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select_object_content

Operation

select_object_content async

select_object_content(input: SelectObjectContentInput, plugins: list[Plugin] | None = None) -> AsyncOutputEventStream[SelectObjectContentEventStream, SelectObjectContentOutput]
Note

This operation is not supported for directory buckets.

This action filters the contents of an Amazon S3 object based on a simple structured query language (SQL) statement. In the request, along with the SQL expression, you must also specify a data serialization format (JSON, CSV, or Apache Parquet) of the object. Amazon S3 uses this format to parse object data into records, and returns only records that match the specified SQL expression. You must also specify the data serialization format for the response.

This functionality is not supported for Amazon S3 on Outposts.

For more information about Amazon S3 Select, see Selecting Content from Objects and SELECT Command in the Amazon S3 User Guide.

Permissions

You must have the s3:GetObject permission for this operation. Amazon S3 Select does not support anonymous access. For more information about permissions, see Specifying Permissions in a Policy in the Amazon S3 User Guide.

Object Data Formats

You can use Amazon S3 Select to query objects that have the following format properties:

  • CSV, JSON, and Parquet - Objects must be in CSV, JSON, or Parquet format.

  • UTF-8 - UTF-8 is the only encoding type Amazon S3 Select supports.

  • GZIP or BZIP2 - CSV and JSON files can be compressed using GZIP or BZIP2. GZIP and BZIP2 are the only compression formats that Amazon S3 Select supports for CSV and JSON files. Amazon S3 Select supports columnar compression for Parquet using GZIP or Snappy. Amazon S3 Select does not support whole-object compression for Parquet objects.

  • Server-side encryption - Amazon S3 Select supports querying objects that are protected with server-side encryption.

    For objects that are encrypted with customer-provided encryption keys (SSE-C), you must use HTTPS, and you must use the headers that are documented in the GetObject. For more information about SSE-C, see Server-Side Encryption (Using Customer-Provided Encryption Keys) in the Amazon S3 User Guide.

    For objects that are encrypted with Amazon S3 managed keys (SSE-S3) and Amazon Web Services KMS keys (SSE-KMS), server-side encryption is handled transparently, so you don't need to specify anything. For more information about server-side encryption, including SSE-S3 and SSE-KMS, see Protecting Data Using Server-Side Encryption in the Amazon S3 User Guide.

Working with the Response Body

Given the response size is unknown, Amazon S3 Select streams the response as a series of messages and includes a Transfer-Encoding header with chunked as its value in the response. For more information, see Appendix: SelectObjectContent Response.

GetObject Support

The SelectObjectContent action does not support the following GetObject functionality. For more information, see GetObject.

  • Range: Although you can specify a scan range for an Amazon S3 Select request (see SelectObjectContentRequest - ScanRange in the request parameters), you cannot specify the range of bytes of an object to return.

  • The GLACIER, DEEP_ARCHIVE, and REDUCED_REDUNDANCY storage classes, or the ARCHIVE_ACCESS and DEEP_ARCHIVE_ACCESS access tiers of the INTELLIGENT_TIERING storage class: You cannot query objects in the GLACIER, DEEP_ARCHIVE, or REDUCED_REDUNDANCY storage classes, nor objects in the ARCHIVE_ACCESS or DEEP_ARCHIVE_ACCESS access tiers of the INTELLIGENT_TIERING storage class. For more information about storage classes, see Using Amazon S3 storage classes in the Amazon S3 User Guide.

Special Errors

For a list of special errors for this operation, see List of SELECT Object Content Error Codes

The following operations are related to SelectObjectContent:

Warning

You must URL encode any signed header values that contain spaces. For example, if your header value is my file.txt, containing two spaces after my, you must URL encode this value to my%20%20file.txt.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
input SelectObjectContentInput

An instance of SelectObjectContentInput.

required
plugins list[Plugin] | None

A list of callables that modify the configuration dynamically. Changes made by these plugins only apply for the duration of the operation execution and will not affect any other operation invocations.

None

Returns:

Type Description
AsyncOutputEventStream[SelectObjectContentEventStream, SelectObjectContentOutput]

An AsyncOutputEventStream for server-to-client streaming.

Input

SelectObjectContentInput dataclass

Bases: _SerdeShape

Note

Learn Amazon S3 Select is no longer available to new customers. Existing customers of Amazon S3 Select can continue to use the feature as usual. Learn more

Request to filter the contents of an Amazon S3 object based on a simple Structured Query Language (SQL) statement. In the request, along with the SQL expression, you must specify a data serialization format (JSON or CSV) of the object. Amazon S3 uses this to parse object data into records. It returns only records that match the specified SQL expression. You must also specify the data serialization format for the response. For more information, see S3Select API Documentation.

Attributes

bucket class-attribute instance-attribute
bucket: str | None = ...

The S3 bucket.

expected_bucket_owner class-attribute instance-attribute
expected_bucket_owner: str | None = ...

The account ID of the expected bucket owner. If the account ID that you provide does not match the actual owner of the bucket, the request fails with the HTTP status code 403 Forbidden (access denied).

expression class-attribute instance-attribute
expression: str | None = ...

The expression that is used to query the object.

expression_type class-attribute instance-attribute
expression_type: str | None = ...

The type of the provided expression (for example, SQL).

input_serialization class-attribute instance-attribute
input_serialization: InputSerialization | None = ...

Describes the format of the data in the object that is being queried.

key class-attribute instance-attribute
key: str | None = ...

The object key.

output_serialization class-attribute instance-attribute
output_serialization: OutputSerialization | None = ...

Describes the format of the data that you want Amazon S3 to return in response.

request_progress class-attribute instance-attribute
request_progress: RequestProgress | None = ...

Specifies if periodic request progress information should be enabled.

scan_range class-attribute instance-attribute
scan_range: ScanRange | None = ...

Specifies the byte range of the object to get the records from. A record is processed when its first byte is contained by the range. This parameter is optional, but when specified, it must not be empty. See RFC 2616, Section 14.35.1 about how to specify the start and end of the range.

ScanRangemay be used in the following ways:

  • <scanrange><start>50``</start><end>100``</end></scanrange> - process only the records starting between the bytes 50 and 100 (inclusive, counting from zero)

  • <scanrange><start>50``</start></scanrange> - process only the records starting after the byte 50

  • <scanrange><end>50``</end></scanrange> - process only the records within the last 50 bytes of the file.

sse_customer_algorithm class-attribute instance-attribute
sse_customer_algorithm: str | None = ...

The server-side encryption (SSE) algorithm used to encrypt the object. This parameter is needed only when the object was created using a checksum algorithm. For more information, see Protecting data using SSE-C keys in the Amazon S3 User Guide.

sse_customer_key class-attribute instance-attribute
sse_customer_key: str | None = ...

The server-side encryption (SSE) customer managed key. This parameter is needed only when the object was created using a checksum algorithm. For more information, see Protecting data using SSE-C keys in the Amazon S3 User Guide.

sse_customer_key_md5 class-attribute instance-attribute
sse_customer_key_md5: str | None = ...

The MD5 server-side encryption (SSE) customer managed key. This parameter is needed only when the object was created using a checksum algorithm. For more information, see Protecting data using SSE-C keys in the Amazon S3 User Guide.

Output

This operation returns an AsyncOutputEventStream for server-to-client streaming.

Event Stream Structure

Output Event Type

SelectObjectContentEventStream

Initial Response Structure

SelectObjectContentOutput dataclass

Bases: _SerdeShape

Dataclass for SelectObjectContentOutput structure.

Attributes
response_metadata class-attribute instance-attribute
response_metadata: ResponseMetadata = ...

Metadata about the response that produced this output. Use this to recover the request identifiers a service's support team needs in order to investigate a call. Members of the metadata are individually optional.