Set a temporary hold on an object

An example of how to set a temporary hold on an object.

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C++

For more information, see the Cloud Storage C++ API reference documentation.

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namespace gcs = ::google::cloud::storage;
using ::google::cloud::StatusOr;
[](gcs::Client client, std::string const& bucket_name,
   std::string const& object_name) {
  StatusOr<gcs::ObjectMetadata> original =
      client.GetObjectMetadata(bucket_name, object_name);
  if (!original) throw std::move(original).status();

  StatusOr<gcs::ObjectMetadata> updated = client.PatchObject(
      bucket_name, object_name,
      gcs::ObjectMetadataPatchBuilder().SetTemporaryHold(true),
      gcs::IfMetagenerationMatch(original->metageneration()));
  if (!updated) throw std::move(updated).status();

  std::cout << "The temporary hold for object " << updated->name()
            << " in bucket " << updated->bucket() << " is "
            << (updated->temporary_hold() ? "enabled" : "disabled") << "\n";
}

C#

For more information, see the Cloud Storage C# API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for client libraries.


using Google.Cloud.Storage.V1;

public class SetTemporaryHoldSample
{
    public void SetTemporaryHold(
        string bucketName = "your-unique-bucket-name",
        string objectName = "your-object-name")
    {
        var storage = StorageClient.Create();
        var storageObject = storage.GetObject(bucketName, objectName);
        storageObject.TemporaryHold = true;
        storage.UpdateObject(storageObject);
        System.Console.WriteLine($"Temporary hold was set for {objectName}.");
    }
}

Go

For more information, see the Cloud Storage Go API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for client libraries.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"time"

	"cloud.google.com/go/storage"
)

// setTemporaryHold sets TemporaryHold flag of an object to true.
func setTemporaryHold(w io.Writer, bucket, object string) error {
	// bucket := "bucket-name"
	// object := "object-name"
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := storage.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("storage.NewClient: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Second*10)
	defer cancel()

	o := client.Bucket(bucket).Object(object)

	// Optional: set a metageneration-match precondition to avoid potential race
	// conditions and data corruptions. The request to update is aborted if the
	// object's metageneration does not match your precondition.
	attrs, err := o.Attrs(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("object.Attrs: %w", err)
	}
	o = o.If(storage.Conditions{MetagenerationMatch: attrs.Metageneration})

	// Update the object to set the object hold.
	objectAttrsToUpdate := storage.ObjectAttrsToUpdate{
		TemporaryHold: true,
	}
	if _, err := o.Update(ctx, objectAttrsToUpdate); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("Object(%q).Update: %w", object, err)
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Temporary hold was enabled for %v.\n", object)
	return nil
}

Java

For more information, see the Cloud Storage Java API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for client libraries.


import com.google.cloud.storage.Blob;
import com.google.cloud.storage.BlobId;
import com.google.cloud.storage.Storage;
import com.google.cloud.storage.StorageException;
import com.google.cloud.storage.StorageOptions;

public class SetTemporaryHold {
  public static void setTemporaryHold(String projectId, String bucketName, String objectName)
      throws StorageException {
    // The ID of your GCP project
    // String projectId = "your-project-id";

    // The ID of your GCS bucket
    // String bucketName = "your-unique-bucket-name";

    // The ID of your GCS object
    // String objectName = "your-object-name";

    Storage storage = StorageOptions.newBuilder().setProjectId(projectId).build().getService();
    BlobId blobId = BlobId.of(bucketName, objectName);
    Blob blob = storage.get(blobId);
    if (blob == null) {
      System.out.println("The object " + objectName + " was not found in " + bucketName);
      return;
    }

    // Optional: set a generation-match precondition to avoid potential race
    // conditions and data corruptions. The request to upload returns a 412 error if
    // the object's generation number does not match your precondition.
    Storage.BlobTargetOption precondition = Storage.BlobTargetOption.generationMatch();

    blob.toBuilder().setTemporaryHold(true).build().update(precondition);

    System.out.println("Temporary hold was set for " + objectName);
  }
}

Node.js

For more information, see the Cloud Storage Node.js API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for client libraries.

/**
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment the following lines before running the sample.
 */
// The ID of your GCS bucket
// const bucketName = 'your-unique-bucket-name';

// The ID of your GCS file
// const fileName = 'your-file-name';

// Imports the Google Cloud client library
const {Storage} = require('@google-cloud/storage');

// Creates a client
const storage = new Storage();

async function setTemporaryHold() {
  // Optional: set a meta-generation-match precondition to avoid potential race
  // conditions and data corruptions. The request to set metadata is aborted if the
  // object's metageneration number does not match your precondition.
  const options = {
    ifMetagenerationMatch: metagenerationMatchPrecondition,
  };

  await storage.bucket(bucketName).file(fileName).setMetadata(
    {
      temporaryHold: true,
    },
    options
  );
  console.log(`Temporary hold was set for ${fileName}.`);
}

setTemporaryHold().catch(console.error);

PHP

For more information, see the Cloud Storage PHP API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for client libraries.

use Google\Cloud\Storage\StorageClient;

/**
 * Sets a temporary hold for an object.
 *
 * @param string $bucketName The name of your Cloud Storage bucket.
 *        (e.g. 'my-bucket')
 * @param string $objectName The name of your Cloud Storage object.
 *        (e.g. 'my-object')
 */
function set_temporary_hold(string $bucketName, string $objectName): void
{
    $storage = new StorageClient();
    $bucket = $storage->bucket($bucketName);
    $object = $bucket->object($objectName);
    $object->update(['temporaryHold' => true]);
    printf('Temporary hold was set for %s' . PHP_EOL, $objectName);
}

Python

For more information, see the Cloud Storage Python API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for client libraries.

from google.cloud import storage


def set_temporary_hold(bucket_name, blob_name):
    """Sets a temporary hold on a given blob"""
    # bucket_name = "my-bucket"
    # blob_name = "my-blob"

    storage_client = storage.Client()
    bucket = storage_client.bucket(bucket_name)
    blob = bucket.blob(blob_name)
    metageneration_match_precondition = None

    # Optional: set a metageneration-match precondition to avoid potential race
    # conditions and data corruptions. The request to patch is aborted if the
    # object's metageneration does not match your precondition.
    blob.reload()  # Fetch blob metadata to use in metageneration_match_precondition.
    metageneration_match_precondition = blob.metageneration

    blob.temporary_hold = True
    blob.patch(if_metageneration_match=metageneration_match_precondition)

    print("Temporary hold was set for #{blob_name}")

Ruby

For more information, see the Cloud Storage Ruby API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for client libraries.

def set_temporary_hold bucket_name:, file_name:
  # The ID of your GCS bucket
  # bucket_name = "your-unique-bucket-name"

  # The ID of your GCS object
  # file_name = "your-file-name"

  require "google/cloud/storage"

  storage = Google::Cloud::Storage.new
  bucket  = storage.bucket bucket_name, skip_lookup: true
  file    = bucket.file file_name

  file.set_temporary_hold!

  puts "Temporary hold was set for #{file_name}."
end

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