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Retrieves all the metadata from an object without returning the object itself. This operation is useful if you're interested only in an object's metadata.
GetObjectAttributes
combines the functionality ofHeadObject
andListParts
. All of the data returned with each of those individual calls can be returned with a single call toGetObjectAttributes
.
Directory buckets - For directory buckets, you must make requests for this API operation to the Zonal endpoint. These endpoints support virtual-hosted-style requests in the format ``https://bucket-name .s3express-zone-id .*region-code* .amazonaws.com/key-name `` . Path-style requests are not supported. For more information about endpoints in Availability Zones, see Regional and Zonal endpoints for directory buckets in Availability Zones in the Amazon S3 User Guide . For more information about endpoints in Local Zones, see Available Local Zone for directory buckets in the Amazon S3 User Guide .
Permissions
General purpose bucket permissions - To use GetObjectAttributes
, you must have READ access to the object. The permissions that you need to use this operation depend on whether the bucket is versioned. If the bucket is versioned, you need both the s3:GetObjectVersion
and s3:GetObjectVersionAttributes
permissions for this operation. If the bucket is not versioned, you need the s3:GetObject
and s3:GetObjectAttributes
permissions. For more information, see Specifying Permissions in a Policy in the Amazon S3 User Guide . If the object that you request does not exist, the error Amazon S3 returns depends on whether you also have the s3:ListBucket
permission.
s3:ListBucket
permission on the bucket, Amazon S3 returns an HTTP status code 404 Not Found
("no such key") error.s3:ListBucket
permission, Amazon S3 returns an HTTP status code 403 Forbidden
("access denied") error.Directory bucket permissions - To grant access to this API operation on a directory bucket, we recommend that you use the ` CreateSession
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_CreateSession.html`__ API operation for session-based authorization. Specifically, you grant the s3express:CreateSession
permission to the directory bucket in a bucket policy or an IAM identity-based policy. Then, you make the CreateSession
API call on the bucket to obtain a session token. With the session token in your request header, you can make API requests to this operation. After the session token expires, you make another CreateSession
API call to generate a new session token for use. Amazon Web Services CLI or SDKs create session and refresh the session token automatically to avoid service interruptions when a session expires. For more information about authorization, see ` CreateSession
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_CreateSession.html`__ . If the object is encrypted with SSE-KMS, you must also have the kms:GenerateDataKey
and kms:Decrypt
permissions in IAM identity-based policies and KMS key policies for the KMS key.
Encryption
x-amz-server-side-encryption
, should not be sent for HEAD
requests if your object uses server-side encryption with Key Management Service (KMS) keys (SSE-KMS), dual-layer server-side encryption with Amazon Web Services KMS keys (DSSE-KMS), or server-side encryption with Amazon S3 managed encryption keys (SSE-S3). The x-amz-server-side-encryption
header is used when you PUT
an object to S3 and want to specify the encryption method. If you include this header in a GET
request for an object that uses these types of keys, you’ll get an HTTP 400 Bad Request
error. It's because the encryption method can't be changed when you retrieve the object.If you encrypt an object by using server-side encryption with customer-provided encryption keys (SSE-C) when you store the object in Amazon S3, then when you retrieve the metadata from the object, you must use the following headers to provide the encryption key for the server to be able to retrieve the object's metadata. The headers are:
x-amz-server-side-encryption-customer-algorithm
x-amz-server-side-encryption-customer-key
x-amz-server-side-encryption-customer-key-MD5
For more information about SSE-C, see Server-Side Encryption (Using Customer-Provided Encryption Keys) in the Amazon S3 User Guide .
Directory bucket permissions - For directory buckets, there are only two supported options for server-side encryption: server-side encryption with Amazon S3 managed keys (SSE-S3) (AES256
) and server-side encryption with KMS keys (SSE-KMS) (aws:kms
). We recommend that the bucket's default encryption uses the desired encryption configuration and you don't override the bucket default encryption in yourCreateSession
requests orPUT
object requests. Then, new objects are automatically encrypted with the desired encryption settings. For more information, see Protecting data with server-side encryption in the Amazon S3 User Guide . For more information about the encryption overriding behaviors in directory buckets, see Specifying server-side encryption with KMS for new object uploads .Versioning
Directory buckets - S3 Versioning isn't enabled and supported for directory buckets. For this API operation, only the null
value of the version ID is supported by directory buckets. You can only specify null
to the versionId
query parameter in the request.
Conditional request headers
Consider the following when using request headers:
If-Match
and If-Unmodified-Since
headers are present in the request as follows, then Amazon S3 returns the HTTP status code 200 OK
and the data requested:If-Match
condition evaluates to true
.If-Unmodified-Since
condition evaluates to false
.For more information about conditional requests, see RFC 7232 .
If-None-Match
and If-Modified-Since
headers are present in the request as follows, then Amazon S3 returns the HTTP status code 304 Not Modified
:If-None-Match
condition evaluates to false
.If-Modified-Since
condition evaluates to true
.For more information about conditional requests, see RFC 7232 .
HTTP Host header syntaxDirectory buckets - The HTTP Host header syntax is `` Bucket-name .s3express-zone-id .*region-code* .amazonaws.com`` .
The following actions are related to GetObjectAttributes
:
See also: AWS API Documentation
get-object-attributes
--bucket <value>
--key <value>
[--version-id <value>]
[--max-parts <value>]
[--part-number-marker <value>]
[--sse-customer-algorithm <value>]
[--sse-customer-key <value>]
[--sse-customer-key-md5 <value>]
[--request-payer <value>]
[--expected-bucket-owner <value>]
--object-attributes <value>
[--cli-input-json <value>]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
[--debug]
[--endpoint-url <value>]
[--no-verify-ssl]
[--no-paginate]
[--output <value>]
[--query <value>]
[--profile <value>]
[--region <value>]
[--version <value>]
[--color <value>]
[--no-sign-request]
[--ca-bundle <value>]
[--cli-read-timeout <value>]
[--cli-connect-timeout <value>]
--bucket
(string)
The name of the bucket that contains the object.
Directory buckets - When you use this operation with a directory bucket, you must use virtual-hosted-style requests in the format `` Bucket-name .s3express-zone-id .*region-code* .amazonaws.com`` . Path-style requests are not supported. Directory bucket names must be unique in the chosen Zone (Availability Zone or Local Zone). Bucket names must follow the format `` bucket-base-name --zone-id --x-s3`` (for example, `` DOC-EXAMPLE-BUCKET --usw2-az1 --x-s3`` ). For information about bucket naming restrictions, see Directory bucket naming rules in the Amazon S3 User Guide .
Access points - When you use this action with an access point, you must provide the alias of the access point in place of the bucket name or specify the access point ARN. When using the access point ARN, you must direct requests to the access point hostname. The access point hostname takes the form AccessPointName -AccountId .s3-accesspoint.*Region* .amazonaws.com. When using this action with an access point through the Amazon Web Services SDKs, you provide the access point ARN in place of the bucket name. For more information about access point ARNs, see Using access points in the Amazon S3 User Guide .
Note
Access points and Object Lambda access points are not supported by directory buckets.S3 on Outposts - When you use this action with Amazon S3 on Outposts, you must direct requests to the S3 on Outposts hostname. The S3 on Outposts hostname takes the form `` AccessPointName -AccountId .*outpostID* .s3-outposts.*Region* .amazonaws.com`` . When you use this action with S3 on Outposts through the Amazon Web Services SDKs, you provide the Outposts access point ARN in place of the bucket name. For more information about S3 on Outposts ARNs, see What is S3 on Outposts? in the Amazon S3 User Guide .
--key
(string)
The object key.
--version-id
(string)
The version ID used to reference a specific version of the object.
Note
S3 Versioning isn't enabled and supported for directory buckets. For this API operation, only thenull
value of the version ID is supported by directory buckets. You can only specifynull
to theversionId
query parameter in the request.
--max-parts
(integer)
Sets the maximum number of parts to return.
--part-number-marker
(integer)
Specifies the part after which listing should begin. Only parts with higher part numbers will be listed.
--sse-customer-algorithm
(string)
Specifies the algorithm to use when encrypting the object (for example, AES256).
Note
This functionality is not supported for directory buckets.
--sse-customer-key
(string)
Specifies the customer-provided encryption key for Amazon S3 to use in encrypting data. This value is used to store the object and then it is discarded; Amazon S3 does not store the encryption key. The key must be appropriate for use with the algorithm specified in the
x-amz-server-side-encryption-customer-algorithm
header.Note
This functionality is not supported for directory buckets.
--sse-customer-key-md5
(string)
Specifies the 128-bit MD5 digest of the encryption key according to RFC 1321. Amazon S3 uses this header for a message integrity check to ensure that the encryption key was transmitted without error.
Note
This functionality is not supported for directory buckets.
--request-payer
(string)
Confirms that the requester knows that they will be charged for the request. Bucket owners need not specify this parameter in their requests. If either the source or destination S3 bucket has Requester Pays enabled, the requester will pay for corresponding charges to copy the object. For information about downloading objects from Requester Pays buckets, see Downloading Objects in Requester Pays Buckets in the Amazon S3 User Guide .
Note
This functionality is not supported for directory buckets.Possible values:
requester
--expected-bucket-owner
(string)
The account ID of the expected bucket owner. If the account ID that you provide does not match the actual owner of the bucket, the request fails with the HTTP status code403 Forbidden
(access denied).
--object-attributes
(list)
Specifies the fields at the root level that you want returned in the response. Fields that you do not specify are not returned.
(string)
Syntax:
"string" "string" ...
Where valid values are:
ETag
Checksum
ObjectParts
StorageClass
ObjectSize
--cli-input-json
(string)
Performs service operation based on the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton
. If other arguments are provided on the command line, the CLI values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally.
--generate-cli-skeleton
(string)
Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input
, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json
. If provided with the value output
, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command.
--debug
(boolean)
Turn on debug logging.
--endpoint-url
(string)
Override command's default URL with the given URL.
--no-verify-ssl
(boolean)
By default, the AWS CLI uses SSL when communicating with AWS services. For each SSL connection, the AWS CLI will verify SSL certificates. This option overrides the default behavior of verifying SSL certificates.
--no-paginate
(boolean)
Disable automatic pagination. If automatic pagination is disabled, the AWS CLI will only make one call, for the first page of results.
--output
(string)
The formatting style for command output.
--query
(string)
A JMESPath query to use in filtering the response data.
--profile
(string)
Use a specific profile from your credential file.
--region
(string)
The region to use. Overrides config/env settings.
--version
(string)
Display the version of this tool.
--color
(string)
Turn on/off color output.
--no-sign-request
(boolean)
Do not sign requests. Credentials will not be loaded if this argument is provided.
--ca-bundle
(string)
The CA certificate bundle to use when verifying SSL certificates. Overrides config/env settings.
--cli-read-timeout
(int)
The maximum socket read time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket read will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.
--cli-connect-timeout
(int)
The maximum socket connect time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket connect will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.
To use the following examples, you must have the AWS CLI installed and configured. See the Getting started guide in the AWS CLI User Guide for more information.
Unless otherwise stated, all examples have unix-like quotation rules. These examples will need to be adapted to your terminal's quoting rules. See Using quotation marks with strings in the AWS CLI User Guide .
To retrieves metadata from an object without returning the object itself
The following get-object-attributes
example retrieves metadata from the object doc1.rtf
.
aws s3api get-object-attributes \
--bucket my-bucket \
--key doc1.rtf \
--object-attributes "StorageClass" "ETag" "ObjectSize"
Output:
{
"LastModified": "2022-03-15T19:37:31+00:00",
"VersionId": "IuCPjXTDzHNfldAuitVBIKJpF2p1fg4P",
"ETag": "b662d79adeb7c8d787ea7eafb9ef6207",
"StorageClass": "STANDARD",
"ObjectSize": 405
}
For more information, see GetObjectAttributes in the Amazon S3 API Reference.
DeleteMarker -> (boolean)
Specifies whether the object retrieved was (
true
) or was not (false
) a delete marker. Iffalse
, this response header does not appear in the response.Note
This functionality is not supported for directory buckets.
LastModified -> (timestamp)
Date and time when the object was last modified.
VersionId -> (string)
The version ID of the object.
Note
This functionality is not supported for directory buckets.
RequestCharged -> (string)
If present, indicates that the requester was successfully charged for the request.
Note
This functionality is not supported for directory buckets.
ETag -> (string)
An ETag is an opaque identifier assigned by a web server to a specific version of a resource found at a URL.
Checksum -> (structure)
The checksum or digest of the object.
ChecksumCRC32 -> (string)
The base64-encoded, 32-bit CRC-32 checksum of the object. This will only be present if it was uploaded with the object. When you use an API operation on an object that was uploaded using multipart uploads, this value may not be a direct checksum value of the full object. Instead, it's a calculation based on the checksum values of each individual part. For more information about how checksums are calculated with multipart uploads, see Checking object integrity in the Amazon S3 User Guide .ChecksumCRC32C -> (string)
The base64-encoded, 32-bit CRC-32C checksum of the object. This will only be present if it was uploaded with the object. When you use an API operation on an object that was uploaded using multipart uploads, this value may not be a direct checksum value of the full object. Instead, it's a calculation based on the checksum values of each individual part. For more information about how checksums are calculated with multipart uploads, see Checking object integrity in the Amazon S3 User Guide .ChecksumSHA1 -> (string)
The base64-encoded, 160-bit SHA-1 digest of the object. This will only be present if it was uploaded with the object. When you use the API operation on an object that was uploaded using multipart uploads, this value may not be a direct checksum value of the full object. Instead, it's a calculation based on the checksum values of each individual part. For more information about how checksums are calculated with multipart uploads, see Checking object integrity in the Amazon S3 User Guide .ChecksumSHA256 -> (string)
The base64-encoded, 256-bit SHA-256 digest of the object. This will only be present if it was uploaded with the object. When you use an API operation on an object that was uploaded using multipart uploads, this value may not be a direct checksum value of the full object. Instead, it's a calculation based on the checksum values of each individual part. For more information about how checksums are calculated with multipart uploads, see Checking object integrity in the Amazon S3 User Guide .
ObjectParts -> (structure)
A collection of parts associated with a multipart upload.
TotalPartsCount -> (integer)
The total number of parts.PartNumberMarker -> (integer)
The marker for the current part.NextPartNumberMarker -> (integer)
When a list is truncated, this element specifies the last part in the list, as well as the value to use for thePartNumberMarker
request parameter in a subsequent request.MaxParts -> (integer)
The maximum number of parts allowed in the response.IsTruncated -> (boolean)
Indicates whether the returned list of parts is truncated. A value oftrue
indicates that the list was truncated. A list can be truncated if the number of parts exceeds the limit returned in theMaxParts
element.Parts -> (list)
A container for elements related to a particular part. A response can contain zero or more
Parts
elements.Note
- General purpose buckets - For
GetObjectAttributes
, if a additional checksum (includingx-amz-checksum-crc32
,x-amz-checksum-crc32c
,x-amz-checksum-sha1
, orx-amz-checksum-sha256
) isn't applied to the object specified in the request, the response doesn't returnPart
.- Directory buckets - For
GetObjectAttributes
, no matter whether a additional checksum is applied to the object specified in the request, the response returnsPart
.(structure)
A container for elements related to an individual part.
PartNumber -> (integer)
The part number identifying the part. This value is a positive integer between 1 and 10,000.Size -> (long)
The size of the uploaded part in bytes.ChecksumCRC32 -> (string)
This header can be used as a data integrity check to verify that the data received is the same data that was originally sent. This header specifies the base64-encoded, 32-bit CRC-32 checksum of the object. For more information, see Checking object integrity in the Amazon S3 User Guide .ChecksumCRC32C -> (string)
The base64-encoded, 32-bit CRC-32C checksum of the object. This will only be present if it was uploaded with the object. When you use an API operation on an object that was uploaded using multipart uploads, this value may not be a direct checksum value of the full object. Instead, it's a calculation based on the checksum values of each individual part. For more information about how checksums are calculated with multipart uploads, see Checking object integrity in the Amazon S3 User Guide .ChecksumSHA1 -> (string)
The base64-encoded, 160-bit SHA-1 digest of the object. This will only be present if it was uploaded with the object. When you use the API operation on an object that was uploaded using multipart uploads, this value may not be a direct checksum value of the full object. Instead, it's a calculation based on the checksum values of each individual part. For more information about how checksums are calculated with multipart uploads, see Checking object integrity in the Amazon S3 User Guide .ChecksumSHA256 -> (string)
The base64-encoded, 256-bit SHA-256 digest of the object. This will only be present if it was uploaded with the object. When you use an API operation on an object that was uploaded using multipart uploads, this value may not be a direct checksum value of the full object. Instead, it's a calculation based on the checksum values of each individual part. For more information about how checksums are calculated with multipart uploads, see Checking object integrity in the Amazon S3 User Guide .
StorageClass -> (string)
Provides the storage class information of the object. Amazon S3 returns this header for all objects except for S3 Standard storage class objects.
For more information, see Storage Classes .
Note
Directory buckets - Only the S3 Express One Zone storage class is supported by directory buckets to store objects.
ObjectSize -> (long)
The size of the object in bytes.