, ex.Message, ex.RequestId, ex.HostId);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Failed with error info: {0}", ex.Message);
}

References

For the complete sample code that is used to manage the ACL of an object, visit GitHub.
For more information about the API operation that you can call to configure the ACL of an object, see PutObjectACL.
For more information about the API operation that you can call to query the ACL of an object, see GetObjectACL.