Initiate Multipart Upload

API Description

You can use this API to initialize a multipart upload in a specified bucket.

Method Definition

ObsClient.initiateMultipartUpload

Request Parameter

Field	Type	Optional or Mandatory	Description
Bucket	String	Mandatory	Bucket name
Key	String	Mandatory	Object name
RequestDate	String or Date	Optional	Request time NOTE: When the parameter type is String, the value must comply with the ISO8601 or RFC822 standards.
ACL	String	Optional	Pre-defined access control policy specified during object creation
StorageClass	String	Optional	Storage class, which can be specified during the object creation
Metadata	Object	Optional	Customized metadata of the object
WebsiteRedirectLocation	String	Optional	Location where the object is redirected to, when the bucket is configured with website hosting.
Expires	Number	Optional	Expiration time of the object, in days
ContentType	String	Optional	MIME type of the object
SseKms	String	Optional	Algorithm used in SSE-KMS encryption. The value can be: kms
SseKmsKey	String	Optional	Master key used in SSE-KMS encryption. The value can be null.
SseC	String	Optional	Algorithm used in SSE-C encryption. The value can be: AES256
SseCKey	String	Optional	Key used in SSE-C encryption. It is calculated by using AES-256.

Returned Result (InterfaceResult)

Field	Type	Description
RequestId	String	Request ID returned by the OBS server
Bucket	String	Name of the bucket involved in the multipart upload
Key	String	Name of the object to be uploaded
UploadId	String	Multipart upload ID

Sample Code

obsClient.initiateMultipartUpload({
       Bucket:'bucketname',
       Key : 'objectkey',
       ContentType : 'text/plain'
},function (err, result) {
       if(err){
              console.error('Error-->' + err);
       }else{
              if(result.CommonMsg.Status < 300){
                     console.log('RequestId-->' + result.InterfaceResult.RequestId);
                     console.log('Bucket-->' + result.InterfaceResult.Bucket);
                     console.log('Key-->' + result.InterfaceResult.Key);
                     console.log('UploadId-->' + result.InterfaceResult.UploadId);
              }else{
                     console.log('Code-->' + result.CommonMsg.Code);
                     console.log('Message-->' + result.CommonMsg.Message);
              }
       }
});