Use HeadObject with an AWS SDK - AWS SDK Code Examples

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Use HeadObject with an AWS SDK

The following code example shows how to use HeadObject.

Java
SDK for Java 2.x
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Get metadata of an object in a directory bucket.

import org.slf4j.Logger; import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory; import software.amazon.awssdk.regions.Region; import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.S3Client; import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.model.HeadObjectRequest; import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.model.HeadObjectResponse; import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.model.S3Exception; import java.nio.file.Path; import static com.example.s3.util.S3DirectoryBucketUtils.createDirectoryBucket; import static com.example.s3.util.S3DirectoryBucketUtils.createS3Client; import static com.example.s3.util.S3DirectoryBucketUtils.deleteAllObjectsInDirectoryBucket; import static com.example.s3.util.S3DirectoryBucketUtils.deleteDirectoryBucket; import static com.example.s3.util.S3DirectoryBucketUtils.getFilePath; import static com.example.s3.util.S3DirectoryBucketUtils.putDirectoryBucketObject; /** * Retrieves metadata for an object in the specified S3 directory bucket. * * @param s3Client The S3 client used to interact with S3 * @param bucketName The name of the directory bucket * @param objectKey The key (name) of the object to retrieve metadata for * @return True if the object exists, false otherwise */ public static boolean headDirectoryBucketObject(S3Client s3Client, String bucketName, String objectKey) { logger.info("Retrieving metadata for object: {} from bucket: {}", objectKey, bucketName); try { // Create a HeadObjectRequest HeadObjectRequest headObjectRequest = HeadObjectRequest.builder() .bucket(bucketName) .key(objectKey) .build(); // Retrieve the object metadata HeadObjectResponse response = s3Client.headObject(headObjectRequest); logger.info("Amazon S3 object: \"{}\" found in bucket: \"{}\" with ETag: \"{}\"", objectKey, bucketName, response.eTag()); logger.info("Content-Type: {}", response.contentType()); logger.info("Content-Length: {}", response.contentLength()); logger.info("Last Modified: {}", response.lastModified()); return true; } catch (S3Exception e) { logger.error("Failed to retrieve object metadata: {} - Error code: {}", e.awsErrorDetails().errorMessage(), e.awsErrorDetails().errorCode(), e); return false; } }
  • For API details, see HeadObject in AWS SDK for Java 2.x API Reference.