NAME

Net::Amazon::S3::Client::Object - An easy-to-use Amazon S3 client object

SYNOPSIS

  # show the key
  print $object->key . "\n";

  # show the etag of an existing object (if fetched by listing
  # a bucket)
  print $object->etag . "\n";

  # show the size of an existing object (if fetched by listing
  # a bucket)
  print $object->size . "\n";

  # to create a new object
  my $object = $bucket->object( key => 'this is the key' );
  $object->put('this is the value');

  # to get the vaue of an object
  my $value = $object->get;

  # to see if an object exists
  if ($object->exists) { ... }

  # to delete an object
  $object->delete;

  # to create a new object which is publically-accessible with a
  # content-type of text/plain which expires on 2010-01-02
  my $object = $bucket->object(
    key          => 'this is the public key',
    acl_short    => 'public-read',
    content_type => 'text/plain',
    expires      => '2010-01-02',
  );
  $object->put('this is the public value');

  # return the URI of a publically-accessible object
  my $uri = $object->uri;

  # upload a file
  my $object = $bucket->object(
    key          => 'images/my_hat.jpg',
    content_type => 'image/jpeg', 
  );
  $object->put_filename('hat.jpg');

  # upload a file if you already know its md5_hex and size
  my $object = $bucket->object(
    key          => 'images/my_hat.jpg',
    content_type => 'image/jpeg',
    etag         => $md5_hex,
    size         => $size,
  );
  $object->put_filename('hat.jpg');

  # download the value of the object into a file
  my $object = $bucket->object( key => 'images/my_hat.jpg' );
  $object->get_filename('hat_backup.jpg');

  # use query string authentication
  my $object = $bucket->object(
    key          => 'images/my_hat.jpg',
    expires      => '2009-03-01',
  );
  my $uri = $object->query_string_authentication_uri();

DESCRIPTION

This module represents objects in buckets.

METHODS

etag

  # show the etag of an existing object (if fetched by listing
  # a bucket)
  print $object->etag . "\n";

delete

  # to delete an object
  $object->delete;

exists

  # to see if an object exists
  if ($object->exists) { ... }

get

  # to get the vaue of an object
  my $value = $object->get;

get_filename

  # download the value of the object into a file
  my $object = $bucket->object( key => 'images/my_hat.jpg' );
  $object->get_filename('hat_backup.jpg');

key

  # show the key
  print $object->key . "\n";

put

  # to create a new object
  my $object = $bucket->object( key => 'this is the key' );
  $object->put('this is the value');

  # to create a new object which is publically-accessible with a
  # content-type of text/plain
  my $object = $bucket->object(
    key          => 'this is the public key',
    acl_short    => 'public-read',
    content_type => 'text/plain',
  );
  $object->put('this is the public value');

You may also set Content-Encoding using content_encoding.

put_filename

  # upload a file
  my $object = $bucket->object(
    key          => 'images/my_hat.jpg',
    content_type => 'image/jpeg', 
  );
  $object->put_filename('hat.jpg');

  # upload a file if you already know its md5_hex and size
  my $object = $bucket->object(
    key          => 'images/my_hat.jpg',
    content_type => 'image/jpeg',
    etag         => $md5_hex,
    size         => $size,
  );
  $object->put_filename('hat.jpg');

You may also set Content-Encoding using content_encoding.

query_string_authentication_uri

  # use query string authentication
  my $object = $bucket->object(
    key          => 'images/my_hat.jpg',
    expires      => '2009-03-01',
  );
  my $uri = $object->query_string_authentication_uri();

size

  # show the size of an existing object (if fetched by listing
  # a bucket)
  print $object->size . "\n";

uri

  # return the URI of a publically-accessible object
  my $uri = $object->uri;

cpanm Net::Amazon::S3

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Net::Amazon::S3