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Object Storage Service:Resumable download (C SDK)

Last Updated:Nov 29, 2025

Downloading large files can fail because of an unstable network or other exceptions. In these cases, the download may not complete even after several retries. OSS provides a resumable download feature to address this issue.

Notes

  • 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.

  • The examples in this topic show how to create an OSSClient instance using an OSS domain name. To create an OSSClient instance using a custom domain name or Security Token Service (STS), see Initialization (C SDK).

    Note

    To perform a resumable download using STS, make sure that you use C SDK V3.5.2 or later.

  • To use resumable download, you must have the oss:GetObject permission. For more information, see Attach a custom policy to a RAM user.

Sample code

You can use the oss_resumable_clt_params_t method to perform a resumable download. The oss_resumable_clt_params_t method includes the following parameters:

Parameter

Description

thread_num

The number of concurrent threads. The default value is 1.

enable_checkpoint

Specifies whether to enable resumable download. By default, this feature is disabled.

partSize

The part size. The value must be from 1 B to 5 GB. The unit is byte.

checkpoint_path

The path to the checkpoint file. The default path is the `{upload_file_path}.cp` folder.

During the download, progress information is recorded in a checkpoint file. If the download fails, the next attempt reads the checkpoint file to resume the download. After the download is complete, the checkpoint file is deleted.

The following code shows how to perform a resumable download.

#include "oss_api.h"
#include "aos_http_io.h"
/* Replace yourEndpoint with 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";

/* Replace with your bucket name, for example, examplebucket. */
const char *bucket_name = "examplebucket";
/* Specify the full path of the object. The full path cannot contain the bucket name. For example, exampledir/exampleobject.txt. */
const char *object_name = "exampledir/exampleobject.txt";
/* Specify the full path of the local file. */
const char *local_filename = "yourLocalFilename";
/* Replace yourRegion with 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 the aos_string_t type with a char* string. */
    aos_str_set(&options->config->endpoint, endpoint);
    /* Obtain access credentials from environment variables. Before you run 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"));
    // You must also configure the following two parameters.
    aos_str_set(&options->config->region, region);
    options->config->signature_version = 4;
    /* Specify whether a CNAME is used. A value of 0 indicates that no CNAME is 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[])
{
    /* Call the aos_http_io_initialize method at the program entry to initialize global resources such as the network and memory. */
    if (aos_http_io_initialize(NULL, 0) != AOSE_OK) {
        exit(1);
    }
    /* A memory pool (pool) for memory management, which is equivalent to apr_pool_t. The implementation code is in the apr library. */
    aos_pool_t *pool;
    /* Create a new memory pool. The second parameter is NULL, which indicates that the new 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_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 a resumable download. */
    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 is equivalent to releasing the memory allocated for various resources during the request. */
    aos_pool_destroy(pool);
    /* Release the previously allocated global resources. */
    aos_http_io_deinitialize();
    return 0;
}

References

  • For the complete sample code for resumable download, see GitHub sample.

  • For more information about the API operation for resumable download, see GetObject.