Renaming an Object

Functions

This operation can rename an object.

This API is supported only by parallel file systems. For details about how to create a parallel file system, see Sample Request: Creating a Parallel File System. Renaming an object is a non-idempotent operation.

Request Syntax

POST /ObjectName?name=Name&rename HTTP/1.1
Host: bucketname.obs.region.myhuaweicloud.eu
Authorization: authorization
Date: date

Request Parameters

The request needs to specify parameters in the message, indicating that this is a renaming operation, specifying the new name. Table 1 describes the parameters.

**Table 1** Request parameters
Parameter	Description	Mandatory
name	New name for the object. Use the absolute path. Type: string	Yes
rename	Indicates that this is a renaming operation. Type: string	Yes

Request Headers

This request uses common request headers. For details, see Table 3.

Request Elements

This request involves no elements.

Response Syntax

    
         HTTP/1.1 204 status_code
Server: OBS
x-obs-request-id: request-id
x-obs-id-2: id
Date: Date

Response Headers

The response to the request uses common headers. For details, see Table 1.

Response Elements

This response contains no elements.

Error Responses

No special error responses are returned. For details about error responses, see Table 2.

Sample Request

POST /ObjectName?name=file2&rename HTTP/1.1
Host: examplebucket.obs.region.myhuaweicloud.eu
Authorization: OBS H4IPJX0TQTHTHEBQQCEC:75/Y4Ng1izvzc1nTGxpMXTE6ynw=
Date: WED, 01 Jul 2015 04:19:20 GMT

Sample Response

    
         HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
Server: OBS
x-obs-request-id: 8DF400000163D3F51DEA05AC9CA066F1
x-obs-id-2: 32AAAUgAIAABAAAQAAEAABAAAQAAEAABCSgkM4Dij80gAeFY8pAZIwx72QhDeBZ5
Date: WED, 01 Jul 2015 04:19:21 GMT