Uploading an Object - Browser-Based (SDK for Python)

Function

This API uploads an object up to 5 GB to a specified bucket in HTML form. You can call ObsClient.createPostSignature to generate parameters for requesting a browser-based upload. For details about the sample code for a browser-based upload, see post_object_sample. You can also perform a browser-based upload with the following steps:

Call ObsClient.createPostSignature to generate request parameters for authentication.
Prepare an HTML form.
Enter the request parameters in the page.
Select a local file and upload it in browser-based mode.

There are two request parameters generated for authentication:

policy, which corresponds to the policy parameter in the form.
signature, which corresponds to the signature parameter in the form.

Restrictions

To upload an object, you must be the bucket owner or have the required permission (obs:object:PutObject in IAM or PutObject in a bucket policy). For details, see Introduction to OBS Access Control, IAM Custom Policies, and Configuring an Object Policy.
The mapping between OBS regions and endpoints must comply with what is listed in Regions and Endpoints.

Values of policy and signature in the HTML form are obtained from the returned results of ObsClient.createPostSignature. You can directly download the HTML form example PostDemo.

Method

ObsClient.createPostSignature(bucketName, objectKey, expires, formParams)

Request Parameters

**Table 1** List of request parameters
Parameter	Type	Mandatory (Yes/No)	Description
bucketName	str	No	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 properties comply with those set in the first creation request. Default value: None
objectKey	str	No	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
expires	int	No	Explanation: Expiration time of authentication for a browser-based upload Value range: A positive integer, in seconds Default value: 300
formParams	dict	No	Explanation: Parameters of browser-based uploads, not including key, policy, and signature. Value range: (When you use the following parameters, you must add the x-obs prefix to them. Taking acl as an example, it should be configured as formParams['x-obs-acl']='public-read'. To obtain the values of these parameters, see the response header descriptions in APIs.) acl cache-control content-type content-disposition content-encoding expires Default value: None

Responses

**Table 2** List of returned results
Parameter	Type	Description
originPolicy	str	Explanation: Value of Policy that is not encoded by Base64. This parameter can only be used for verification. For example: {"expiration":"2023-09-12T12:52:59Z","conditions":[{"content-type":"text/plain"},{"bucket":"examplebucket"},{"key":"example/objectname"},]}" Default value: None
policy	str	Explanation: Value of Policy that is encoded by Base64. For example: eyJleHBpcmF0aW9uIjoiMjAyMy0wOS0xMlQxMjo1Mjo1OVoiLCJjb25kaXRpb25zIjpbeyJjb250ZW50LXR5cGUiOiJ0ZXh0L3BsYWluIn0seyJidWNrZXQiOiJleGFtcGxlYnVja2V0In0seyJrZXkiOiJleGFtcGxlL29iamVjdG5hbWUifSxdfQ== Default value: None
signature	str	Explanation: signature in the form For example: g0jQr4v9VWd1Q2FOFDG6LGfV9Cw= Default value: None

Code Examples

This example generates authentication parameters policy and signature for a browser-based upload.

    
     
       
       
         from obs import ObsClient
import os
import traceback

# Obtain an AK and SK pair using environment variables or import the AK and SK pair in other ways. Using hard coding may result in leakage.
# Obtain an AK and SK pair on the management console. For details, see https://support.huaweicloud.com/intl/en-us/usermanual-ca/ca_01_0003.html.
ak = os.getenv("AccessKeyID")
sk = os.getenv("SecretAccessKey")
# (Optional) If you use a temporary AK and SK pair and a security token to access OBS, obtain them from environment variables.
# security_token = os.getenv("SecurityToken")
# Set server to the endpoint corresponding to the bucket. CN-Hong Kong is used here as an example. Replace it with the one in use.
server = "https://obs.ap-southeast-1.myhuaweicloud.com" 

# Create an obsClient instance.
# If you use a temporary AK and SK pair and a security token to access OBS, you must specify security_token when creating an instance.
obsClient = ObsClient(access_key_id=ak, secret_access_key=sk, server=server)
try:
    bucketName = "examplebucket"
    objectKey = "objectname"
    # Configure the validity period (in seconds) for a browser-based upload request. 3600 is used as an example.
    expires = 3600
    # Specify parameters for a browser-based upload except key, policy, and signature. In this example, x-obs-acl is set to private and content-type is set to text/plain.
    formParams = {'x-obs-acl': 'private', 'content-type': 'text/plain'}
    # Create parameters for a browser-based upload.
    resp = obsClient.createPostSignature(bucketName, objectKey, expires, formParams)

    print('originPolicy:', resp.originPolicy)
    print('policy:', resp.policy)
    print('signature:', resp.signature)
except:
    print(traceback.format_exc())

        

      

    
   

Code of an HTML form example is as follows:

     
      
        
        
          <html>
    <head>
        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
    </head>
    <body>
        <form action="http://bucketname.your-endpoint/" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
            <p>
                Object key
            </p>            
            <!-- Object name  -->
            <input type="text" name="key" value="objectname" />
            <p>
                ACL
            </p>
            <!-- Object ACL -->
            <input type="text" name="x-obs-acl" value="private" />
            <p>
                Content-Type
            </p>
            <!-- Object MIME type -->
            <input type="text" name="content-type" value="text/plain" />
            <p>            
                <!-- Base64-encoded policy -->
                <input type="hidden" name="policy" value="*** Provide your policy ***" />
                <!-- AK -->
                <input type="hidden" name="AccessKeyId" value="*** Provide your access key ***"/>
                <!-- Signature string information -->
                <input type="hidden" name="signature" value="*** Provide your signature ***"/>
                <input name="file" type="file" />
                <input name="submit" value="Upload" type="submit" />
            </p>
        </form>
    </body>
</html>

         

       

     
    

Values of policy and signature in the HTML form are obtained from the returned results of ObsClient.createPostSignature.
You can directly download the HTML form example PostDemo.