class Asset (construct)

Language	Type name
.NET	`Amazon.CDK.AWS.S3.Assets.Asset`
Go	`github.com/aws/aws-cdk-go/awscdk/v2/awss3assets#Asset`
Java	`software.amazon.awscdk.services.s3.assets.Asset`
Python	`aws_cdk.aws_s3_assets.Asset`
TypeScript (source)	`aws-cdk-lib` » `aws_s3_assets` » `Asset`

Implements IConstruct, IDependable, IAsset

An asset represents a local file or directory, which is automatically uploaded to S3 and then can be referenced within a CDK application.

Example

import * as cdk from 'aws-cdk-lib';

const asset = new Asset(this, 'BundledAsset', {
  path: '/path/to/asset',
  bundling: {
    image: cdk.DockerImage.fromRegistry('alpine'),
    command: ['command-that-produces-an-archive.sh'],
    outputType: cdk.BundlingOutput.NOT_ARCHIVED, // Bundling output will be zipped even though it produces a single archive file.
  },
});

Initializer

new Asset(scope: Construct, id: string, props: AssetProps)

Parameters

scope Construct
id string
props AssetProps

Construct Props

Name	Type	Description
path	`string`	The disk location of the asset.
assetHash?	`string`	Specify a custom hash for this asset.
assetHashType?	`AssetHashType`	Specifies the type of hash to calculate for this asset.
bundling?	`BundlingOptions`	Bundle the asset by executing a command in a Docker container or a custom bundling provider.
deployTime?	`boolean`	Whether or not the asset needs to exist beyond deployment time;
exclude?	`string[]`	File paths matching the patterns will be excluded.
followSymlinks?	`SymlinkFollowMode`	A strategy for how to handle symlinks.
ignoreMode?	`IgnoreMode`	The ignore behavior to use for `exclude` patterns.
readers?	`IGrantable[]`	A list of principals that should be able to read this asset from S3.
sourceKMSKey?	`IKey`	The ARN of the KMS key used to encrypt the handler code.

path

Type: string

The disk location of the asset.

The path should refer to one of the following:

A regular file or a .zip file, in which case the file will be uploaded as-is to S3.
A directory, in which case it will be archived into a .zip file and uploaded to S3.

assetHash?

Type: string (optional, default: based on assetHashType)

Specify a custom hash for this asset.

If assetHashType is set it must be set to AssetHashType.CUSTOM. For consistency, this custom hash will be SHA256 hashed and encoded as hex. The resulting hash will be the asset hash.

NOTE: the hash is used in order to identify a specific revision of the asset, and used for optimizing and caching deployment activities related to this asset such as packaging, uploading to Amazon S3, etc. If you chose to customize the hash, you will need to make sure it is updated every time the asset changes, or otherwise it is possible that some deployments will not be invalidated.

assetHashType?

Type: AssetHashType (optional, default: the default is AssetHashType.SOURCE, but if assetHash is explicitly specified this value defaults to AssetHashType.CUSTOM.)

Specifies the type of hash to calculate for this asset.

If assetHash is configured, this option must be undefined or AssetHashType.CUSTOM.

bundling?

Type: BundlingOptions (optional, default: uploaded as-is to S3 if the asset is a regular file or a .zip file, archived into a .zip file and uploaded to S3 otherwise)

Bundle the asset by executing a command in a Docker container or a custom bundling provider.

The asset path will be mounted at /asset-input. The Docker container is responsible for putting content at /asset-output. The content at /asset-output will be zipped and used as the final asset.

deployTime?

Type: boolean (optional, default: false)

Whether or not the asset needs to exist beyond deployment time;

i.e. are copied over to a different location and not needed afterwards. Setting this property to true has an impact on the lifecycle of the asset, because we will assume that it is safe to delete after the CloudFormation deployment succeeds.

For example, Lambda Function assets are copied over to Lambda during deployment. Therefore, it is not necessary to store the asset in S3, so we consider those deployTime assets.

exclude?

Type: string[] (optional, default: nothing is excluded)

File paths matching the patterns will be excluded.

See ignoreMode to set the matching behavior. Has no effect on Assets bundled using the bundling property.

followSymlinks?

Type: SymlinkFollowMode (optional, default: SymlinkFollowMode.NEVER)

A strategy for how to handle symlinks.

ignoreMode?

Type: IgnoreMode (optional, default: IgnoreMode.GLOB)

The ignore behavior to use for exclude patterns.

readers?

Type: IGrantable[] (optional, default: No principals that can read file asset.)

A list of principals that should be able to read this asset from S3.

You can use asset.grantRead(principal) to grant read permissions later.

sourceKMSKey?

Type: IKey (optional, default: the default server-side encryption with Amazon S3 managed keys(SSE-S3) key will be used.)

The ARN of the KMS key used to encrypt the handler code.

Properties

Name	Type	Description
assetHash	`string`	A hash of this asset, which is available at construction time.
assetPath	`string`	The path to the asset, relative to the current Cloud Assembly.
bucket	`IBucket`	The S3 bucket in which this asset resides.
httpUrl	`string`	Attribute which represents the S3 HTTP URL of this asset.
isFile	`boolean`	Indicates if this asset is a single file.
isZipArchive	`boolean`	Indicates if this asset is a zip archive.
node	`Node`	The tree node.
s3BucketName	`string`	Attribute that represents the name of the bucket this asset exists in.
s3ObjectKey	`string`	Attribute which represents the S3 object key of this asset.
s3ObjectUrl	`string`	Attribute which represents the S3 URL of this asset.

assetHash

Type: string

A hash of this asset, which is available at construction time.

As this is a plain string, it can be used in construct IDs in order to enforce creation of a new resource when the content hash has changed.

assetPath

Type: string

The path to the asset, relative to the current Cloud Assembly.

If asset staging is disabled, this will just be the original path. If asset staging is enabled it will be the staged path.

bucket

Type: IBucket

The S3 bucket in which this asset resides.

httpUrl

Type: string

Attribute which represents the S3 HTTP URL of this asset.

For example, https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/bucket/key

isFile

Type: boolean

Indicates if this asset is a single file.

Allows constructs to ensure that the correct file type was used.

isZipArchive

Type: boolean

Indicates if this asset is a zip archive.

Allows constructs to ensure that the correct file type was used.

node

Type: Node

The tree node.

s3BucketName

Type: string

Attribute that represents the name of the bucket this asset exists in.

s3ObjectKey

Type: string

Attribute which represents the S3 object key of this asset.

s3ObjectUrl

Type: string

Attribute which represents the S3 URL of this asset.

For example, s3://bucket/key

Methods

Name	Description
addResourceMetadata(resource, resourceProperty)	Adds CloudFormation template metadata to the specified resource with information that indicates which resource property is mapped to this local asset.
grantRead(grantee)	Grants read permissions to the principal on the assets bucket.
toString()	Returns a string representation of this construct.

addResourceMetadata(resource, resourceProperty)

public addResourceMetadata(resource: CfnResource, resourceProperty: string): void

Parameters

resource CfnResource — The CloudFormation resource which is using this asset [disable-awslint:ref-via-interface].
resourceProperty string — The property name where this asset is referenced (e.g. "Code" for AWS::Lambda::Function).

Adds CloudFormation template metadata to the specified resource with information that indicates which resource property is mapped to this local asset.

This can be used by tools such as SAM CLI to provide local experience such as local invocation and debugging of Lambda functions.

Asset metadata will only be included if the stack is synthesized with the "aws:cdk:enable-asset-metadata" context key defined, which is the default behavior when synthesizing via the CDK Toolkit.

grantRead(grantee)

public grantRead(grantee: IGrantable): void

Parameters

grantee IGrantable

Grants read permissions to the principal on the assets bucket.

toString()

public toString(): string

Returns

string

Returns a string representation of this construct.