Updated on 2024-06-18 GMT+08:00

Initiating a Multipart Upload (SDK for Java)

Function

This API initiates a multipart upload and returns a globally unique upload ID. You can use this upload ID in your subsequent requests including abortMultipartUpload, listMultipartUploads, and listParts.

If you have any questions during development, post them on the Issues page of GitHub.

Restrictions

Method

obsClient.initiateMultipartUpload(InitiateMultipartUploadRequest request)

Request Parameters

Table 1 List of request parameters

Parameter

Type

Mandatory (Yes/No)

Description

request

InitiateMultipartUploadRequest

Yes

Explanation:

Request parameters for initiating a multipart upload. For details, see Table 2.

Table 2 InitiateMultipartUploadRequest

Parameter

Type

Mandatory (Yes/No)

Description

bucketName

String

Yes

Explanation:

Bucket name.

Restrictions:

  • A bucket name must be unique across all accounts and regions.
  • A bucket name:
    • Must be 3 to 63 characters long and start with a digit or letter. Lowercase letters, digits, hyphens (-), and periods (.) are allowed.
    • Cannot be formatted as an IP address.
    • Cannot start or end with a hyphen (-) or period (.).
    • Cannot contain two consecutive periods (..), for example, my..bucket.
    • Cannot contain periods (.) and hyphens (-) adjacent to each other, for example, my-.bucket or my.-bucket.
  • If you repeatedly create buckets of the same name in the same region, no error will be reported and the bucket attributes comply with those set in the first creation request.

Default value:

None

objectKey

String

Yes

Explanation:

Object name. An object is uniquely identified by an object name in a bucket. An object name is a complete path that does not contain the bucket name.

For example, if the address for accessing the object is examplebucket.obs.ap-southeast-1.myhuaweicloud.com/folder/test.txt, the object name is folder/test.txt.

Value range:

The value must contain 1 to 1,024 characters.

Default value:

None

metadata

ObjectMetadata

No

Explanation:

Object metadata. For details, see Table 11.

Default value:

None

acl

AccessControlList

No

Explanation:

An ACL that can be specified at bucket creation. You can use either a pre-defined or a user-defined ACL. For more information about ACLs, see ACLs.

Value range:

  • To use a pre-defined ACL, see Table 3 for the available policies.
  • To use a user-defined ACL, see Table 12 to configure the required parameters.

Default value:

AccessControlList.REST_CANNED_PRIVATE

sseKmsHeader

SseKmsHeader

No

Explanation:

Server-side encryption header. For details, see Table 6.

Default value:

None

sseCHeader

SseCHeader

No

Explanation:

Server-side encryption header. For details, see Table 5.

Default value:

None

extensionPermissionMap

Map<ExtensionObjectPermissionEnum, Set<String>>

No

Explanation:

A permission map for granting bucket ACL permissions to one or more accounts. ExtensionObjectPermissionEnum specifies the permissions to grant, and Set<String> describes the list of account IDs (indicated by domain_id) the granted permissions apply to.

Value range:

Default value:

None

expires

int

No

Explanation:

Expiration time of the object. The calculation starts from the time when the object was last modified. Once the object expires, it is automatically deleted.

Restrictions:

This parameter can be configured when uploading an object or using the x-obs-expires header in a metadata API call after the object has been uploaded.

Value range:

An integer greater than 0, in days.

Default value:

None

encodeHeaders

boolean

No

Explanation:

Whether to enable OBS to automatically encode request headers.

Due to HTTP coding restrictions, only ASCII characters can be sent. If your request headers contain full-width characters, the SDK will URL encode these characters before sending the request. When you use a browser to access the object metadata, the browser automatically decodes the data.

Value range:

true: Encoding with SDK is enabled.

false: Encoding with SDK is disabled.

Default value:

true

Table 3 ACL

Constant

Description

AccessControlList.REST_CANNED_PRIVATE

Private read/write.

A bucket or object can only be accessed by its owner.

AccessControlList.REST_CANNED_PUBLIC_READ

Public read.

If this permission is granted on a bucket, anyone can read the object list, multipart uploads, bucket metadata, and object versions in the bucket.

If this permission is granted on an object, anyone can read the content and metadata of the object.

AccessControlList.REST_CANNED_PUBLIC_READ_WRITE

Public read/write.

If this permission is granted on a bucket, anyone can read the object list, multipart uploads, and bucket metadata, and can upload or delete objects, initiate multipart uploads, upload parts, assemble parts, copy parts, and cancel multipart upload tasks.

If this permission is granted on an object, anyone can read the content and metadata of the object.

AccessControlList.REST_CANNED_PUBLIC_READ_DELIVERED

Public read on a bucket as well as objects in the bucket.

If this permission is granted on a bucket, anyone can read the object list, multipart tasks, and bucket metadata, and can also read the content and metadata of the objects in the bucket.

This permission cannot be granted on objects.

AccessControlList.REST_CANNED_PUBLIC_READ_WRITE_DELIVERED

Public read/write on a bucket as well as objects in the bucket.

If this permission is granted on a bucket, anyone can read the object list, multipart uploads, and bucket metadata, and can upload or delete objects, initiate multipart upload tasks, upload parts, assemble parts, copy parts, and abort multipart uploads. They can also read the content and metadata of the objects in the bucket.

This permission cannot be granted on objects.

Table 4 ExtensionObjectPermissionEnum

Constant

Description

GRANT_READ

Grants a specific tenant the permissions to read the object and object metadata.

GRANT_READ_ACP

Grants a specific tenant the permissions to obtain the object ACL.

GRANT_WRITE_ACP

Grants a specific tenant the permissions to write the object ACL.

GRANT_FULL_CONTROL

Grants a specific tenant the permissions to read the content, metadata, and ACL of the object and write the object ACL.

Table 5 SseCHeader

Parameter

Type

Mandatory (Yes/No)

Description

algorithm

ServerAlgorithm

Yes

Explanation:

SSE-C is used for encrypting objects on the server side.

Value range:

AES256, indicating AES is used to encrypt the object in SSE-C. For details, see Table 7.

Default value:

None

sseAlgorithm

SSEAlgorithmEnum

No

Explanation:

Encryption algorithm.

Restrictions:

Only AES256 is supported.

Value range:

See Table 9.

Default value:

None

sseCKey

byte[]

Yes

Explanation:

Key used for encrypting the object when SSE-C is used, in bytes.

Default value:

None

sseCKeyBase64

String

No

Explanation:

Base64-encoded key used for encrypting the object when SSE-C is used.

Default value:

None

Table 6 SseKmsHeader

Parameter

Type

Mandatory (Yes/No)

Description

encryption

ServerEncryption

Yes

Explanation:

SSE-KMS is used for server-side encryption. Objects are encrypted using SSE-KMS on the server side.

Value range:

kms. For details, see Table 8.

Default value:

None

sseAlgorithm

SSEAlgorithmEnum

No

Explanation:

Encryption algorithm.

Restrictions:

Only KMS is supported.

Value range:

See Table 9.

Default value:

None

kmsKeyId

String

No

Explanation:

ID of the KMS master key when SSE-KMS is used.

Value range:

Valid value formats are as follows:

  1. regionID:domainID:key/key_id
  2. key_id

In the preceding formats:

Default value:

  • If this parameter is not specified, the default master key will be used.
  • If there is no such a default master key, OBS will create one and use it by default.
Table 7 ServerAlgorithm

Constant

Default Value

AES256

AES256

Table 8 ServerEncryption

Constant

Default Value

OBS_KMS

kms

Table 9 SSEAlgorithmEnum

Constant

Default Value

KMS

kms

AES256

AES256

Table 10 StorageClassEnum

Constant

Default Value

Description

STANDARD

STANDARD

Standard storage class

WARM

WARM

Infrequent Access storage class.

COLD

COLD

Archive storage class.

Table 11 ObjectMetadata

Parameter

Type

Mandatory (Yes/No)

Description

contentLength

Long

No

Explanation:

Object size.

Restrictions:

  • The object size in a single upload ranges from 0 to 5 GB.
  • To upload files larger than 5 GB, multipart uploads should be used.

Default value:

If this parameter is not specified, the SDK automatically calculates the size of the file.

contentType

String

No

Explanation:

MIME type of the object file. MIME type is a standard way of describing a data type and is used by the browser to decide how to display data.

Value range:

See What Is Content-Type (MIME)? (Java SDK)

Default value:

If this parameter is not specified, the SDK determines the file type based on the suffix of the object name and assigns a value to the parameter. For example, if the suffix of the object name is .xml, the object is an application/xml file. If the suffix is .html, the object is a text/html file.

contentEncoding

String

No

Explanation:

Content-Encoding header in the response. It specifies which encoding is applied to the object.

Default value:

None

contentDisposition

String

No

Explanation:

Provides a default file name for the requested object. When the object with the default file name is being downloaded or accessed, the content is displayed as part of a web page in the browser or as an attachment in a download dialog box.

Default value:

None

cacheControl

String

No

Explanation:

Cache-Control header in the response. It specifies the cache behavior of the web page when an object is downloaded.

Default value:

None

contentLanguage

String

No

Explanation:

Language or language combination for visitors to customize and use. For details, see the definition of ContentLanguage in the HTTP protocol.

Default value:

None

expires

String

No

Explanation:

The time a cached web page object expires.

Restrictions:

The time must be in the GMT format.

Default value:

None

storageClass

StorageClassEnum

No

Explanation:

Storage class of an object that can be specified at object creation. If you do not specify this header, the object inherits the storage class of the bucket.

Value range:

See Table 10.

Default value:

None

webSiteRedirectLocation

String

No

Explanation:

If the bucket is configured with website hosting, the request for obtaining the object can be redirected to another object in the bucket or an external URL. This parameter specifies the address the request for the object is redirected to.

The request is redirected to an object anotherPage.html in the same bucket:

WebsiteRedirectLocation:/anotherPage.html

The request is redirected to an external URL http://www.example.com/:

WebsiteRedirectLocation:http://www.example.com/

Restrictions:

  • The value must start with a slash (/), http://, or https:// and cannot exceed 2 KB.
  • OBS only supports redirection for objects in the root directory of a bucket.

Default value:

None

nextPosition

long

No

Explanation:

Start position for the next append upload.

Value range:

0 to the object length, in bytes.

Default value:

None

appendable

boolean

No

Explanation:

Whether the object is appendable.

Value range:

true: The object is appendable.

false: The object is not appendable.

Default value:

None

userMetadata

Map<String, Object>

No

Explanation:

User-defined metadata of the object. To define it, you can add a header starting with x-obs-meta- in the request. In Map, the String key indicates the name of the user-defined metadata that starts with x-obs-meta-, and the Object value indicates the value of the user-defined metadata. To obtain the user-defined metadata of an object, use ObsClient.getObjectMetadata. For details, see Obtaining Object Metadata (SDK for Java).

Restrictions:

  • An object can have multiple pieces of metadata. The metadata size cannot exceed 8 KB in total.
  • When you call ObsClient.getObject to download an object, its user-defined metadata will also be downloaded.

Default value:

None

Table 12 AccessControlList

Parameter

Type

Mandatory (Yes/No)

Type

owner

Owner

No

Explanation:

Bucket owner information. For details, see Table 13.

delivered

boolean

No

Explanation:

Whether the bucket ACL is applied to all objects in the bucket.

Value range:

true: The bucket ACL is applied to all objects in the bucket.

false: The bucket ACL is not applied to any objects in the bucket.

Default value:

false

grants

Set<GrantAndPermission>

No

Explanation:

Grantee information. For details, see Table 14.

Table 13 Owner

Parameter

Type

Mandatory (Yes/No)

Description

id

String

Yes

Explanation:

Account (domain) ID of the bucket owner.

Value range:

To obtain the account ID, see How Do I Get My Account ID and User ID?

Default value:

None

displayName

String

No

Explanation:

Account name of the owner.

Value range:

To obtain the account name, see How Do I Get My Account ID and User ID?

Default value:

None

Table 14 GrantAndPermission

Parameter

Type

Mandatory (Yes/No)

Description

grantee

GranteeInterface

Yes

Explanation:

Grantees (users or user groups). For details, see Table 16.

permission

Permission

Yes

Explanation:

Permissions to grant.

Value range:

See Table 15.

Default value:

None

delivered

boolean

No

Explanation:

Whether the bucket ACL is applied to all objects in the bucket.

Value range:

true: The bucket ACL is applied to all objects in the bucket.

false: The bucket ACL is not applied to any objects in the bucket.

Default value:

false

Table 15 Permission

Constant

Default Value

Description

PERMISSION_READ

READ

Read permission.

A grantee with this permission for a bucket can obtain the list of objects, multipart uploads, bucket metadata, and object versions in the bucket.

A grantee with this permission for an object can obtain the object content and metadata.

PERMISSION_WRITE

WRITE

Write permission.

A grantee with this permission for a bucket can upload, overwrite, and delete any object or part in the bucket.

This permission is not available for objects.

PERMISSION_READ_ACP

READ_ACP

Permission to read an ACL.

A grantee with this permission can obtain the ACL of a bucket or object.

A bucket or object owner has this permission for their bucket or object by default.

PERMISSION_WRITE_ACP

WRITE_ACP

Permission to modify an ACL.

A grantee with this permission can update the ACL of a bucket or object.

A bucket or object owner has this permission for their bucket or object by default.

This permission allows the grantee to change the access control policies, meaning the grantee has full control over a bucket or object.

PERMISSION_FULL_CONTROL

FULL_CONTROL

Full control access, including read and write permissions for a bucket and its ACL, or for an object and its ACL.

A grantee with this permission for a bucket has READ, WRITE, READ_ACP, and WRITE_ACP permissions for the bucket.

A grantee with this permission for an object has READ, WRITE, READ_ACP, and WRITE_ACP permissions for the object.

Table 16 GranteeInterface

Parameter

Type

Mandatory (Yes/No)

Description

CanonicalGrantee

CanonicalGrantee

Yes

Explanation:

Grantee (user) information. For details, see Table 17.

GroupGrantee

GroupGrantee

Yes

Explanation:

Grantee (user group) information.

Value range:

See Table 18.

Default value:

None

Table 17 CanonicalGrantee

Parameter

Type

Mandatory (Yes/No)

Description

grantId

String

Yes if Type is set to GranteeUser

Explanation:

Account (domain) ID of the grantee.

Value range:

To obtain the account ID, see How Do I Get My Account ID and User ID?

Default value:

None

displayName

String

No

Parameter description:

Account name of the grantee.

Value range:

To obtain the account name, see How Do I Get My Account ID and User ID?

Default value:

None

Table 18 GroupGrantee

Constant

Description

ALL_USERS

All users.

AUTHENTICATED_USERS

Authorized users. This constant is deprecated.

LOG_DELIVERY

Log delivery group. This constant is deprecated.

List of returned results

Table 19 InitiateMultipartUploadResult

Parameter

Type

Description

statusCode

int

Explanation:

HTTP status code.

Value range:

A status code is a group of digits that can be 2xx (indicating successes) or 4xx or 5xx (indicating errors). It indicates the status of a response.

For more information, see Status Code.

Default value:

None

responseHeaders

Map<String, Object>

Explanation:

Response header list, composed of tuples. In a tuple, the String key indicates the name of the header, and the Object value indicates the value of the header.

Default value:

None

uploadId

String

Explanation:

The ID created by the OBS server to identify the multipart upload globally.

Value range:

The value must contain 1 to 32 characters.

Default value:

None

bucketName

String

Explanation:

Name of the bucket involved in the multipart upload.

Restrictions:

  • A bucket name must be unique across all accounts and regions.
  • A bucket name:
    • Must be 3 to 63 characters long and start with a digit or letter. Lowercase letters, digits, hyphens (-), and periods (.) are allowed.
    • Cannot be formatted as an IP address.
    • Cannot start or end with a hyphen (-) or period (.).
    • Cannot contain two consecutive periods (..), for example, my..bucket.
    • Cannot contain periods (.) and hyphens (-) adjacent to each other, for example, my-.bucket or my.-bucket.
  • If you repeatedly create buckets of the same name in the same region, no error will be reported and the bucket attributes comply with those set in the first creation request.

Default value:

None

objectKey

String

Explanation:

Name of the object to be uploaded. An object is uniquely identified by an object name in a bucket. An object name is a complete path that does not contain the bucket name.

For example, if the address for accessing the object is examplebucket.obs.ap-southeast-1.myhuaweicloud.com/folder/test.txt, the object name is folder/test.txt.

Value range:

The value must contain 1 to 1,024 characters.

Default value:

None

Code Examples

This example initiates a multipart upload for object objectname in bucket examplebucket and obtains the upload ID.

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import com.obs.services.ObsClient;
import com.obs.services.exception.ObsException;
import com.obs.services.model.InitiateMultipartUploadRequest;
import com.obs.services.model.InitiateMultipartUploadResult;
import com.obs.services.model.ObjectMetadata;
public class InitiateMultipartUpload001 {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Obtain an AK/SK pair using environment variables or import the AK/SK pair in other ways. Using hard coding may result in leakage.
        // Obtain an AK/SK pair on the management console.
        String ak = System.getenv("ACCESS_KEY_ID");
        String sk = System.getenv("SECRET_ACCESS_KEY_ID");
        // (Optional) If you are using a temporary AK/SK pair and a security token to access OBS, you are advised not to use hard coding, which may result in information leakage.
        // Obtain an AK/SK pair and a security token using environment variables or import them in other ways.
        // String securityToken = System.getenv("SECURITY_TOKEN");
        // Enter the endpoint corresponding to the bucket. CN-Hong Kong is used here as an example. Replace it with the one in your actual situation.
        String endPoint = "https://obs.ap-southeast-1.myhuaweicloud.com";
        // Obtain an endpoint using environment variables or import it in other ways.
        //String endPoint = System.getenv("ENDPOINT");
        
        // Create an ObsClient instance.
        // Use the permanent AK/SK pair to initialize the client.
        ObsClient obsClient = new ObsClient(ak, sk,endPoint);
        // Use the temporary AK/SK pair and security token to initialize the client.
        // ObsClient obsClient = new ObsClient(ak, sk, securityToken, endPoint);

        try {
            InitiateMultipartUploadRequest request = new InitiateMultipartUploadRequest("examplebucket", "objectname");
            ObjectMetadata metadata = new ObjectMetadata();
            metadata.addUserMetadata("property", "property-value");
            metadata.setContentType("text/plain");
            request.setMetadata(metadata);
            InitiateMultipartUploadResult result = obsClient.initiateMultipartUpload(request);
            String uploadId = result.getUploadId();
            System.out.println("initiateMultipartUpload successfully");
            System.out.println("uploadId:" + uploadId);
        } catch (ObsException e) {
            System.out.println("initiateMultipartUpload failed");
            // Request failed. Print the HTTP status code.
            System.out.println("HTTP Code:" + e.getResponseCode());
            // Request failed. Print the server-side error code.
            System.out.println("Error Code:" + e.getErrorCode());
            // Request failed. Print the error details.
            System.out.println("Error Message:" + e.getErrorMessage());
            // Request failed. Print the request ID.
            System.out.println("Request ID:" + e.getErrorRequestId());
            System.out.println("Host ID:" + e.getErrorHostId());
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.out.println("initiateMultipartUpload failed");
            // Print other error information.
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}