Use object holds

Overview

This page describes how to use object holds, including placing holds by default on new objects and placing holds on individual objects.

Required permissions

Before using this feature in Cloud Storage, you must have sufficient permission to view and update buckets and objects in Cloud Storage:

  • If you own the project that contains the bucket, you most likely have the necessary permissions.

  • If you use IAM, you should have storage.buckets.update, storage.buckets.get, storage.objects.update, and storage.objects.get permissions on the relevant bucket. See Using IAM Permissions for instructions on how to get a role, such as Storage Admin, that has these permissions.

  • If you use ACLs, you should have OWNER permission on the relevant bucket and on the objects within it. See Setting ACLs for instructions on how to do this.

Use the default event-based hold property

The following tasks show you how to set and view the default event-based hold property on a bucket. When this property is enabled, new objects added to the bucket automatically get an event-based hold placed on them.

Set the default event-based hold property

To enable or disable the default event-based hold property for a bucket:

Console

  1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Cloud Storage Buckets page.

    Go to Buckets

  2. In the list of buckets, click on the name of the bucket that you want to set the default event-based hold property for.

  3. Select the Protection tab near the top of the page.

    The current status for the bucket appears in the Default event-based hold option section.

  4. In the Default event-based hold option section, click the current status to change it.

    The status appears as either Enabled or Disabled.

To learn how to get detailed error information about failed Cloud Storage operations in the Google Cloud console, see Troubleshooting.

Command line

gcloud

Use the gcloud storage buckets update command with the appropriate flag:

gcloud storage buckets update gs://BUCKET_NAME FLAG

Where:

  • BUCKET_NAME is the name of the relevant bucket. For example, my-bucket.

  • FLAG is either --default-event-based-hold to enable default event-based object holds or --no-default-event-based-hold to disable them.

gsutil

Use the gsutil retention event-default command:

gsutil retention event-default STATE gs://BUCKET_NAME

Where:

  • STATE is either set to use default event-based holds or release to not use default event-based holds.

  • BUCKET_NAME is the name of the relevant bucket. For example, my-bucket.

Client libraries

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 a local development environment.

The following sample enables default event-based holds on a bucket:

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

  StatusOr<gcs::BucketMetadata> patched = client.PatchBucket(
      bucket_name,
      gcs::BucketMetadataPatchBuilder().SetDefaultEventBasedHold(true),
      gcs::IfMetagenerationMatch(original->metageneration()));
  if (!patched) throw std::move(patched).status();

  std::cout << "The default event-based hold for objects in bucket "
            << bucket_name << " is "
            << (patched->default_event_based_hold() ? "enabled" : "disabled")
            << "\n";
}

The following sample disables default event-based holds on a bucket:

namespace gcs = ::google::cloud::storage;
using ::google::cloud::StatusOr;
[](gcs::Client client, std::string const& bucket_name) {
  StatusOr<gcs::BucketMetadata> original =
      client.GetBucketMetadata(bucket_name);

  if (!original) throw std::move(original).status();
  StatusOr<gcs::BucketMetadata> patched = client.PatchBucket(
      bucket_name,
      gcs::BucketMetadataPatchBuilder().SetDefaultEventBasedHold(false),
      gcs::IfMetagenerationMatch(original->metageneration()));
  if (!patched) throw std::move(patched).status();

  std::cout << "The default event-based hold for objects in bucket "
            << bucket_name << " is "
            << (patched->default_event_based_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 a local development environment.

The following sample enables default event-based holds on a bucket:


using Google.Apis.Storage.v1.Data;
using Google.Cloud.Storage.V1;
using System;

public class EnableBucketDefaultEventBasedHoldSample
{
    public Bucket EnableBucketDefaultEventBasedHold(string bucketName = "your-unique-bucket-name")
    {
        var storage = StorageClient.Create();
        var bucket = storage.GetBucket(bucketName);
        bucket.DefaultEventBasedHold = true;
        bucket = storage.UpdateBucket(bucket);
        Console.WriteLine($"Default event-based hold was enabled for {bucketName}");
        return bucket;
    }
}

The following sample disables default event-based holds on a bucket:


using Google.Apis.Storage.v1.Data;
using Google.Cloud.Storage.V1;
using System;

public class DisableDefaultEventBasedHoldSample
{
    public Bucket DisableDefaultEventBasedHold(string bucketName = "your-unique-bucket-name")
    {
        var storage = StorageClient.Create();
        var bucket = storage.GetBucket(bucketName);
        bucket.DefaultEventBasedHold = false;
        bucket = storage.UpdateBucket(bucket);
        Console.WriteLine($"Default event-based hold was disabled for {bucketName}");
        return bucket;
    }
}

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 a local development environment.

The following sample enables default event-based holds on a bucket:

ctx := context.Background()

bucket := c.Bucket(bucketName)
bucketAttrsToUpdate := storage.BucketAttrsToUpdate{
	DefaultEventBasedHold: true,
}
ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Second*10)
defer cancel()
if _, err := bucket.Update(ctx, bucketAttrsToUpdate); err != nil {
	return err
}

The following sample disables default event-based holds on a bucket:

ctx := context.Background()

bucket := c.Bucket(bucketName)
bucketAttrsToUpdate := storage.BucketAttrsToUpdate{
	DefaultEventBasedHold: false,
}
ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Second*10)
defer cancel()
if _, err := bucket.Update(ctx, bucketAttrsToUpdate); err != nil {
	return err
}

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 a local development environment.

The following sample enables default event-based holds on a bucket:


import com.google.cloud.storage.Bucket;
import com.google.cloud.storage.Storage;
import com.google.cloud.storage.Storage.BucketTargetOption;
import com.google.cloud.storage.StorageException;
import com.google.cloud.storage.StorageOptions;

public class EnableDefaultEventBasedHold {
  public static void enableDefaultEventBasedHold(String projectId, String bucketName)
      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";

    Storage storage = StorageOptions.newBuilder().setProjectId(projectId).build().getService();
    // first look up the bucket, so we will have its metageneration
    Bucket bucket = storage.get(bucketName);
    storage.update(
        bucket.toBuilder().setDefaultEventBasedHold(true).build(),
        BucketTargetOption.metagenerationMatch());

    System.out.println("Default event-based hold was enabled for " + bucketName);
  }
}

The following sample disables default event-based holds on a bucket:


import com.google.cloud.storage.Bucket;
import com.google.cloud.storage.Storage;
import com.google.cloud.storage.Storage.BucketTargetOption;
import com.google.cloud.storage.StorageException;
import com.google.cloud.storage.StorageOptions;

public class DisableDefaultEventBasedHold {
  public static void disableDefaultEventBasedHold(String projectId, String bucketName)
      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";

    Storage storage = StorageOptions.newBuilder().setProjectId(projectId).build().getService();
    // first look up the bucket, so we will have its metageneration
    Bucket bucket = storage.get(bucketName);
    storage.update(
        bucket.toBuilder().setDefaultEventBasedHold(false).build(),
        BucketTargetOption.metagenerationMatch());

    System.out.println("Default event-based hold was disabled for " + bucketName);
  }
}

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 a local development environment.

The following sample enables default event-based holds on a bucket:


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

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

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

async function enableDefaultEventBasedHold() {
  // Enables a default event-based hold for the bucket.
  await storage.bucket(bucketName).setMetadata({
    defaultEventBasedHold: true,
  });

  console.log(`Default event-based hold was enabled for ${bucketName}.`);
}

enableDefaultEventBasedHold().catch(console.error);

The following sample disables default event-based holds on a bucket:

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

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

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

async function disableDefaultEventBasedHold() {
  // Disables a default event-based hold for a bucket.
  await storage.bucket(bucketName).setMetadata({
    defaultEventBasedHold: false,
  });
  console.log(`Default event-based hold was disabled for ${bucketName}.`);
}

disableDefaultEventBasedHold().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 a local development environment.

The following sample enables default event-based holds on a bucket:

use Google\Cloud\Storage\StorageClient;

/**
 * Enables a default event-based hold for a bucket.
 *
 * @param string $bucketName The name of your Cloud Storage bucket.
 *        (e.g. 'my-bucket')
 */
function enable_default_event_based_hold(string $bucketName): void
{
    $storage = new StorageClient();
    $bucket = $storage->bucket($bucketName);
    $bucket->update(['defaultEventBasedHold' => true]);
    printf('Default event-based hold was enabled for %s' . PHP_EOL, $bucketName);
}

The following sample disables default event-based holds on a bucket:

use Google\Cloud\Storage\StorageClient;

/**
 * Disables a default event-based hold for a bucket.
 *
 * @param string $bucketName The name of your Cloud Storage bucket.
 *        (e.g. 'my-bucket')
 */
function disable_default_event_based_hold(string $bucketName): void
{
    $storage = new StorageClient();
    $bucket = $storage->bucket($bucketName);
    $bucket->update(['defaultEventBasedHold' => false]);
    printf('Default event-based hold was disabled for %s' . PHP_EOL, $bucketName);
}

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 a local development environment.

The following sample enables default event-based holds on a bucket:

from google.cloud import storage


def enable_default_event_based_hold(bucket_name):
    """Enables the default event based hold on a given bucket"""
    # bucket_name = "my-bucket"

    storage_client = storage.Client()

    bucket = storage_client.bucket(bucket_name)
    bucket.default_event_based_hold = True
    bucket.patch()

    print(f"Default event based hold was enabled for {bucket_name}")

The following sample disables default event-based holds on a bucket:

from google.cloud import storage


def disable_default_event_based_hold(bucket_name):
    """Disables the default event based hold on a given bucket"""
    # bucket_name = "my-bucket"

    storage_client = storage.Client()

    bucket = storage_client.get_bucket(bucket_name)
    bucket.default_event_based_hold = False
    bucket.patch()

    print(f"Default event based hold was disabled for {bucket_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 a local development environment.

The following sample enables default event-based holds on a bucket:

def enable_default_event_based_hold bucket_name:
  # The ID of your GCS bucket
  # bucket_name = "your-unique-bucket-name"

  require "google/cloud/storage"

  storage = Google::Cloud::Storage.new
  bucket  = storage.bucket bucket_name

  bucket.update do |b|
    b.default_event_based_hold = true
  end

  puts "Default event-based hold was enabled for #{bucket_name}."
end

The following sample disables default event-based holds on a bucket:

def disable_default_event_based_hold bucket_name:
  # The ID of your GCS bucket
  # bucket_name = "your-unique-bucket-name"

  require "google/cloud/storage"

  storage = Google::Cloud::Storage.new
  bucket  = storage.bucket bucket_name

  bucket.update do |b|
    b.default_event_based_hold = false
  end

  puts "Default event-based hold was disabled for #{bucket_name}."
end

REST APIs

JSON API

  1. Get an authorization access token from the OAuth 2.0 Playground. Configure the playground to use your own OAuth credentials. For instructions, see API authentication.

  2. Create a JSON file that contains the following information:

    {
  "defaultEventBasedHold": STATE
}

    Where STATE is either true or false.

  3. Use cURL to call the JSON API with a PATCH Bucket request:

    curl -X PATCH --data-binary @JSON_FILE_NAME \
-H "Authorization: Bearer OAUTH2_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
"https://storage.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/BUCKET_NAME?fields=defaultEventBasedHold"

    Where:

    • JSON_FILE_NAME is the path for the file that you created in Step 2.
    • OAUTH2_TOKEN is the access token you generated in Step 1.
    • BUCKET_NAME is the name of the relevant bucket. For example, my-bucket.

XML API

The XML API cannot be used to work with object holds. Use one of the other Cloud Storage tools, such as the gcloud CLI, instead.

Get the default hold status of a bucket

To view whether a bucket places event-based holds on new objects by default:

Console

  1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Cloud Storage Buckets page.

    Go to Buckets

  2. In the list of buckets, click on the name of the bucket that you want to check the default event-based status for.

  3. Select the Protection tab near the top of the page.

  4. The status appears in the Default event-based hold option section.

To learn how to get detailed error information about failed Cloud Storage operations in the Google Cloud console, see Troubleshooting.

Command line

gcloud

Use the gcloud storage buckets describe command with the --format flag:

gcloud storage buckets describe gs://BUCKET_NAME --format="default(default_event_based_hold)"

Where BUCKET_NAME is the name of the bucket whose status you want to view. For example, my-bucket.

If successful, the response looks similar to the following example:

default_event_based_hold: true

gsutil

Use the following gsutil ls command:

gsutil ls -L -b gs://BUCKET_NAME

Where BUCKET_NAME is the name of the relevant bucket. For example, my-bucket.

The response looks like the following example:

gs://my-bucket/ :
  Storage class:         STANDARD
  ...
  ...
  Default Event-Based Hold: True
  ...

If the bucket does not place event-based holds on new objects by default, gsutil omits Default Event-Based Hold from the output entirely.

Client libraries

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 a local development environment. 

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

  std::cout << "The default event-based hold for objects in bucket "
            << bucket_metadata->name() << " is "
            << (bucket_metadata->default_event_based_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 a local development environment. 


using Google.Cloud.Storage.V1;
using System;

public class GetDefaultEventBasedHoldSample
{
    public bool GetDefaultEventBasedHold(string bucketName = "your-unique-bucket-name")
    {
        var storage = StorageClient.Create();
        var bucket = storage.GetBucket(bucketName);
        bool defaultEventBasedHold = bucket.DefaultEventBasedHold ?? false;
        Console.WriteLine($"Default event-based hold: {defaultEventBasedHold}");
        return defaultEventBasedHold;
    }
}

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 a local development environment. 

ctx := context.Background()

ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Second*10)
defer cancel()
attrs, err := c.Bucket(bucketName).Attrs(ctx)
if err != nil {
	return nil, err
}
log.Printf("Default event-based hold enabled? %t\n",
	attrs.DefaultEventBasedHold)

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 a local development environment. 


import com.google.cloud.storage.Bucket;
import com.google.cloud.storage.Storage;
import com.google.cloud.storage.StorageException;
import com.google.cloud.storage.StorageOptions;

public class GetDefaultEventBasedHold {
  public static void getDefaultEventBasedHold(String projectId, String bucketName)
      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";

    Storage storage = StorageOptions.newBuilder().setProjectId(projectId).build().getService();
    Bucket bucket =
        storage.get(
            bucketName,
            Storage.BucketGetOption.fields(Storage.BucketField.DEFAULT_EVENT_BASED_HOLD));

    if (bucket.getDefaultEventBasedHold() != null && bucket.getDefaultEventBasedHold()) {
      System.out.println("Default event-based hold is enabled for " + bucketName);
    } else {
      System.out.println("Default event-based hold is not enabled for " + bucketName);
    }
  }
}

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 a local development environment. 

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

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

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

async function getDefaultEventBasedHold() {
  const [metadata] = await storage.bucket(bucketName).getMetadata();
  console.log(`Default event-based hold: ${metadata.defaultEventBasedHold}.`);
}

getDefaultEventBasedHold().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 a local development environment. 

use Google\Cloud\Storage\StorageClient;

/**
 * Enables a default event-based hold for a bucket.
 *
 * @param string $bucketName The name of your Cloud Storage bucket.
 *        (e.g. 'my-bucket')
 */
function get_default_event_based_hold(string $bucketName): void
{
    $storage = new StorageClient();
    $bucket = $storage->bucket($bucketName);

    if ($bucket->info()['defaultEventBasedHold']) {
        printf('Default event-based hold is enabled for ' . $bucketName . PHP_EOL);
    } else {
        printf('Default event-based hold is not enabled for ' . $bucketName . PHP_EOL);
    }
}

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 a local development environment. 

from google.cloud import storage


def get_default_event_based_hold(bucket_name):
    """Gets the default event based hold on a given bucket"""
    # bucket_name = "my-bucket"

    storage_client = storage.Client()

    bucket = storage_client.get_bucket(bucket_name)

    if bucket.default_event_based_hold:
        print(f"Default event-based hold is enabled for {bucket_name}")
    else:
        print(
            f"Default event-based hold is not enabled for {bucket_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 a local development environment. 

def get_default_event_based_hold bucket_name:
  # The ID of your GCS bucket
  # bucket_name = "your-unique-bucket-name"

  require "google/cloud/storage"

  storage = Google::Cloud::Storage.new
  bucket  = storage.bucket bucket_name

  if bucket.default_event_based_hold?
    puts "Default event-based hold is enabled for #{bucket_name}."
  else
    puts "Default event-based hold is not enabled for #{bucket_name}."
  end
end

REST APIs

JSON API

  1. Get an authorization access token from the OAuth 2.0 Playground. Configure the playground to use your own OAuth credentials. For instructions, see API authentication.

  2. Use cURL to call the JSON API with a GET Bucket request that includes the desired fields:

    curl -X GET -H "Authorization: Bearer OAUTH2_TOKEN" \
"https://storage.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/BUCKET_NAME?fields=defaultEventBasedHold"

    Where

    • OAUTH2_TOKEN is the access token you generated in Step 1.
    • BUCKET_NAME is the name of the relevant bucket. For example, my-bucket.

    If the bucket has a default event-based hold enabled for it, the response looks like the following example:

    {
  "defaultEventBasedHold": true
}

XML API

The XML API cannot be used to work with object holds. Use one of the other Cloud Storage tools, such as the gcloud CLI, instead.

Manage individual object holds

The following tasks show you how to modify and view holds on individual objects.

Place or release an object hold

To place or release a hold on an object in your bucket:

Console

  1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Cloud Storage Buckets page.

    Go to Buckets

  2. In the list of buckets, click on the name of the bucket that has the objects you want to place or remove holds on.

  3. Select the checkbox next to the names of objects you want to place or remove holds on.

  4. Click the Manage holds button.

    The Manage holds window appears.

  5. Toggle the checkboxes for each hold type as desired.

  6. Click Save hold settings.

To learn how to get detailed error information about failed Cloud Storage operations in the Google Cloud console, see Troubleshooting.

Command line

gcloud

Use the gcloud storage objects update command with the appropriate flag::

gcloud storage objects update gs://BUCKET_NAME/OBJECT_NAME FLAG

Where:

  • BUCKET_NAME is the name of the relevant bucket. For example, my-bucket.
  • OBJECT_NAME is the name of the relevant object. For example, pets/dog.png.

  • FLAG is one of the following:

    • --event-based-hold to enable an event based hold on the object.
    • --no-event-based-hold to disable any event based hold on the object.
    • --temporary-hold to enable a temporary hold on the object.
    • --no-temporary-hold to disable any temporary hold on the object.

See Object holds for more information about hold types.

gsutil

Use the gsutil retention command:

gsutil retention HOLD_TYPE STATE gs://BUCKET_NAME/OBJECT_NAME

Where:

  • HOLD_TYPE is the type of hold you want to set or release on your object. For example, temp or event. See Object holds for more information about hold types.
  • STATE is either set to place the hold or release to remove the hold.
  • BUCKET_NAME is the name of the relevant bucket. For example, my-bucket.
  • OBJECT_NAME is the name of the relevant object. For example, pets/dog.png.

Client libraries

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 a local development environment.

The following sample sets an event-based hold on an object:

google/cloud/storage/examples/storage_object_hold_samples.cc 
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().SetEventBasedHold(true),
      gcs::IfMetagenerationMatch(original->metageneration()));
  if (!updated) throw std::move(updated).status();

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

The following sample releases an event-based hold on an object:

google/cloud/storage/examples/storage_object_hold_samples.cc 
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().SetEventBasedHold(false),
      gcs::IfMetagenerationMatch(original->metageneration()));
  if (!updated) throw std::move(updated).status();

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

The following sample sets a temporary hold on an object:

google/cloud/storage/examples/storage_object_hold_samples.cc 
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";
}

The following sample releases a temporary hold on an object:

google/cloud/storage/examples/storage_object_hold_samples.cc 
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(false),
      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 a local development environment.

The following sample sets an event-based hold on an object:

storage/api/Storage.Samples/SetEventBasedHold.cs 

using Google.Cloud.Storage.V1;
using System;

public class SetEventBasedHoldSample
{
    public void SetEventBasedHold(
        string bucketName = "your-unique-bucket-name",
        string objectName = "your-object-name")
    {
        var storage = StorageClient.Create();
        var storageObject = storage.GetObject(bucketName, objectName);
        storageObject.EventBasedHold = true;
        storage.UpdateObject(storageObject);
        Console.WriteLine($"Event-based hold was set for {objectName}.");
    }
}

The following sample releases an event-based hold on an object:

storage/api/Storage.Samples/ReleaseEventBasedHold.cs 

using Google.Cloud.Storage.V1;
using System;

public class ReleaseEventBasedHoldSample
{
    public void ReleaseEventBasedHold(
        string bucketName = "your-unique-bucket-name",
        string objectName = "your-object-name")
    {
        var storage = StorageClient.Create();
        var storageObject = storage.GetObject(bucketName, objectName);
        storageObject.EventBasedHold = false;
        storage.UpdateObject(storageObject);
        Console.WriteLine($"Event-based hold was released for {objectName}.");
    }
}

The following sample sets a temporary hold on an object:

storage/api/Storage.Samples/SetTemporaryHold.cs 

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}.");
    }
}

The following sample releases a temporary hold on an object:

storage/api/Storage.Samples/ReleaseTemporaryHold.cs 

using Google.Cloud.Storage.V1;
using System;

public class ReleaseTemporaryHoldSample
{
    public void ReleaseTemporaryHold(
        string bucketName = "your-unique-bucket-name",
        string objectName = "your-object-name")
    {
        var storage = StorageClient.Create();
        var storageObject = storage.GetObject(bucketName, objectName);
        storageObject.TemporaryHold = false;
        storage.UpdateObject(storageObject);
        Console.WriteLine($"Temporary hold was released 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 a local development environment.

The following sample sets an event-based hold on an object:

storage/objects/set_event_based_hold.go 
import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"time"

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

// setEventBasedHold sets EventBasedHold flag of an object to true.
func setEventBasedHold(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 add the object hold.
	objectAttrsToUpdate := storage.ObjectAttrsToUpdate{
		EventBasedHold: true,
	}
	if _, err := o.Update(ctx, objectAttrsToUpdate); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("Object(%q).Update: %w", object, err)
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Default event based hold was enabled for %v.\n", object)
	return nil
}

The following sample releases an event-based hold on an object:

storage/objects/release_event_based_hold.go 
import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"time"

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

// releaseEventBasedHold releases an object with event-based hold.
func releaseEventBasedHold(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 release the object hold.
	objectAttrsToUpdate := storage.ObjectAttrsToUpdate{
		EventBasedHold: false,
	}
	if _, err := o.Update(ctx, objectAttrsToUpdate); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("Object(%q).Update: %w", object, err)
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Event based hold was released for %v.\n", object)
	return nil
}

The following sample sets a temporary hold on an object:

storage/objects/set_temporary_hold.go 
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
}

The following sample releases a temporary hold on an object:

storage/objects/release_temporary_hold.go 
import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"time"

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

// releaseTemporaryHold releases an object with temporary hold.
func releaseTemporaryHold(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 release the hold.
	objectAttrsToUpdate := storage.ObjectAttrsToUpdate{
		TemporaryHold: false,
	}
	if _, err := o.Update(ctx, objectAttrsToUpdate); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("Object(%q).Update: %w", object, err)
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Temporary hold was released 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 a local development environment.

The following sample sets an event-based hold on an object:

samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/storage/object/SetEventBasedHold.java 

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 SetEventBasedHold {
  public static void setEventBasedHold(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().setEventBasedHold(true).build().update(precondition);

    System.out.println("Event-based hold was set for " + objectName);
  }
}

The following sample releases an event-based hold on an object:

samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/storage/object/ReleaseEventBasedHold.java 

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 ReleaseEventBasedHold {
  public static void releaseEventBasedHold(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().setEventBasedHold(false).build().update(precondition);

    System.out.println("Event-based hold was released for " + objectName);
  }
}

The following sample sets a temporary hold on an object:

samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/storage/object/SetTemporaryHold.java 

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);
  }
}

The following sample releases a temporary hold on an object:

samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/storage/object/ReleaseTemporaryHold.java 

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 ReleaseTemporaryHold {
  public static void releaseTemporaryHold(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(false).build().update(precondition);

    System.out.println("Temporary hold was released 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 a local development environment.

The following sample sets an event-based hold on an object:

samples/setEventBasedHold.js 
/**
 * 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 setEventBasedHold() {
  // 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,
  };

  // Set event-based hold
  await storage.bucket(bucketName).file(fileName).setMetadata(
    {
      eventBasedHold: true,
    },
    options
  );
  console.log(`Event-based hold was set for ${fileName}.`);
}

setEventBasedHold().catch(console.error);

The following sample releases an event-based hold on an object:

samples/releaseEventBasedHold.js 
/**
 * 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 releaseEventBasedHold() {
  // 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(
    {
      eventBasedHold: false,
    },
    options
  );
  console.log(`Event-based hold was released for ${fileName}.`);
}

releaseEventBasedHold().catch(console.error);

The following sample sets a temporary hold on an object:

samples/setTemporaryHold.js 
/**
 * 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);

The following sample releases a temporary hold on an object:

samples/releaseTemporaryHold.js 
/**
 * 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 releaseTemporaryHold() {
  // 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: false,
    },
    options
  );
  console.log(`Temporary hold was released for ${fileName}.`);
}

releaseTemporaryHold().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 a local development environment.

The following sample sets an event-based hold on an object:

storage/src/set_event_based_hold.php 
use Google\Cloud\Storage\StorageClient;

/**
 * Sets an event-based 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_event_based_hold(string $bucketName, string $objectName): void
{
    $storage = new StorageClient();
    $bucket = $storage->bucket($bucketName);
    $object = $bucket->object($objectName);
    $object->update(['eventBasedHold' => true]);
    printf('Event-based hold was set for %s' . PHP_EOL, $objectName);
}

The following sample releases an event-based hold on an object:

storage/src/release_event_based_hold.php 
use Google\Cloud\Storage\StorageClient;

/**
 * Releases an event-based 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 release_event_based_hold(string $bucketName, string $objectName): void
{
    $storage = new StorageClient();
    $bucket = $storage->bucket($bucketName);
    $object = $bucket->object($objectName);
    $object->update(['eventBasedHold' => false]);
    printf('Event-based hold was released for %s' . PHP_EOL, $objectName);
}

The following sample sets a temporary hold on an object:

storage/src/set_temporary_hold.php 
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);
}

The following sample releases a temporary hold on an object:

storage/src/release_temporary_hold.php 
use Google\Cloud\Storage\StorageClient;

/**
 * Releases 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 release_temporary_hold(string $bucketName, string $objectName): void
{
    $storage = new StorageClient();
    $bucket = $storage->bucket($bucketName);
    $object = $bucket->object($objectName);
    $object->update(['temporaryHold' => false]);
    printf('Temporary hold was released 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 a local development environment.

The following sample sets an event-based hold on an object:

samples/snippets/storage_set_event_based_hold.py 
from google.cloud import storage


def set_event_based_hold(bucket_name, blob_name):
    """Sets a event based 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.event_based_hold = True
    blob.patch(if_metageneration_match=metageneration_match_precondition)

    print(f"Event based hold was set for {blob_name}")

The following sample releases an event-based hold on an object:

samples/snippets/storage_release_event_based_hold.py 
from google.cloud import storage


def release_event_based_hold(bucket_name, blob_name):
    """Releases the event based 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.event_based_hold = False
    blob.patch(if_metageneration_match=metageneration_match_precondition)

    print(f"Event based hold was released for {blob_name}")

The following sample sets a temporary hold on an object:

samples/snippets/storage_set_temporary_hold.py 
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}")

The following sample releases a temporary hold on an object:

samples/snippets/storage_release_temporary_hold.py 
from google.cloud import storage


def release_temporary_hold(bucket_name, blob_name):
    """Releases the 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 = False
    blob.patch(if_metageneration_match=metageneration_match_precondition)

    print("Temporary hold was release 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 a local development environment.

The following sample sets an event-based hold on an object:

google-cloud-storage/samples/storage_set_event_based_hold.rb 
def set_event_based_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_event_based_hold!

  puts "Event-based hold was set for #{file_name}."
end

The following sample releases an event-based hold on an object:

google-cloud-storage/samples/storage_release_event_based_hold.rb 
def release_event_based_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.release_event_based_hold!

  puts "Event-based hold was released for #{file_name}."
end

The following sample sets a temporary hold on an object:

google-cloud-storage/samples/storage_set_temporary_hold.rb 
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

The following sample releases a temporary hold on an object:

google-cloud-storage/samples/storage_release_temporary_hold.rb 
def release_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.release_temporary_hold!

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

REST APIs

JSON API

  1. Get an authorization access token from the OAuth 2.0 Playground. Configure the playground to use your own OAuth credentials. For instructions, see API authentication.

  2. Create a JSON file that contains the following information:

    {
  "HOLD_TYPE": STATE
}

    Where:

    • HOLD_TYPE is the type of hold you want to set or release on your object. For example, temporaryHold or eventBasedHold. See Object holds for more information about hold types.
    • STATE is either true to place the hold or false to release the hold.

  3. Use cURL to call the JSON API with a PATCH Object request:

    curl -X PATCH --data-binary @JSON_FILE_NAME \
-H "Authorization: Bearer OAUTH2_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
"https://storage.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/BUCKET_NAME/o/OBJECT_NAME"

    Where:

    • JSON_FILE_NAME is the path for the file that you created in Step 2.
    • OAUTH2_TOKEN is the access token you generated in Step 1.
    • BUCKET_NAME is the name of the relevant bucket. For example, my-bucket.
    • OBJECT_NAME is the URL-encoded name of the relevant object. For example, pets/dog.png, URL-encoded as pets%2Fdog.png.

XML API

The XML API cannot be used to work with object holds. Use one of the other Cloud Storage tools, such as the gcloud CLI, instead.

Get the hold status for an object

To view what, if any, holds exist on an object, follow the general instructions for viewing object metadata.

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