Download a CSEK-encrypted object

Download a CSEK-encrypted object.

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Code sample

C++

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namespace gcs = ::google::cloud::storage;
[](gcs::Client client, std::string const& bucket_name,
   std::string const& object_name, std::string const& base64_aes256_key) {
  gcs::ObjectReadStream stream =
      client.ReadObject(bucket_name, object_name,
                        gcs::EncryptionKey::FromBase64Key(base64_aes256_key));

  std::string data(std::istreambuf_iterator<char>{stream}, {});
  if (stream.bad()) throw google::cloud::Status(stream.status());
  std::cout << "The object contents are: " << data << "\n";
}

C#

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

public class DownloadEncryptedFileSample
{
    public void DownloadEncryptedFile(
        string key = "3eFsTXPvqi3BpT2ipFCGirslh1Jgc6ikjoAu2oQ5JcI=",
        string bucketName = "your-unique-bucket-name",
        string objectName = "my-file-name",
        string localPath = "my-local-path/my-file-name")
    {
        var storage = StorageClient.Create();
        using var outputFile = File.OpenWrite(localPath);
        storage.DownloadObject(bucketName, objectName, outputFile, new DownloadObjectOptions
        {
            EncryptionKey = EncryptionKey.Create(Convert.FromBase64String(key))
        });
        Console.WriteLine($"Downloaded {objectName} to {localPath}.");
    }
}

Go

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

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

// downloadEncryptedFile reads an encrypted object.
func downloadEncryptedFile(w io.Writer, bucket, object string, secretKey []byte) ([]byte, error) {
	// bucket := "bucket-name"
	// object := "object-name"
	// key := []byte("secret-encryption-key")
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := storage.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("storage.NewClient: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

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

	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Second*50)
	defer cancel()

	rc, err := obj.Key(secretKey).NewReader(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Object(%q).Key(%q).NewReader: %w", object, secretKey, err)
	}
	defer rc.Close()

	data, err := io.ReadAll(rc)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("io.ReadAll: %w", err)
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "File %v downloaded with encryption key.\n", object)
	return data, 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.Storage;
import com.google.cloud.storage.StorageOptions;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.Path;

public class DownloadEncryptedObject {
  public static void downloadEncryptedObject(
      String projectId,
      String bucketName,
      String objectName,
      Path destFilePath,
      String decryptionKey)
      throws IOException {

    // 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";

    // The path to which the file should be downloaded
    // Path destFilePath = Paths.get("/local/path/to/file.txt");

    // The Base64 encoded decryption key, which should be the same key originally used to encrypt
    // the object
    // String decryptionKey = "TIbv/fjexq+VmtXzAlc63J4z5kFmWJ6NdAPQulQBT7g=";

    Storage storage = StorageOptions.newBuilder().setProjectId(projectId).build().getService();

    Blob blob = storage.get(bucketName, objectName);
    blob.downloadTo(destFilePath, Blob.BlobSourceOption.decryptionKey(decryptionKey));

    System.out.println(
        "Downloaded object "
            + objectName
            + " from bucket name "
            + bucketName
            + " to "
            + destFilePath
            + " using customer-supplied encryption key");
  }
}

Node.js

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/**
 * 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 srcFileName = 'your-file-name';

// The path to which the file should be downloaded
// const destFileName = '/local/path/to/file.txt';

// The Base64 encoded decryption key, which should be the same key originally
// used to encrypt the file
// const encryptionKey = 'TIbv/fjexq+VmtXzAlc63J4z5kFmWJ6NdAPQulQBT7g=';

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

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

async function downloadEncryptedFile() {
  const options = {
    destination: destFileName,
  };

  // Decrypts and downloads the file. This can only be done with the key used
  // to encrypt and upload the file.
  await storage
    .bucket(bucketName)
    .file(srcFileName)
    .setEncryptionKey(Buffer.from(encryptionKey, 'base64'))
    .download(options);

  console.log(`File ${srcFileName} downloaded to ${destFileName}`);
}

downloadEncryptedFile().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;

/**
 * Download an encrypted file
 *
 * @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 $destination The local destination to save the encrypted file.
 *        (e.g. '/path/to/your/file')
 * @param string $base64EncryptionKey The base64 encoded encryption key. Should
 *        (e.g. 'TIbv/fjexq+VmtXzAlc63J4z5kFmWJ6NdAPQulQBT7g=')
 *     be the same key originally used to encrypt the object.
 */
function download_encrypted_object(string $bucketName, string $objectName, string $destination, string $base64EncryptionKey): void
{
    $storage = new StorageClient();
    $bucket = $storage->bucket($bucketName);
    $object = $bucket->object($objectName);
    $object->downloadToFile($destination, [
        'encryptionKey' => $base64EncryptionKey,
    ]);
    printf('Encrypted object gs://%s/%s downloaded to %s' . PHP_EOL,
        $bucketName, $objectName, basename($destination));
}

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.

import base64

from google.cloud import storage


def download_encrypted_blob(
    bucket_name,
    source_blob_name,
    destination_file_name,
    base64_encryption_key,
):
    """Downloads a previously-encrypted blob from Google Cloud Storage.

    The encryption key provided must be the same key provided when uploading
    the blob.
    """
    # bucket_name = "your-bucket-name"
    # source_blob_name = "storage-object-name"
    # destination_file_name = "local/path/to/file"
    # base64_encryption_key = "base64-encoded-encryption-key"

    storage_client = storage.Client()

    bucket = storage_client.bucket(bucket_name)

    # Encryption key must be an AES256 key represented as a bytestring with
    # 32 bytes. Since it's passed in as a base64 encoded string, it needs
    # to be decoded.
    encryption_key = base64.b64decode(base64_encryption_key)
    blob = bucket.blob(source_blob_name, encryption_key=encryption_key)

    blob.download_to_filename(destination_file_name)

    print(
        f"Blob {source_blob_name} downloaded to {destination_file_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 download_encrypted_file bucket_name:, file_name:, local_file_path:, encryption_key:
  # The ID of your GCS bucket
  # bucket_name = "your-unique-bucket-name"

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

  # The path to which the file should be downloaded
  # local_file_path = "/local/path/to/file.txt"

  # The Base64 encoded decryption key, which should be the same key originally used to encrypt the object
  # encryption_key = "TIbv/fjexq+VmtXzAlc63J4z5kFmWJ6NdAPQulQBT7g="

  require "google/cloud/storage"

  storage = Google::Cloud::Storage.new

  bucket = storage.bucket bucket_name, skip_lookup: true

  file = bucket.file file_name, encryption_key: encryption_key
  file.download local_file_path, encryption_key: encryption_key

  puts "Downloaded encrypted #{file.name} to #{local_file_path}"
end

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