Release a temporary hold on an object

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Code sample

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(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#

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 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.

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.

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.

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

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