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Object Storage Service:Cross-origin resource sharing (C SDK)

Last Updated:Nov 29, 2025

Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) is a standard HTML5 solution for cross-domain access. It allows web application servers to control access from different domains and ensures secure data transfers. This topic describes how to use cross-origin resource sharing.

Precautions

  • OSS C SDK 3.6.0 and later support cross-origin resource sharing.

  • In this topic, the public endpoint of the China (Hangzhou) region is used. If you want to access OSS from other Alibaba Cloud services in the same region as OSS, use an internal endpoint. For more information about OSS regions and endpoints, 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 CORS rules, you must have the oss:PutBucketCors permission. To query CORS rules, you must have the oss:GetBucketCors permission. To delete CORS rules, you must have the oss:DeleteBucketCors permission. For more information, see Attach a custom policy to a RAM user.

Set cross-origin resource sharing rules

The following code shows how to set CORS rules for a specified bucket.

#include "oss_api.h"
#include "aos_http_io.h"
/* Set yourEndpoint to the endpoint of the region where the bucket is located. For example, if the bucket is in the China (Hangzhou) region, set the endpoint to https://oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com. */
const char *endpoint = "yourEndpoint";
/* Specify the bucket name. Example: examplebucket. */
const char *bucket_name = "examplebucket";
/* Set yourRegion to the region where the bucket is located. For example, if the bucket is in the China (Hangzhou) region, set the region to cn-hangzhou. */
const char *region = "yourRegion";
void init_options(oss_request_options_t *options)
{
    options->config = oss_config_create(options->pool);
    /* Initialize an aos_string_t type with a char* string. */
    aos_str_set(&options->config->endpoint, endpoint);
    /* Obtain access credentials from environment variables. Before running this sample code, make sure that the OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET environment variables are set. */
    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"));
    // The following two parameters also need to be configured.
    aos_str_set(&options->config->region, region);
    options->config->signature_version = 4;
    /* Specifies whether a CNAME is used. 0 indicates that a CNAME is not used. */
    options->config->is_cname = 0;
    /* Set network parameters, such as the timeout period. */
    options->ctl = aos_http_controller_create(options->pool, 0);
}
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    /* At the program entry, call the aos_http_io_initialize method to initialize global resources, such as the network and memory. */
    if (aos_http_io_initialize(NULL, 0) != AOSE_OK) {
        exit(1);
    }
    /* The memory pool (pool) for memory management is equivalent to apr_pool_t. Its implementation code is in the apr library. */
    aos_pool_t *pool;
    /* Create a memory pool. The second parameter is NULL, which indicates that the new memory pool does not inherit from another memory pool. */
    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 memory for options in the memory pool. */
    oss_client_options = oss_request_options_create(pool);
    /* Initialize the client options oss_client_options. */
    init_options(oss_client_options);
    /* Initialize parameters. */
    aos_string_t bucket;
    aos_table_t *resp_headers = NULL; 
    aos_status_t *resp_status = NULL;
    aos_list_t cors_rule_list;
    oss_cors_rule_t *cors_rule1 = NULL, *cors_rule2 = NULL;
    aos_str_set(&bucket, bucket_name);
    aos_list_init(&cors_rule_list);
    cors_rule1 = oss_create_cors_rule(pool);
    aos_list_add_tail(&cors_rule1->node, &cors_rule_list);
    oss_create_sub_cors_rule(pool, &cors_rule1->allowed_origin_list, "allowed_origin_1_1");
    oss_create_sub_cors_rule(pool, &cors_rule1->allowed_origin_list, "allowed_origin_1_1");
    oss_create_sub_cors_rule(pool, &cors_rule1->allowed_method_list, "PUT");
    oss_create_sub_cors_rule(pool, &cors_rule1->allowed_method_list, "GET");
    oss_create_sub_cors_rule(pool, &cors_rule1->allowed_head_list, "Authorization");
    oss_create_sub_cors_rule(pool, &cors_rule1->expose_head_list, "expose_head_1_1");
    oss_create_sub_cors_rule(pool, &cors_rule1->expose_head_list, "expose_head_1_1");
    cors_rule2 = oss_create_cors_rule(pool);
    aos_list_add_tail(&cors_rule2->node, &cors_rule_list);
    oss_create_sub_cors_rule(pool, &cors_rule2->allowed_origin_list, "allowed_origin_2_1");
    oss_create_sub_cors_rule(pool, &cors_rule2->allowed_origin_list, "allowed_origin_2_2");
    oss_create_sub_cors_rule(pool, &cors_rule2->allowed_method_list, "PUT");
    oss_create_sub_cors_rule(pool, &cors_rule2->allowed_method_list, "GET");
    oss_create_sub_cors_rule(pool, &cors_rule2->allowed_head_list, "Authorization");
    oss_create_sub_cors_rule(pool, &cors_rule2->expose_head_list, "expose_head_2_1");
    oss_create_sub_cors_rule(pool, &cors_rule2->expose_head_list, "expose_head_2_2");
    /* Set CORS rules. */
    resp_status = oss_put_bucket_cors(oss_client_options, &bucket, &cors_rule_list, &resp_headers);
    if (aos_status_is_ok(resp_status)) {
        printf("put bucket cors succeeded\n");
    } else {
        printf("put bucket cors failed\n");      
    }
    /* Release the memory pool. This releases the memory allocated to resources during the request. */
    aos_pool_destroy(pool);
    /* Release the previously allocated global resources. */
    aos_http_io_deinitialize();
    return 0;
}

Get cross-origin resource sharing rules

The following code shows how to retrieve the CORS rules of a bucket.

#include "oss_api.h"
#include "aos_http_io.h"
/* Set yourEndpoint to the endpoint of the region where the bucket is located. For example, if the bucket is in the China (Hangzhou) region, set the endpoint to https://oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com. */
const char *endpoint = "yourEndpoint";
/* Specify the bucket name. Example: examplebucket. */
const char *bucket_name = "examplebucket";
/* Set yourRegion to the region where the bucket is located. For example, if the bucket is in the China (Hangzhou) region, set the region to cn-hangzhou. */
const char *region = "yourRegion";
void init_options(oss_request_options_t *options)
{
    options->config = oss_config_create(options->pool);
    /* Initialize an aos_string_t type with a char* string. */
    aos_str_set(&options->config->endpoint, endpoint);
    /* Obtain access credentials from environment variables. Before running this sample code, make sure that the OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET environment variables are set. */
    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"));
    // The following two parameters also need to be configured.
    aos_str_set(&options->config->region, region);
    options->config->signature_version = 4;
    /* Specifies whether a CNAME is used. 0 indicates that a CNAME is not used. */
    options->config->is_cname = 0;
    /* Set network parameters, such as the timeout period. */
    options->ctl = aos_http_controller_create(options->pool, 0);
}
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    /* At the program entry, call the aos_http_io_initialize method to initialize global resources, such as the network and memory. */
    if (aos_http_io_initialize(NULL, 0) != AOSE_OK) {
        exit(1);
    }
    /* The memory pool (pool) for memory management is equivalent to apr_pool_t. Its implementation code is in the apr library. */
    aos_pool_t *pool;
    /* Create a memory pool. The second parameter is NULL, which indicates that the new memory pool does not inherit from another memory pool. */
    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 memory for options in the memory pool. */
    oss_client_options = oss_request_options_create(pool);
    /* Initialize the client options oss_client_options. */
    init_options(oss_client_options);
    /* Initialize parameters. */
    aos_string_t bucket;
    aos_table_t *resp_headers = NULL; 
    aos_status_t *resp_status = NULL;
    aos_list_t cors_rule_list;
    oss_cors_rule_t *cors_rule = NULL;
    oss_sub_cors_rule_t *sub_cors_rule = NULL;
    aos_str_set(&bucket, bucket_name);
    /* Get CORS rules. */
    aos_list_init(&cors_rule_list);
    resp_status = oss_get_bucket_cors(oss_client_options, &bucket, &cors_rule_list, &resp_headers);
    if (aos_status_is_ok(resp_status)) {
        printf("get bucket cors succeeded\n");
        aos_list_for_each_entry(oss_cors_rule_t, cors_rule, &cors_rule_list, node) {
            printf("max_age_seconds: %d\n", cors_rule->max_age_seconds);
            aos_list_for_each_entry(oss_sub_cors_rule_t, sub_cors_rule, &cors_rule->allowed_origin_list, node) {
                printf("allowed_origin_list: %s \n", sub_cors_rule->rule.data);
            }
            aos_list_for_each_entry(oss_sub_cors_rule_t, sub_cors_rule, &cors_rule->allowed_method_list, node) {
                printf("allowed_method_list: %s \n", sub_cors_rule->rule.data);
            }
            aos_list_for_each_entry(oss_sub_cors_rule_t, sub_cors_rule, &cors_rule->allowed_head_list, node) {
                printf("allowed_head_list: %s \n", sub_cors_rule->rule.data);
            }
            aos_list_for_each_entry(oss_sub_cors_rule_t, sub_cors_rule, &cors_rule->expose_head_list, node) {
                printf("expose_head_list: %s \n", sub_cors_rule->rule.data);
            }
        }
    } else {
        printf("get bucket cors failed\n");      
    }
    /* Release the memory pool. This releases the memory allocated to resources during the request. */
    aos_pool_destroy(pool);
    /* Release the previously allocated global resources. */
    aos_http_io_deinitialize();
    return 0;
}

Delete cross-origin resource sharing rules

The following code shows how to delete all CORS rules for a specified bucket.

#include "oss_api.h"
#include "aos_http_io.h"
/* Set yourEndpoint to the endpoint of the region where the bucket is located. For example, if the bucket is in the China (Hangzhou) region, set the endpoint to https://oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com. */
const char *endpoint = "yourEndpoint";
/* Specify the bucket name. Example: examplebucket. */
const char *bucket_name = "examplebucket";
/* Set yourRegion to the region where the bucket is located. For example, if the bucket is in the China (Hangzhou) region, set the region to cn-hangzhou. */
const char *region = "yourRegion";
void init_options(oss_request_options_t *options)
{
    options->config = oss_config_create(options->pool);
    /* Initialize an aos_string_t type with a char* string. */
    aos_str_set(&options->config->endpoint, endpoint);
    /* Obtain access credentials from environment variables. Before running this sample code, make sure that the OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET environment variables are set. */
    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"));
    // The following two parameters also need to be configured.
    aos_str_set(&options->config->region, region);
    options->config->signature_version = 4;
    /* Specifies whether a CNAME is used. 0 indicates that a CNAME is not used. */
    options->config->is_cname = 0;
    /* Set network parameters, such as the timeout period. */
    options->ctl = aos_http_controller_create(options->pool, 0);
}
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    /* At the program entry, call the aos_http_io_initialize method to initialize global resources, such as the network and memory. */
    if (aos_http_io_initialize(NULL, 0) != AOSE_OK) {
        exit(1);
    }
    /* The memory pool (pool) for memory management is equivalent to apr_pool_t. Its implementation code is in the apr library. */
    aos_pool_t *pool;
    /* Create a memory pool. The second parameter is NULL, which indicates that the new memory pool does not inherit from another memory pool. */
    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 memory for options in the memory pool. */
    oss_client_options = oss_request_options_create(pool);
    /* Initialize the client options oss_client_options. */
    init_options(oss_client_options);
    /* Initialize parameters. */
    aos_string_t bucket;
    aos_table_t *resp_headers = NULL; 
    aos_status_t *resp_status = NULL;
    aos_str_set(&bucket, bucket_name);
    /* Delete CORS rules. */
    resp_status = oss_delete_bucket_cors(oss_client_options, &bucket, &resp_headers);
    if (aos_status_is_ok(resp_status)) {
        printf("delete bucket cors succeeded\n");
    } else {
        printf("delete bucket cors failed\n");      
    }
    /* Release the memory pool. This releases the memory allocated to resources during the request. */
    aos_pool_destroy(pool);
    /* Release the previously allocated global resources. */
    aos_http_io_deinitialize();
    return 0;
}

References

  • For more information about the API operation to set CORS rules, see PutBucketCors.

  • For more information about the API operation to retrieve CORS rules, see GetBucketCors.

  • For more information about the API operation to delete CORS rules, see DeleteBucketCors.