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Recursively upload a local directory to an Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) bucket - Amazon Simple Storage Service

Recursively upload a local directory to an Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) bucket

The following code example shows how to upload a local directory recursively to an Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) bucket.

Java
SDK for Java 2.x
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository.

Use an S3TransferManager to upload a local directory. View the complete file and test.

import org.slf4j.Logger; import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory; import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.model.ObjectIdentifier; import software.amazon.awssdk.transfer.s3.S3TransferManager; import software.amazon.awssdk.transfer.s3.model.CompletedDirectoryUpload; import software.amazon.awssdk.transfer.s3.model.DirectoryUpload; import software.amazon.awssdk.transfer.s3.model.UploadDirectoryRequest; import java.net.URI; import java.net.URISyntaxException; import java.net.URL; import java.nio.file.Paths; import java.util.UUID; public Integer uploadDirectory(S3TransferManager transferManager, URI sourceDirectory, String bucketName) { DirectoryUpload directoryUpload = transferManager.uploadDirectory(UploadDirectoryRequest.builder() .source(Paths.get(sourceDirectory)) .bucket(bucketName) .build()); CompletedDirectoryUpload completedDirectoryUpload = directoryUpload.completionFuture().join(); completedDirectoryUpload.failedTransfers() .forEach(fail -> logger.warn("Object [{}] failed to transfer", fail.toString())); return completedDirectoryUpload.failedTransfers().size(); }
  • For API details, see UploadDirectory in AWS SDK for Java 2.x API Reference.

SDK for Java 2.x
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository.

Use an S3TransferManager to upload a local directory. View the complete file and test.

import org.slf4j.Logger; import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory; import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.model.ObjectIdentifier; import software.amazon.awssdk.transfer.s3.S3TransferManager; import software.amazon.awssdk.transfer.s3.model.CompletedDirectoryUpload; import software.amazon.awssdk.transfer.s3.model.DirectoryUpload; import software.amazon.awssdk.transfer.s3.model.UploadDirectoryRequest; import java.net.URI; import java.net.URISyntaxException; import java.net.URL; import java.nio.file.Paths; import java.util.UUID; public Integer uploadDirectory(S3TransferManager transferManager, URI sourceDirectory, String bucketName) { DirectoryUpload directoryUpload = transferManager.uploadDirectory(UploadDirectoryRequest.builder() .source(Paths.get(sourceDirectory)) .bucket(bucketName) .build()); CompletedDirectoryUpload completedDirectoryUpload = directoryUpload.completionFuture().join(); completedDirectoryUpload.failedTransfers() .forEach(fail -> logger.warn("Object [{}] failed to transfer", fail.toString())); return completedDirectoryUpload.failedTransfers().size(); }
  • For API details, see UploadDirectory in AWS SDK for Java 2.x API Reference.

For a complete list of AWS SDK developer guides and code examples, see Developing with Amazon S3 using the AWS SDKs. This topic also includes information about getting started and details about previous SDK versions.

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