Use PutObjectLegalHold with an AWS SDK or CLI - Amazon Simple Storage Service

Use PutObjectLegalHold with an AWS SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use PutObjectLegalHold.

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.NET
AWS SDK for .NET
Note

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

    /// <summary>
    /// Set or modify a legal hold on an object in an S3 bucket.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="bucketName">The bucket of the object.</param>
    /// <param name="objectKey">The key of the object.</param>
    /// <param name="holdStatus">The On or Off status for the legal hold.</param>
    /// <returns>True if successful.</returns>
    public async Task<bool> ModifyObjectLegalHold(string bucketName,
        string objectKey, ObjectLockLegalHoldStatus holdStatus)
    {
        try
        {
            var request = new PutObjectLegalHoldRequest()
            {
                BucketName = bucketName,
                Key = objectKey,
                LegalHold = new ObjectLockLegalHold()
                {
                    Status = holdStatus
                }
            };

            var response = await _amazonS3.PutObjectLegalHoldAsync(request);
            Console.WriteLine($"\tModified legal hold for {objectKey} in {bucketName}.");
            return response.HttpStatusCode == System.Net.HttpStatusCode.OK;
        }
        catch (AmazonS3Exception ex)
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"\tError modifying legal hold: '{ex.Message}'");
            return false;
        }
    }
CLI
AWS CLI

To apply a Legal Hold to an object

The following put-object-legal-hold example sets a Legal Hold on the object doc1.rtf.

aws s3api put-object-legal-hold \
    --bucket my-bucket-with-object-lock \
    --key doc1.rtf \
    --legal-hold Status=ON

This command produces no output.

Go
SDK for Go V2
Note

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


// S3Actions wraps S3 service actions.
type S3Actions struct {
	S3Client  *s3.Client
	S3Manager *manager.Uploader
}



// PutObjectLegalHold sets the legal hold configuration for an S3 object.
func (actor S3Actions) PutObjectLegalHold(ctx context.Context, bucket string, key string, versionId string, legalHoldStatus types.ObjectLockLegalHoldStatus) error {
	input := &s3.PutObjectLegalHoldInput{
		Bucket: aws.String(bucket),
		Key:    aws.String(key),
		LegalHold: &types.ObjectLockLegalHold{
			Status: legalHoldStatus,
		},
	}
	if versionId != "" {
		input.VersionId = aws.String(versionId)
	}

	_, err := actor.S3Client.PutObjectLegalHold(ctx, input)
	if err != nil {
		var noKey *types.NoSuchKey
		if errors.As(err, &noKey) {
			log.Printf("Object %s does not exist in bucket %s.\n", key, bucket)
			err = noKey
		}
	}

	return err
}
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. 

    // Set or modify a legal hold on an object in an S3 bucket.
    public void modifyObjectLegalHold(String bucketName, String objectKey, boolean legalHoldOn) {
        ObjectLockLegalHold legalHold ;
        if (legalHoldOn) {
            legalHold = ObjectLockLegalHold.builder()
                .status(ObjectLockLegalHoldStatus.ON)
                .build();
        } else {
            legalHold = ObjectLockLegalHold.builder()
                .status(ObjectLockLegalHoldStatus.OFF)
                .build();
        }

        PutObjectLegalHoldRequest legalHoldRequest = PutObjectLegalHoldRequest.builder()
            .bucket(bucketName)
            .key(objectKey)
            .legalHold(legalHold)
            .build();

        getClient().putObjectLegalHold(legalHoldRequest) ;
        System.out.println("Modified legal hold for "+ objectKey +" in "+bucketName +".");
    }
JavaScript
SDK for JavaScript (v3)
Note

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

// Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
import { PutObjectLegalHoldCommand, S3Client } from "@aws-sdk/client-s3";

/**
 * @param {S3Client} client
 * @param {string} bucketName
 * @param {string} objectKey
 */
export const main = async (client, bucketName, objectKey) => {
  const command = new PutObjectLegalHoldCommand({
    Bucket: bucketName,
    Key: objectKey,
    LegalHold: {
      // Set the status to 'ON' to place a legal hold on the object.
      // Set the status to 'OFF' to remove the legal hold.
      Status: "ON",
    },
    // Optionally, you can provide additional parameters
    // ChecksumAlgorithm: "ALGORITHM",
    // ContentMD5: "MD5_HASH",
    // ExpectedBucketOwner: "ACCOUNT_ID",
    // RequestPayer: "requester",
    // VersionId: "OBJECT_VERSION_ID",
  });

  try {
    const response = await client.send(command);
    console.log(
      `Object legal hold status: ${response.$metadata.httpStatusCode}`,
    );
  } catch (err) {
    console.error(err);
  }
};

// Invoke main function if this file was run directly.
if (process.argv[1] === fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)) {
  main(new S3Client(), "BUCKET_NAME", "OBJECT_KEY");
}

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