AWS SDK Version 2 for .NET
API Reference

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.NET Framework 4.5
 
 
Initiates a multipart upload and returns an upload ID.

Note: After you initiate multipart upload and upload one or more parts, you must either complete or abort multipart upload in order to stop getting charged for storage of the uploaded parts. Only after you either complete or abort multipart upload, Amazon S3 frees up the parts storage and stops charging you for the parts storage.

Namespace: Amazon.S3
Assembly: AWSSDK.dll
Version: (assembly version)

Syntax

C# 
public virtual InitiateMultipartUploadResponse InitiateMultipartUpload(
         InitiateMultipartUploadRequest request
)

Parameters

request
Type: Amazon.S3.Model.InitiateMultipartUploadRequest

Container for the necessary parameters to execute the InitiateMultipartUpload service method.

Return Value
Type: Amazon.S3.Model.InitiateMultipartUploadResponse
The response from the InitiateMultipartUpload service method, as returned by S3.

Examples

This example shows how to upload 13MB of data using mutlipart upload.
The data is contained in a stream and the upload is done in 3 parts: 5MB, 5MB, then the remainder.

Multipart Upload Sample


int MB = (int)Math.Pow(2, 20);

// Create a client
AmazonS3Client client = new AmazonS3Client();

// Define input stream
Stream inputStream = Create13MBDataStream();

// Initiate multipart upload
InitiateMultipartUploadRequest initRequest = new InitiateMultipartUploadRequest
{
    BucketName = "SampleBucket",
    Key = "Item1"
};
InitiateMultipartUploadResponse initResponse = client.InitiateMultipartUpload(initRequest);

// Upload part 1
UploadPartRequest uploadRequest = new UploadPartRequest
{
    BucketName = "SampleBucket",
    Key = "Item1",
    UploadId = initResponse.UploadId,
    PartNumber = 1,
    PartSize = 5 * MB,
    InputStream = inputStream
};
UploadPartResponse up1Response = client.UploadPart(uploadRequest);

// Upload part 2
uploadRequest = new UploadPartRequest
{
    BucketName = "SampleBucket",
    Key = "Item1",
    UploadId = initResponse.UploadId,
    PartNumber = 2,
    PartSize = 5 * MB,
    InputStream = inputStream
};
UploadPartResponse up2Response = client.UploadPart(uploadRequest);

// Upload part 3
uploadRequest = new UploadPartRequest
{
    BucketName = "SampleBucket",
    Key = "Item1",
    UploadId = initResponse.UploadId,
    PartNumber = 3,
    InputStream = inputStream
};
UploadPartResponse up3Response = client.UploadPart(uploadRequest);

// List parts for current upload
ListPartsRequest listPartRequest = new ListPartsRequest
{
    BucketName = "SampleBucket",
    Key = "Item1",
    UploadId = initResponse.UploadId
};
ListPartsResponse listPartResponse = client.ListParts(listPartRequest);
Debug.Assert(listPartResponse.Parts.Count == 3);

// Complete the multipart upload
CompleteMultipartUploadRequest compRequest = new CompleteMultipartUploadRequest
{
    BucketName = "SampleBucket",
    Key = "Item1",
    UploadId = initResponse.UploadId,
    PartETags = new List<PartETag>
    {
        new PartETag { ETag = up1Response.ETag, PartNumber = 1 },
        new PartETag { ETag = up2Response.ETag, PartNumber = 2 },
        new PartETag { ETag = up3Response.ETag, PartNumber = 3 }
    }
};
CompleteMultipartUploadResponse compResponse = client.CompleteMultipartUpload(compRequest);

Version Information

.NET Framework:
Supported in: 4.5, 4.0, 3.5