GetObjectTorrent
Note
This operation is not supported for directory buckets.
Returns torrent files from a bucket. BitTorrent can save you bandwidth when you're distributing large files.
Note
You can get torrent only for objects that are less than 5 GB in size, and that are not encrypted using server-side encryption with a customer-provided encryption key.
To use GET, you must have READ access to the object.
This functionality is not supported for Amazon S3 on Outposts.
The following action is related to GetObjectTorrent:
Request Syntax
GET /{Key+}?torrent HTTP/1.1
Host: Bucket.s3.amazonaws.com
x-amz-request-payer: RequestPayer
x-amz-expected-bucket-owner: ExpectedBucketOwner
URI Request Parameters
The request uses the following URI parameters.
- Bucket
-
The name of the bucket containing the object for which to get the torrent files.
Required: Yes
- Key
-
The object key for which to get the information.
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1.
Required: Yes
- x-amz-expected-bucket-owner
-
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). - x-amz-request-payer
-
Confirms that the requester knows that they will be charged for the request. Bucket owners need not specify this parameter in their requests. If either the source or destination S3 bucket has Requester Pays enabled, the requester will pay for corresponding charges to copy the object. For information about downloading objects from Requester Pays buckets, see Downloading Objects in Requester Pays Buckets in the Amazon S3 User Guide.
Note
This functionality is not supported for directory buckets.
Valid Values:
requester
Request Body
The request does not have a request body.
Response Syntax
HTTP/1.1 200
x-amz-request-charged: RequestCharged
BodyResponse Elements
If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.
The response returns the following HTTP headers.
- x-amz-request-charged
-
If present, indicates that the requester was successfully charged for the request.
Note
This functionality is not supported for directory buckets.
Valid Values:
requester
The following data is returned in binary format by the service.
Examples
Getting torrent files in a bucket
This example retrieves the Torrent file for the Nelson
object in the quotes bucket.
GET /quotes/Nelson?torrent HTTP/1.0
Host: bucket.s3.<Region>.amazonaws.com
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:32:00 GMT
Authorization: authorization string
Sample Response
This example illustrates one usage of GetObjectTorrent.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
x-amz-request-id: 7CD745EBB7AB5ED9
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=Nelson.torrent;
Content-Type: application/x-bittorrent
Content-Length: 537
Server: AmazonS3
<body: a Bencoded dictionary as defined by the BitTorrent specification>
See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
