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Use GetObjectAnnotation with an AWS SDK - AWS SDK Code Examples

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Use GetObjectAnnotation with an AWS SDK

The following code example shows how to use GetObjectAnnotation.

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Python
SDK for Python (Boto3)
Note

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    def get_object_annotation(
        self,
        bucket_name: str,
        object_key: str,
        annotation_name: str,
    ) -> dict:
        """
        Retrieves a specific annotation by name from an S3 object.

        :param bucket_name: The name of the bucket containing the object.
        :param object_key: The key of the object.
        :param annotation_name: The name of the annotation to retrieve.
        :return: A dict containing the annotation payload (decoded), ETag,
                 ContentLength, and LastModified.
        :raises ClientError: If the annotation does not exist
                             (NoSuchAnnotation) or another error occurs.
        """
        try:
            response = self.s3_client.get_object_annotation(
                Bucket=bucket_name,
                Key=object_key,
                AnnotationName=annotation_name,
            )
            payload = response["AnnotationPayload"].read().decode("utf-8")
            result = dict(
                Payload=payload,
                ETag=response.get("ETag", "N/A"),
                ContentLength=response.get("ContentLength", 0),
                LastModified=response.get("LastModified", None),
            )
            logger.info(
                "Retrieved annotation '%s' from object '%s' in bucket '%s'.",
                annotation_name,
                object_key,
                bucket_name,
            )
            return result
        except ClientError as err:
            if err.response["Error"]["Code"] == "NoSuchAnnotation":
                logger.error(
                    "Annotation '%s' does not exist on object '%s' in bucket '%s'.",
                    annotation_name,
                    object_key,
                    bucket_name,
                )
            raise