PUT Object (Copy)

Amazon Simple Storage Service: 2006-03-01

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PUT Object (Copy)

Description

This implementation of the PUT operation creates a copy of an object that is already stored in Amazon S3. A PUT copy operation is the same as performing a GET and then a PUT. Adding the request header, x-amz-copy-source, makes the PUT operation copy the source object into the destination bucket.

When copying an object, you can preserve most of the metadata (default) or specify new metadata. However, the ACL is not preserved and is set to private for the user making the request. To override the default ACL setting, use the x-amz-acl header to specify a new ACL when generating a copy request. For more information, see

Amazon S3 ACLs.

All copy requests must be authenticated and cannot contain a message body. Additionally, you must have READ access to the source object and WRITE access to the destination bucket. For more information, see REST Authentication.

To only copy an object under certain conditions, such as whether the ETag matches or whether the object was modified before or after a specified date, use the request headers x-amz-copy-source-if-match, x-amz-copy-source-if-none-match, x-amz-copy-source-if-unmodified-since, or x-amz-copy-source-if-modified-since.

[Note]Note

All headers prefixed with x-amz- must be signed, including x-amz-copy-source.

There are two opportunities for a copy request to return an error. One can occur when Amazon S3 receives the copy request and the other can occur while Amazon S3 is copying the files. If the error occurs before the copy operation starts, you receive a standard Amazon S3 error. If the error occurs during the copy operation, the error response is embedded in the 200 response. This means that a 200 response can contain either a success or an error. Make sure to design your application to parse the contents of the response and handle it appropriately.

If the copy is successful, you receive a response that contains the information about the copied object.

[Note]Note

If the request is an HTTP 1.1 request, the response is chunk encoded. Otherwise, it will not contain the content-length and you will need to read the entire body.

Requests

Syntax

PUT /destinationObject HTTP/1.1
Host: destinationBucket.s3.amazonaws.com
x-amz-copy-source: /source_bucket/sourceObject
x-amz-metadata-directive: metadata_directive
x-amz-copy-source-if-match: etag
x-amz-copy-source-if-none-match: etag
x-amz-copy-source-if-unmodified-since: time_stamp
x-amz-copy-source-if-modified-since: time_stamp
<request metadata>
Authorization: signatureValue
Date: date

Request Parameters

This implementation of the operation does not use request parameters.

Request Headers

This implementation of the operation can use the following request headers in addition to the request headers common to all operations. For more information, see Common Request Headers.

Name Description Required
x-amz-acl

The canned ACL to apply to the object. For more information, go to REST Access Policy in the Amazon Simple Storage Service Developer Guide .

Type: String

Default: private

Valid Values: private | public-read | public-read-write | authenticated-read | bucket-owner-read | bucket-owner-full-control

Constraints: None

 No
x-amz-copy-source

The name of the source bucket and key name of the source object, separated by a slash (/).

Type: String

Default: None

Constraints: This string must be URL-encoded. Additionally, the source bucket must be valid and you must have READ access to the valid source object.

 Yes
x-amz-metadata-directive

Specifies whether the metadata is copied from the source object or replaced with metadata provided in the request. If copied, the metadata, except for the version ID, remains unchanged. Otherwise, all original metadata is replaced by the metadata you specify.

Type: String

Default: COPY

Valid values: COPY | REPLACE

Constraints: Values other than COPY or REPLACE result in an immediate 400-based error response. You cannot copy an object to itself unless the MetadataDirective header is specified and its value set to REPLACE.

For information on supported metadata, see Common Request Headers

 No
x-amz-copy-source-if-match

Copies the object if its entity tag (ETag) matches the specified tag; otherwise, the request returns a 412 HTTP status code error (precondition failed).

Type: String

Default: None

Constraints: This header can be used with x-amz-copy-source-if-unmodified-since, but cannot be used with other conditional copy headers.

 No
x-amz-copy-source-if-none-match

Copies the object if its entity tag (ETag) is different than the specified ETag; otherwise, the request returns a 412 HTTP status code error (failed condition).

Type: String

Default: None

Constraints: This header can be used with x-amz-copy-source-if-modified-since, but cannot be used with other conditional copy headers.

 No
x-amz-copy-source-if-unmodified-since

Copies the object if it hasn't been modified since the specified time; otherwise, the request returns a 412 HTTP status code error (precondition failed).

Type: String

Default: None

Constraints: This must be a valid HTTP date. For more information, go to http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt. This header can be used with x-amz-copy-source-if-match, but cannot be used with other conditional copy headers.

No
x-amz-copy-source-if-modified-since

Copies the object if it has been modified since the specified time; otherwise, the request returns a 412 HTTP status code error (failed condition).

Type: String

Default: None

Constraints: This must be a valid HTTP date. This header can be used with x-amz-copy-source-if-none-match, but cannot be used with other conditional copy headers.

No

Request Elements

This implementation of the operation does not use request elements.

Responses

Response Headers

This implementation of the operation can include the following response headers in addition to the response headers common to all responses. For more information, see Common Response Headers.

Name Description
x-amz-copy-source-version-id

Version of the source object that was copied.

Type: String
x-amz-version-id

Version of the copied object in the destination bucket.

Type: String

Response Elements

Name Description
CopyObjectResult

Container for all response elements.

Type: Container

Ancestor: None
ETag

Returns the ETag of the new object. The ETag only reflects changes to the contents of an object, not its metadata.

Type: String

Ancestor: CopyObjectResult
LastModified

Returns the date the object was last modified.

Type: String

Ancestor: CopyObjectResult

Special Errors

This implementation of the operation does not return special errors. For general information about Amazon S3 errors and a list of error codes, see Error Responses.

Examples

Sample Request

This example copies my-image.jpg into the bucket, bucket, with the key name my-second-image.jpg.

PUT /my-second-image.jpg HTTP/1.1
Host: bucket.s3.amazonaws.com
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:32:00 GMT
x-amz-copy-source: /bucket/my-image.jpg
Authorization: AWS 02236Q3V0WHVSRW0EXG2:0RQf4/cRonhpaBX5sCYVf1bNRuU=

Sample Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
x-amz-id-2: eftixk72aD6Ap51TnqcoF8eFidJG9Z/2mkiDFu8yU9AS1ed4OpIszj7UDNEHGran
x-amz-request-id: 318BC8BC148832E5
x-amz-copy-source-version-id: 3/L4kqtJlcpXroDTDmJ+rmSpXd3dIbrHY+MTRCxf3vjVBH40Nr8X8gdRQBpUMLUo
x-amz-version-id: QUpfdndhfd8438MNFDN93jdnJFkdmqnh893
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:32:00 GMT
Connection: close
Server: AmazonS3

<CopyObjectResult>
   <LastModified>2009-10-28T22:32:00</LastModified>
   <ETag>"9b2cf535f27731c974343645a3985328"</ETag>
 </CopyObjectResult>

x-amz-version-id returns the version ID of the object in the destination bucket and x-amz-copy-source-version-id returns the version ID of the source object.

Sample Request Copying a Specified Version of an Object

The following request copies the key, my-image.jpg, with the specified version ID and copies it into the bucket, bucket,and gives it the key, my-second-image.jpg.

PUT /my-second-image.jpg HTTP/1.1
Host: bucket.s3.amazonaws.com
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:32:00 GMT
x-amz-copy-source: /bucket/my-image.jpg?versionId=3/L4kqtJlcpXroDTDmJ+rmSpXd3dIbrHY+MTRCxf3vjVBH40Nr8X8gdRQBpUMLUo
Authorization: AWS 02236Q3V0WHVSRW0EXG2:0RQf4/cRonhpaBX5sCYVf1bNRuU=

Success Response Copying a Versioned Object into a Version Enabled Bucket

The following response shows that an object was copied into a target bucket where Versioning is enabled. 

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
x-amz-id-2: eftixk72aD6Ap51TnqcoF8eFidJG9Z/2mkiDFu8yU9AS1ed4OpIszj7UDNEHGran
x-amz-request-id: 318BC8BC148832E5
x-amz-version-id: QUpfdndhfd8438MNFDN93jdnJFkdmqnh893
 x-amz-copy-source-version-id: 09df8234529fjs0dfi0w52935029wefdj
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:32:00 GMT
Connection: close
Server: AmazonS3
 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CopyObjectResult>
   <LastModified>2009-10-28T22:32:00</LastModified>
   <ETag>"9b2cf535f27731c974343645a3985328"</ETag>
</CopyObjectResult>

Success Response Copying a Versioned Object into a Version Suspended Bucket

The following response shows that an object was copied into a target bucket where Versioning is suspended. Note that the parameter,<VersionId>, does not appear. 

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
x-amz-id-2: eftixk72aD6Ap51TnqcoF8eFidJG9Z/2mkiDFu8yU9AS1ed4OpIszj7UDNEHGran
x-amz-request-id: 318BC8BC148832E5
x-amz-copy-source-version-id: 3/L4kqtJlcpXroDTDmJ+rmSpXd3dIbrHY+MTRCxf3vjVBH40Nr8X8gdRQBpUMLUo
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:32:00 GMT
Connection: close
Server: AmazonS3

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CopyObjectResult>
  <LastModified>2009-10-28T22:32:00</LastModified>
  <ETag>"9b2cf535f27731c974343645a3985328"</ETag>
</CopyObjectResult>

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