Create a GET-signed URL for an object using Cloud Storage libraries (V4)

Generate a V4-signed URL to download an object.

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• V4 signing process with Cloud Storage tools

Code sample

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.

namespace gcs = ::google::cloud::storage;
using ::google::cloud::StatusOr;
[](gcs::Client client, std::string const& bucket_name,
   std::string const& object_name, std::string const& signing_account) {
  StatusOr<std::string> signed_url = client.CreateV4SignedUrl(
      "GET", bucket_name, object_name,
      gcs::SignedUrlDuration(std::chrono::minutes(15)),
      gcs::SigningAccount(signing_account));

  if (!signed_url) throw std::move(signed_url).status();
  std::cout << "The signed url is: " << *signed_url << "\n\n"
            << "You can use this URL with any user agent, for example:\n"
            << "curl '" << *signed_url << "'\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.Apis.Auth.OAuth2;
using Google.Cloud.Storage.V1;
using System;
using System.Net.Http;

public class GenerateV4SignedReadUrlSample
{
    public string GenerateV4SignedReadUrl(
        string bucketName = "your-unique-bucket-name",
        string objectName = "your-object-name")
    {
        UrlSigner urlSigner = UrlSigner.FromCredential(GoogleCredential.GetApplicationDefault());
        // V4 is the default signing version.
        string url = urlSigner.Sign(bucketName, objectName, TimeSpan.FromHours(1), HttpMethod.Get);
        Console.WriteLine("Generated GET signed URL:");
        Console.WriteLine(url);
        Console.WriteLine("You can use this URL with any user agent, for example:");
        Console.WriteLine($"curl '{url}'");
        return url;
    }
}

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"
)

// generateV4GetObjectSignedURL generates object signed URL with GET method.
func generateV4GetObjectSignedURL(w io.Writer, bucket, object string) (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()

	// Signing a URL requires credentials authorized to sign a URL. You can pass
	// these in through SignedURLOptions with one of the following options:
	//    a. a Google service account private key, obtainable from the Google Developers Console
	//    b. a Google Access ID with iam.serviceAccounts.signBlob permissions
	//    c. a SignBytes function implementing custom signing.
	// In this example, none of these options are used, which means the SignedURL
	// function attempts to use the same authentication that was used to instantiate
	// the Storage client. This authentication must include a private key or have
	// iam.serviceAccounts.signBlob permissions.
	opts := &storage.SignedURLOptions{
		Scheme:  storage.SigningSchemeV4,
		Method:  "GET",
		Expires: time.Now().Add(15 * time.Minute),
	}

	u, err := client.Bucket(bucket).SignedURL(object, opts)
	if err != nil {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("Bucket(%q).SignedURL: %w", bucket, err)
	}

	fmt.Fprintln(w, "Generated GET signed URL:")
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "%q\n", u)
	fmt.Fprintln(w, "You can use this URL with any user agent, for example:")
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "curl %q\n", u)
	return u, 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.BlobId;
import com.google.cloud.storage.BlobInfo;
import com.google.cloud.storage.Storage;
import com.google.cloud.storage.StorageException;
import com.google.cloud.storage.StorageOptions;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

public class GenerateV4GetObjectSignedUrl {
  /**
   * Signing a URL requires Credentials which implement ServiceAccountSigner. These can be set
   * explicitly using the Storage.SignUrlOption.signWith(ServiceAccountSigner) option. If you don't,
   * you could also pass a service account signer to StorageOptions, i.e.
   * StorageOptions().newBuilder().setCredentials(ServiceAccountSignerCredentials). In this example,
   * neither of these options are used, which means the following code only works when the
   * credentials are defined via the environment variable GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS, and those
   * credentials are authorized to sign a URL. See the documentation for Storage.signUrl for more
   * details.
   */
  public static void generateV4GetObjectSignedUrl(
      String projectId, String bucketName, String objectName) throws StorageException {
    // String projectId = "my-project-id";
    // String bucketName = "my-bucket";
    // String objectName = "my-object";

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

    // Define resource
    BlobInfo blobInfo = BlobInfo.newBuilder(BlobId.of(bucketName, objectName)).build();

    URL url =
        storage.signUrl(blobInfo, 15, TimeUnit.MINUTES, Storage.SignUrlOption.withV4Signature());

    System.out.println("Generated GET signed URL:");
    System.out.println(url);
    System.out.println("You can use this URL with any user agent, for example:");
    System.out.println("curl '" + url + "'");
  }
}

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.
 * Note: when creating a signed URL, unless running in a GCP environment,
 * a service account must be used for authorization.
 */
// The ID of your GCS bucket
// const bucketName = 'your-unique-bucket-name';

// The full path of your file inside the GCS bucket, e.g. 'yourFile.jpg' or 'folder1/folder2/yourFile.jpg'
// 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 generateV4ReadSignedUrl() {
  // These options will allow temporary read access to the file
  const options = {
    version: 'v4',
    action: 'read',
    expires: Date.now() + 15 * 60 * 1000, // 15 minutes
  };

  // Get a v4 signed URL for reading the file
  const [url] = await storage
    .bucket(bucketName)
    .file(fileName)
    .getSignedUrl(options);

  console.log('Generated GET signed URL:');
  console.log(url);
  console.log('You can use this URL with any user agent, for example:');
  console.log(`curl '${url}'`);
}

generateV4ReadSignedUrl().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;

/**
 * Generate a v4 signed URL for downloading 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 get_object_v4_signed_url(string $bucketName, string $objectName): void
{
    $storage = new StorageClient();
    $bucket = $storage->bucket($bucketName);
    $object = $bucket->object($objectName);
    $url = $object->signedUrl(
        # This URL is valid for 15 minutes
        new \DateTime('15 min'),
        [
            'version' => 'v4',
        ]
    );

    print('Generated GET signed URL:' . PHP_EOL);
    print($url . PHP_EOL);
    print('You can use this URL with any user agent, for example:' . PHP_EOL);
    print('curl ' . $url . 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 client libraries.

import datetime

from google.cloud import storage


def generate_download_signed_url_v4(bucket_name, blob_name):
    """Generates a v4 signed URL for downloading a blob.

    Note that this method requires a service account key file. You can not use
    this if you are using Application Default Credentials from Google Compute
    Engine or from the Google Cloud SDK.
    """
    # bucket_name = 'your-bucket-name'
    # blob_name = 'your-object-name'

    storage_client = storage.Client()
    bucket = storage_client.bucket(bucket_name)
    blob = bucket.blob(blob_name)

    url = blob.generate_signed_url(
        version="v4",
        # This URL is valid for 15 minutes
        expiration=datetime.timedelta(minutes=15),
        # Allow GET requests using this URL.
        method="GET",
    )

    print("Generated GET signed URL:")
    print(url)
    print("You can use this URL with any user agent, for example:")
    print(f"curl '{url}'")
    return url

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 generate_signed_url_v4 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
  storage_expiry_time = 5 * 60 # 5 minutes

  url = storage.signed_url bucket_name, file_name, method: "GET",
                           expires: storage_expiry_time, version: :v4

  puts "Generated GET signed url:"
  puts url
  puts "You can use this URL with any user agent, for example:"
  puts "curl #{url}"
end

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