Rename objects atomically

Rename objects atomically within a bucket. To rename an object, you can use the Objects: move method.

Code sample

C++

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  namespace 
  
 gcs 
  
 = 
  
 :: 
 google 
 :: 
 cloud 
 :: 
 storage 
 ; 
 using 
  
 :: 
 google 
 :: 
 cloud 
 :: 
 StatusOr 
 ; 
 []( 
 gcs 
 :: 
 Client 
  
 client 
 , 
  
 std 
 :: 
 string 
  
 const 
&  
 bucket_name 
 , 
  
 std 
 :: 
 string 
  
 const 
&  
 source_object_name 
 , 
  
 std 
 :: 
 string 
  
 const 
&  
 destination_object_name 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 StatusOr<gcs 
 :: 
 ObjectMetadata 
>  
 metadata 
  
 = 
  
 client 
 . 
 MoveObject 
 ( 
  
 bucket_name 
 , 
  
 source_object_name 
 , 
  
 destination_object_name 
 ); 
  
 if 
  
 ( 
 ! 
 metadata 
 ) 
  
 throw 
  
 std 
 :: 
 move 
 ( 
 metadata 
 ). 
 status 
 (); 
  
 std 
 :: 
 cout 
 << 
 "Successfully renamed " 
 << 
 source_object_name 
 << 
 " to " 
 << 
 destination_object_name 
 << 
 " in bucket " 
 << 
 bucket_name 
 << 
 ". 
 \n 
 " 
 ; 
 } 
 

C#

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  using 
  
  Google.Cloud.Storage.V1 
 
 ; 
 using 
  
 System 
 ; 
 public 
  
 class 
  
 MoveObjectSample 
 { 
  
 /// <summary> 
  
 /// Moves an object within a bucket with hierarchical namespace enabled. 
  
 /// </summary> 
  
 /// <param name="sourceBucketName">Name of the source bucket containing the object to move.</param> 
  
 /// <param name="sourceObjectName">The name of the source object to move within the bucket.</param> 
  
 /// <param name="destinationObjectName">The name of the new object to move to within the bucket.</param> 
  
 public 
  
 void 
  
 MoveObject 
 ( 
  
 string 
  
 sourceBucketName 
  
 = 
  
 "source-bucket-name" 
 , 
  
 string 
  
 sourceObjectName 
  
 = 
  
 "source-object-name" 
 , 
  
 string 
  
 destinationObjectName 
  
 = 
  
 "destination-object-name" 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 var 
  
 storage 
  
 = 
  
  StorageClient 
 
 . 
  Create 
 
 (); 
  
 storage 
 . 
 MoveObject 
 ( 
 sourceBucketName 
 , 
  
 sourceObjectName 
 , 
  
 destinationObjectName 
 ); 
  
 Console 
 . 
 WriteLine 
 ( 
 $"Moved {sourceBucketName}/{sourceObjectName} to " 
  
 + 
  
 $"{sourceBucketName}/{destinationObjectName} within a hierarchical namespace enabled bucket." 
 ); 
  
 } 
 } 
 

Java

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  import 
  
 com.google.cloud.storage. BlobId 
 
 ; 
 import 
  
 com.google.cloud.storage. BlobInfo 
 
 ; 
 import 
  
 com.google.cloud.storage. Storage 
 
 ; 
 import 
  
 com.google.cloud.storage. Storage 
. MoveBlobRequest 
 
 ; 
 import 
  
 com.google.cloud.storage. StorageOptions 
 
 ; 
 public 
  
 final 
  
 class 
 AtomicMoveObject 
  
 { 
  
 public 
  
 static 
  
 void 
  
 moveObject 
 ( 
  
 String 
  
 projectId 
 , 
  
 String 
  
 bucketName 
 , 
  
 String 
  
 sourceObjectName 
 , 
  
 String 
  
 targetObjectName 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 // 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 sourceObjectName = "your-object-name"; 
  
 // The ID of your GCS object 
  
 // String targetObjectName = "your-new-object-name"; 
  
  Storage 
 
  
 storage 
  
 = 
  
  StorageOptions 
 
 . 
 newBuilder 
 (). 
 setProjectId 
 ( 
 projectId 
 ). 
 build 
 (). 
  getService 
 
 (); 
  
  BlobId 
 
  
 source 
  
 = 
  
  BlobId 
 
 . 
 of 
 ( 
 bucketName 
 , 
  
 sourceObjectName 
 ); 
  
  BlobId 
 
  
 target 
  
 = 
  
  BlobId 
 
 . 
 of 
 ( 
 bucketName 
 , 
  
 targetObjectName 
 ); 
  
 // Optional: set a generation-match precondition to avoid potential race 
  
 // conditions and data corruptions. The request returns a 412 error if the 
  
 // preconditions are not met. 
  
  Storage 
 
 . 
 BlobTargetOption 
  
 precondition 
 ; 
  
  BlobInfo 
 
  
 existingTarget 
  
 = 
  
 storage 
 . 
  get 
 
 ( 
 tar get 
 
 ); 
  
 if 
  
 ( 
 existingTarget 
  
 == 
  
 null 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 // For a target object that does not yet exist, set the DoesNotExist precondition. 
  
 // This will cause the request to fail if the object is created before the request runs. 
  
 precondition 
  
 = 
  
  Storage 
 
 . 
 BlobTargetOption 
 . 
 doesNotExist 
 (); 
  
 } 
  
 else 
  
 { 
  
 // If the destination already exists in your bucket, instead set a generation-match 
  
 // precondition. This will cause the request to fail if the existing object's generation 
  
 // changes before the request runs. 
  
 precondition 
  
 = 
  
  Storage 
 
 . 
 BlobTargetOption 
 . 
 generationMatch 
 ( 
 existingTarget 
 . 
  getGeneration 
 
 ()); 
  
 } 
  
 // Atomically move source object to target object within the bucket 
  
  MoveBlobRequest 
 
  
 moveBlobRequest 
  
 = 
  
  MoveBlobRequest 
 
 . 
 newBuilder 
 () 
  
 . 
 setSource 
 ( 
 source 
 ) 
  
 . 
 setTarget 
 ( 
 target 
 ) 
  
 . 
 setTargetOptions 
 ( 
 precondition 
 ) 
  
 . 
 build 
 (); 
  
  BlobInfo 
 
  
 movedBlob 
  
 = 
  
 storage 
 . 
  moveBlob 
 
 ( 
 moveBlobRequest 
 ); 
  
 System 
 . 
 out 
 . 
 println 
 ( 
  
 "Moved object " 
  
 + 
  
  source 
 
 . 
  toGsUtilUri 
 
 () 
  
 + 
  
 " to " 
  
 + 
  
 movedBlob 
 . 
  getBlobId 
 
 (). 
  toGsUtilUriWithGeneration 
 
 ()); 
  
 } 
 } 
 

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-source-bucket'; 
 // The ID of your GCS file 
 // const srcFileName = 'your-file-name'; 
 // The new ID for your GCS file 
 // const destFileName = 'your-new-file-name'; 
 // Imports the Google Cloud client library 
 const 
  
 { 
 Storage 
 } 
  
 = 
  
 require 
 ( 
 ' @google-cloud/storage 
' 
 ); 
 // Creates a client 
 const 
  
 storage 
  
 = 
  
 new 
  
 Storage 
 (); 
 async 
  
 function 
  
 moveFileAtomic 
 () 
  
 { 
  
 // Optional: 
  
 // Set a generation-match precondition to avoid potential race conditions 
  
 // and data corruptions. The request to copy is aborted if the object's 
  
 // generation number does not match your precondition. For a destination 
  
 // object that does not yet exist, set the ifGenerationMatch precondition to 0 
  
 // If the destination object already exists in your bucket, set instead a 
  
 // generation-match precondition using its generation number. 
  
 const 
  
 moveOptions 
  
 = 
  
 { 
  
 preconditionOpts 
 : 
  
 { 
  
 ifGenerationMatch 
 : 
  
 destinationGenerationMatchPrecondition 
 , 
  
 }, 
  
 }; 
  
 // Moves the file automatically within the HNS enabled bucket 
  
 await 
  
 storage 
  
 . 
 bucket 
 ( 
 bucketName 
 ) 
  
 . 
 file 
 ( 
 srcFileName 
 ) 
  
 . 
  moveFileAtomic 
 
 ( 
 destFileName 
 , 
  
 moveOptions 
 ); 
  
 console 
 . 
 log 
 ( 
  
 `gs:// 
 ${ 
 bucketName 
 } 
 / 
 ${ 
 srcFileName 
 } 
 moved to gs:// 
 ${ 
 bucketName 
 } 
 / 
 ${ 
 destFileName 
 } 
 ` 
  
 ); 
 } 
 moveFileAtomic 
 (). 
 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; 
 /** 
 * Move an object to a new name within HNS-enabled bucket. 
 * 
 * @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') 
 * @param string $newObjectName the destination object name. 
 *        (e.g. 'my-other-object') 
 */ 
 function move_object_atomic(string $bucketName, string $objectName, string $newObjectName): void 
 { 
 $storage = new StorageClient(); 
 $bucket = $storage->bucket($bucketName); 
 $object = $bucket->object($objectName); 
 $object->move($newObjectName); 
 printf('Moved gs://%s/%s to gs://%s/%s' . PHP_EOL, 
 $bucketName, 
 $objectName, 
 $bucketName, 
 $newObjectName); 
 } 
 

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 
  
 move_object 
 ( 
 bucket_name 
 : 
 str 
 , 
 blob_name 
 : 
 str 
 , 
 new_blob_name 
 : 
 str 
 ) 
 - 
> None 
 : 
  
 """Moves a blob to a new name within the same bucket using the move API.""" 
 # The name of your GCS bucket 
 # bucket_name = "your-bucket-name" 
 # The name of your GCS object to move 
 # blob_name = "your-file-name" 
 # The new name of the GCS object 
 # new_blob_name = "new-file-name" 
 storage_client 
 = 
  storage 
 
 . 
  Client 
 
 () 
 bucket 
 = 
 storage_client 
 . 
  bucket 
 
 ( 
 bucket_name 
 ) 
 blob_to_move 
 = 
 bucket 
 . 
 blob 
 ( 
 blob_name 
 ) 
 # Use move_blob to perform an efficient, server-side move. 
 moved_blob 
 = 
 bucket 
 . 
  move_blob 
 
 ( 
 blob 
 = 
 blob_to_move 
 , 
 new_name 
 = 
 new_blob_name 
 ) 
 print 
 ( 
 f 
 "Blob 
 { 
 blob_to_move 
 . 
 name 
 } 
 has been moved to 
 { 
 moved_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 
  
 move_object 
  
 bucket_name 
 :, 
  
 source_file_name 
 :, 
  
 destination_file_name 
 : 
  
 # The ID of your GCS bucket 
  
 # bucket_name = "your-unique-bucket-name" 
  
 # The name of your GCS object 
  
 # source_file_name = "your-file-name" 
  
 # The new object name which you want to craete 
  
 # destination_file_name = "your-new-file-name" 
  
 require 
  
 "google/cloud/storage" 
  
 storage 
  
 = 
  
 Google 
 :: 
 Cloud 
 :: 
  Storage 
 
 . 
  new 
 
  
 bucket 
  
 = 
  
 storage 
 . 
 bucket 
  
 bucket_name 
 , 
  
 skip_lookup 
 : 
  
 true 
  
 bucket 
 . 
  move_file 
 
  
 source_file_name 
 , 
  
 destination_file_name 
  
 fetch_file 
  
 = 
  
 bucket 
 . 
  file 
 
  
 destination_file_name 
  
 puts 
  
 "New File 
 #{ 
 fetch_file 
 . 
 name 
 } 
 created 
 \n 
 " 
 end 
 

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