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JavaScript Client API Reference Slack

Initialize MinIO Client object.

MinIO

import * as Minio from 'minio'

const minioClient = new Minio.Client({
  endPoint: 'play.min.io',
  port: 9000,
  useSSL: true,
  accessKey: 'Q3AM3UQ867SPQQA43P2F',
  secretKey: 'zuf+tfteSlswRu7BJ86wekitnifILbZam1KYY3TG',
})

AWS S3

import * as Minio from 'minio'

const s3Client = new Minio.Client({
  endPoint: 's3.amazonaws.com',
  accessKey: 'YOUR-ACCESSKEYID',
  secretKey: 'YOUR-SECRETACCESSKEY',
})

Bucket operations

Object operations

Presigned operations

Bucket Policy & Notification operations

Custom Settings

makeBucket

getObject

presignedUrl

getBucketNotification

setS3TransferAccelerate

listBuckets

getPartialObject

presignedGetObject

setBucketNotification

bucketExists

fGetObject

presignedPutObject

removeAllBucketNotification

removeBucket

putObject

presignedPostPolicy

getBucketPolicy

listObjects

fPutObject

setBucketPolicy

listObjectsV2

copyObject

listenBucketNotification

listIncompleteUploads

statObject

getBucketVersioning

removeObject

setBucketVersioning

removeObjects

getBucketTagging

removeIncompleteUpload

setBucketTagging

putObjectRetention

removeBucketTagging

getObjectRetention

setBucketLifecycle

setObjectTagging

getBucketLifecycle

removeObjectTagging

removeBucketLifecycle

getObjectTagging

setObjectLockConfig

getObjectLegalHold

getObjectLockConfig

setObjectLegalHold

getBucketEncryption

composeObject

setBucketEncryption

selectObjectContent

removeBucketEncryption

setBucketReplication

getBucketReplication

removeBucketReplication

1. Constructor

new Minio.Client ({endPoint, port, useSSL, accessKey, secretKey, region, transport, sessionToken, partSize})

new Minio.Client ({endPoint, port, useSSL, accessKey, secretKey, region, transport, sessionToken, partSize})

Initializes a new client object.

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

endPoint

string

endPoint is a host name or an IP address.

port

number

TCP/IP port number. This input is optional. Default value set to 80 for HTTP and 443 for HTTPs.

useSSL

bool

If set to true, https is used instead of http. Default is true.

accessKey

string

accessKey is like user-id that uniquely identifies your account.

secretKey

string

secretKey is the password to your account.

sessionToken

string

Set this value to provide x-amz-security-token (AWS S3 specific). (Optional)

region

string

Set this value to override region cache. (Optional)

transport

string

Set this value to pass in a custom transport. (Optional)

partSize

number

Set this value to override default part size of 64MB for multipart uploads. (Optional)

pathStyle

bool

Set this value to override default access behavior (path) for non AWS endpoints. Default is true. (Optional)

transportAgent

Agent

Set this value to provide a custom HTTP(s) agent to handle timeouts, TLS handling, and low-level socket configurations. (Optional)

Example

Create client for MinIO

import * as Minio from 'minio'

const minioClient = new Minio.Client({
  endPoint: 'play.min.io',
  port: 9000,
  useSSL: true,
  accessKey: 'Q3AM3UQ867SPQQA43P2F',
  secretKey: 'zuf+tfteSlswRu7BJ86wekitnifILbZam1KYY3TG',
})

Create client for AWS S3

import * as Minio from 'minio'

const s3Client = new Minio.Client({
  endPoint: 's3.amazonaws.com',
  accessKey: 'YOUR-ACCESSKEYID',
  secretKey: 'YOUR-SECRETACCESSKEY',
})

Create client with temporary credentials

import * as Minio from 'minio'

const s3Client = new Minio.Client({
  endPoint: 's3.amazonaws.com',
  accessKey: 'YOUR-TEMP-ACCESSKEYID',
  secretKey: 'YOUR-TEMP-SECRETACCESSKEY',
  sessionToken: 'YOUR-TEMP-SESSIONTOKEN',
})

Create client with custom HTTPS Agent

import * as Minio from 'minio'
import * as fs from 'fs'
import * as https from 'https'

const s3Client = new Minio.Client({
  endPoint: 'play.min.io',
  port: 9000,
  useSSL: true,
  accessKey: 'Q3AM3UQ867SPQQA43P2F',
  secretKey: 'zuf+tfteSlswRu7BJ86wekitnifILbZam1KYY3TG',
  transportAgent: new https.Agent({
    timeout: 10000,
    ca: fs.readFileSync('path/to/ca.cert'),
    cert: fs.readFileSync('path/to/public.cert'),
    key: fs.readFileSync('path/to/secret.key'),
    keepAlive: false,
  }),
})

Note: The below examples may rely on top level await.

2. Bucket operations

async makeBucket(bucketName, [region, makeOpts]): Promise

Creates a new bucket.

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

region

string

Region where the bucket is created. This parameter is optional. Default value is us-east-1.

makeOpts

object

Options to create a bucket. e.g {ObjectLocking:true} (Optional)

Example

await minioClient.makeBucket('mybucket', 'us-east-1')
console.log('Bucket created successfully in "us-east-1".')

Example 1 Create a bucket with object locking enabled.

minioClient.makeBucket('mybucket', 'us-east-1', { ObjectLocking: true }, function (err) {
  if (err) return console.log('Error creating bucket with object lock.', err)
  console.log('Bucket created successfully in "us-east-1" and enabled object lock')
})

listBuckets()

Lists all buckets.

Parameters

NIL

Returns Array of Objects with the format:-

Param

Type

Description

bucket.name

string

bucket name

bucket.creationDate

Date

date when bucket was created.

Example

Please refer to: list-buckets.mjs

try {
  const buckets = await minioClient.listBuckets()
  console.log('Success', buckets)
} catch (err) {
  console.log(err.message)
}

async bucketExists(bucketName): Promise

Checks if a bucket exists.

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

Example

const exists = await minioClient.bucketExists('mybucket')
if (exists) {
  return console.log('Bucket exists.')
}

removeBucket(bucketName[, callback])

Removes a bucket.

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

callback(err)

function

err is null if the bucket is removed successfully. If no callback is passed, a Promise is returned.

Example

try {
  await minioClient.removeBucket('mybucket')
  console.log('Bucket removed successfully.')
} catch (err) {
  console.log('unable to remove bucket.')
}

listObjects(bucketName, prefix, recursive [,listOpts])

Lists all objects in a bucket.

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

prefix

string

The prefix of the objects that should be listed (optional, default '').

recursive

bool

true indicates recursive style listing and false indicates directory style listing delimited by ‘/’. (optional, default false).

listOpts

object

query params to list object which can have {IncludeVersion: _bool_ } (optional)

Return Value

Param

Type

Description

stream

Stream

Stream emitting the objects in the bucket.

The object is of the format:

Param

Type

Description

obj.name

string

name of the object.

obj.prefix

string

name of the object prefix.

obj.size

number

size of the object.

obj.etag

string

etag of the object.

obj.versionId

string

versionId of the object.

obj.isDeleteMarker

boolean

true if it is a delete marker.

obj.lastModified

Date

modified time stamp.

Example

const data = []
const stream = minioClient.listObjects('mybucket', '', true)
stream.on('data', function (obj) {
  data.push(obj)
})
stream.on('end', function (obj) {
  console.log(data)
})
stream.on('error', function (err) {
  console.log(err)
})

Example1 To get Object versions

const data = []
const stream = minioClient.listObjects('mybucket', '', true, { IncludeVersion: true })
stream.on('data', function (obj) {
  data.push(obj)
})
stream.on('end', function (obj) {
  console.log(data)
})
stream.on('error', function (err) {
  console.log(err)
})

listObjectsV2(bucketName, prefix, recursive, startAfter)

Lists all objects in a bucket using S3 listing objects V2 API

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

prefix

string

The prefix of the objects that should be listed (optional, default '').

recursive

bool

true indicates recursive style listing and false indicates directory style listing delimited by ‘/’. (optional, default false).

startAfter

string

Specifies the object name to start after when listing objects in a bucket. (optional, default '').

Return Value

Param

Type

Description

stream

Stream

Stream emitting the objects in the bucket.

The object is of the format:

Param

Type

Description

obj.name

string

name of the object.

obj.prefix

string

name of the object prefix.

obj.size

number

size of the object.

obj.etag

string

etag of the object.

obj.lastModified

Date

modified time stamp.

Example

const stream = minioClient.listObjectsV2('mybucket', '', true, '')
stream.on('data', function (obj) {
  console.log(obj)
})
stream.on('error', function (err) {
  console.log(err)
})

listObjectsV2WithMetadata(bucketName, prefix, recursive, startAfter)

Lists all objects and their metadata in a bucket using S3 listing objects V2 API

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

prefix

string

The prefix of the objects that should be listed (optional, default '').

recursive

bool

true indicates recursive style listing and false indicates directory style listing delimited by ‘/’. (optional, default false).

startAfter

string

Specifies the object name to start after when listing objects in a bucket. (optional, default '').

Return Value

Param

Type

Description

stream

Stream

Stream emitting the objects in the bucket.

The object is of the format:

Param

Type

Description

obj.name

string

name of the object.

obj.prefix

string

name of the object prefix.

obj.size

number

size of the object.

obj.etag

string

etag of the object.

obj.lastModified

Date

modified time stamp.

obj.metadata

object

metadata of the object.

Example

const stream = minioClient.extensions.listObjectsV2WithMetadata('mybucket', '', true, '')
stream.on('data', function (obj) {
  console.log(obj)
})
stream.on('error', function (err) {
  console.log(err)
})

listIncompleteUploads(bucketName, prefix, recursive)

Lists partially uploaded objects in a bucket.

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

prefix

string

Prefix of the object names that are partially uploaded. (optional, default '')

recursive

bool

true indicates recursive style listing and false indicates directory style listing delimited by ‘/’. (optional, default false).

Return Value

Param

Type

Description

stream

Stream

Emits objects of the format listed below:

Param

Type

Description

part.key

string

name of the object.

part.uploadId

string

upload ID of the object.

part.size

Integer

size of the partially uploaded object.

Example

const Stream = minioClient.listIncompleteUploads('mybucket', '', true)
Stream.on('data', function (obj) {
  console.log(obj)
})
Stream.on('end', function () {
  console.log('End')
})
Stream.on('error', function (err) {
  console.log(err)
})

getBucketVersioning(bucketName)

Get Versioning state of a Bucket

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

Example

const versionInfo = await minioClient.getBucketVersioning('bucketname')
console.log('Success ', versionInfo)

setBucketVersioning(bucketName, versioningConfig)

Set Versioning state on a Bucket

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

versioningConfig

object

Versioning Configuration e.g: {Status:"Enabled"}

Example

const versioningConfig = { Status: 'Enabled' }
await minioClient.setBucketVersioning('bucketname', versioningConfig)

setBucketReplication(bucketName, replicationConfig)

Set replication config on a Bucket

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

replicationConfig

object

replicationConfig Configuration as a JSON Object

Example

const arnFromMcCli = 'arn:minio:replication::b22d653b-e4fb-4c5d-8140-7694c8e72ed4:dest-bucket'
const replicationConfig = {
  role: arnFromMcCli,
  rules: [
    {
      ID: 'cisea130mbms6splbmg0',
      Status: 'Enabled',
      Priority: 1,
      DeleteMarkerReplication: { Status: 'Enabled' },
      DeleteReplication: { Status: 'Enabled' },
      Destination: {
        Bucket: 'arn:aws:s3:::dest-bucket',
        StorageClass: 'REDUCED_REDUNDANCY',
      },
      SourceSelectionCriteria: { ReplicaModifications: { Status: 'Enabled' } },
      Filter: {
        //Possible values.
        // Prefix: '/',
        // Tag: [{ 'Key': 'key1', 'Value': 'value1' }, { 'Key': 'key2', 'Value': 'value2' }],//if only this,  =>    'DeleteMarkerReplication': { 'Status': 'Disabled' },
        And: {
          Prefix: '/',
          Tag: [
            { Key: 'key1', Value: 'value1' },
            { Key: 'key2', Value: 'value2' },
          ],
        },
      },
      ExistingObjectReplication: { Status: 'Enabled' },
    },
  ],
}

await s3Client.setBucketReplication('source-bucket', replicationConfig)

getBucketReplication(bucketName)

Get replication config of a Bucket

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

Example

const replicatinConfig = await minioClient.getBucketReplication('source-bucket')
console.log(replicatinConfig)

removeBucketReplication(bucketName)

Remove replication config of a Bucket

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

Example

await minioClient.removeBucketReplication('source-bucket')

setBucketTagging(bucketName, tags)

Set Tags on a Bucket

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

tags

object

Tags map Configuration e.g: {<tag-key-1>:<tag-value-1>}

Example

await minioClient.setBucketTagging('bucketname', tags)

removeBucketTagging(bucketName, callback)

Remove Tags on a Bucket

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

Example

await minioClient.removeBucketTagging('bucketname')

getBucketTagging(bucketName)

Gets Tags on a Bucket

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

Example

const tagList = await minioClient.getBucketTagging('bucketname')
console.log(tagList)

setBucketLifecycle(bucketName, lifecycleConfig)

Set Lifecycle Configuration on a Bucket

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

lifecycleConfig

object

Valid Lifecycle Configuration or ( null or '' ) to remove policy configuration

Example

const lifecycleConfig = {
  Rule: [
    {
      ID: 'Transition and Expiration Rule',
      Status: 'Enabled',
      Filter: {
        Prefix: '',
      },
      Expiration: {
        Days: '3650',
      },
    },
  ],
}

await minioClient.setBucketLifecycle('bucketname', lifecycleConfig)

getBucketLifecycle(bucketName)

Get Lifecycle Configuration of a Bucket

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

Example

await minioClient.getBucketLifecycle('bucketname')

removeBucketLifecycle(bucketName)

Remove Lifecycle Configuration of a Bucket

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

Example

await minioClient.removeBucketLifecycle('bucketname')

setObjectLockConfig(bucketName, lockConfig [, callback])

Set Object lock config on a Bucket

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

lockConfig

object

Lock Configuration can be either {} to reset or object with all of the following key/value pairs: {mode: ["COMPLIANCE"/'GOVERNANCE'], unit: ["Days"/"Years"], validity: <a-valid-number-for-unit>}

Example 1

await minioClient.setObjectLockConfig('my-bucketname', { mode: 'COMPLIANCE', unit: 'Days', validity: 10 })

Example 2 To reset/remove object lock config on a bucket.

await s3Client.setObjectLockConfig('my-bucketname', {})

getObjectLockConfig(bucketName [, callback])

Get Lock config on a Bucket

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

**Example ** Get object lock configuration on a Bucket

await minioClient.getObjectLockConfig('my-bucketname')

setBucketEncryption(bucketName [,encryptionConfig])

Set encryption configuration on a Bucket

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

encryptionConfig

object

Encryption Configuration can be either omitted or {} or a valid and supported encryption config. by default: {Rule:[{ApplyServerSideEncryptionByDefault:{SSEAlgorithm:"AES256"}}]} is applied.

**Example ** Set Encryption configuration on a Bucket

await s3Client.setBucketEncryption('my-bucketname')

Example 1 Set Encryption configuration on a Bucket with an Algorithm

await s3Client.setBucketEncryption('my-bucketname', {
  Rule: [{ ApplyServerSideEncryptionByDefault: { SSEAlgorithm: 'AES256' } }],
})

getBucketEncryption(bucketName)

Get encryption configuration of a Bucket

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

**Example ** Get Encryption configuration of a Bucket

await s3Client.getBucketEncryption('my-bucketname')

removeBucketEncryption(bucketName)

Remove encryption configuration of a Bucket

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

**Example ** Remove Encryption configuration of a Bucket

await s3Client.removeBucketEncryption('my-bucketname')

3. Object operations

getObject(bucketName, objectName, getOpts)

Downloads an object as a stream.

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

objectName

string

Name of the object.

getOpts

object

Options to get the object. Default is {}. (optional)

Return Value

Param

Type

Description

stream

stream.Readable

Stream emitting the object content.

Example

let size = 0
const dataStream = await minioClient.getObject('mybucket', 'photo.jpg')
dataStream.on('data', function (chunk) {
  size += chunk.length
})
dataStream.on('end', function () {
  console.log('End. Total size = ' + size)
})
dataStream.on('error', function (err) {
  console.log(err)
})

Example

Get a specific object version.

let size = 0
const dataStream = await minioClient.getObject('mybucket', 'photo.jpg', { versionId: 'my-versionId' })
dataStream.on('data', function (chunk) {
  size += chunk.length
})
dataStream.on('end', function () {
  console.log('End. Total size = ' + size)
})
dataStream.on('error', function (err) {
  console.log(err)
})

Example

Get a Server Side Encrypted object.

let size = 0
const dataStream = await minioClient.getObject('mybucket', 'photo.jpg', {
  SSECustomerAlgorithm: 'AES256',
  SSECustomerKey: 'YOUR_KEY',
  SSECustomerKeyMD5: 'YOUR_MD5',
})
dataStream.on('data', function (chunk) {
  size += chunk.length
})
dataStream.on('end', function () {
  console.log('End. Total size = ' + size)
})
dataStream.on('error', function (err) {
  console.log(err)
})

getPartialObject(bucketName, objectName, offset, length, getOpts[, callback])

Downloads the specified range bytes of an object as a stream.

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

objectName

string

Name of the object.

offset

number

offset of the object from where the stream will start.

length

number

length of the object that will be read in the stream (optional, if not specified we read the rest of the file from the offset).

getOpts

object

Options to get the object. Default is {}. (optional)

callback(err, stream)

function

Callback is called with err in case of error. stream is the object content stream. If no callback is passed, a Promise is returned.

Return Value

Param

Type

Description

stream

Stream

Stream emitting the object content.

Example

let size = 0
// reads 30 bytes from the offset 10.
const dataStream = await minioClient.getPartialObject('mybucket', 'photo.jpg', 10, 30)
dataStream.on('data', function (chunk) {
  size += chunk.length
})
dataStream.on('end', function () {
  console.log('End. Total size = ' + size)
})
dataStream.on('error', function (err) {
  console.log(err)
})

Example To get a specific version of an object

const versionedObjSize = 0
// reads 30 bytes from the offset 10.
const dataStream = await minioClient.getPartialObject('mybucket', 'photo.jpg', 10, 30, { versionId: 'my-versionId' })
dataStream.on('data', function (chunk) {
  versionedObjSize += chunk.length
})
dataStream.on('end', function () {
  console.log('End. Total size = ' + versionedObjSize)
})
dataStream.on('error', function (err) {
  console.log(err)
})

Example To get a Server Side Encrypted object.

const versionedObjSize = 0
// reads 30 bytes from the offset 10.
const dataStream = await minioClient.getPartialObject('mybucket', 'photo.jpg', 10, 30, {
  SSECustomerAlgorithm: 'AES256',
  SSECustomerKey: 'YOUR_KEY',
  SSECustomerKeyMD5: 'YOUR_MD5',
})
dataStream.on('data', function (chunk) {
  versionedObjSize += chunk.length
})
dataStream.on('end', function () {
  console.log('End. Total size = ' + versionedObjSize)
})
dataStream.on('error', function (err) {
  console.log(err)
})

fGetObject(bucketName, objectName, filePath, getOpts[, callback])

Downloads and saves the object as a file in the local filesystem.

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

objectName

string

Name of the object.

filePath

string

Path on the local filesystem to which the object data will be written.

getOpts

object

Options to get the object. Default is {}. (optional)

callback(err)

function

Callback is called with err in case of error. If no callback is passed, a Promise is returned.

Return Value

Value

Type

Description

err

object

Error in case of any failures

file

file

Streamed Output file at the specified filePath

Example

minioClient.fGetObject('mybucket', 'photo.jpg', '/tmp/photo.jpg', function (err) {
  if (err) {
    return console.log(err)
  }
  console.log('success')
})

Example To Stream a specific object version into a file.

minioClient.fGetObject(bucketName, objNameValue, './download/MyImage.jpg', { versionId: 'my-versionId' }, function (e) {
  if (e) {
    return console.log(e)
  }
  console.log('success')
})

Example To Stream a Server Side Encrypted object into a file.

minioClient.fGetObject(
  bucketName,
  objNameValue,
  './download/MyImage.jpg',
  {
    SSECustomerAlgorithm: 'AES256',
    SSECustomerKey: 'YOUR_KEY',
    SSECustomerKeyMD5: 'YOUR_MD5',
  },
  function (e) {
    if (e) {
      return console.log(e)
    }
    console.log('success')
  },
)

putObject(bucketName, objectName, stream, size, metaData[, callback])

Uploads an object from a stream/Buffer.

From a stream

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

objectName

string

Name of the object.

stream

Stream

Readable stream.

size

number

Size of the object (optional).

metaData

Javascript Object

metaData of the object (optional).

callback(err, objInfo)

function

Non-null err indicates error, in case of Success,objInfo contains etag string and versionId string of the object. If no callback is passed, a Promise is returned.

Return Value

Value

Type

Description

err

object

Error in case of any failures

objInfo.etag

string

etag of an object

objInfo.versionId

string

versionId of an object (optional)

Example

The maximum size of a single object is limited to 5TB. putObject transparently uploads objects larger than 64MiB in multiple parts. Uploaded data is carefully verified using MD5SUM signatures.

import * as Fs from 'fs'
const file = '/tmp/40mbfile'
const fileStream = Fs.createReadStream(file)
const fileStat = Fs.stat(file, function (err, stats) {
  if (err) {
    return console.log(err)
  }
  minioClient.putObject('mybucket', '40mbfile', fileStream, stats.size, function (err, objInfo) {
    if (err) {
      return console.log(err) // err should be null
    }
    console.log('Success', objInfo)
  })
})

From a “Buffer” or a “string”

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

objectName

string

Name of the object.

string or Buffer

Stream or Buffer

Readable stream.

metaData

Javascript Object

metaData of the object (optional).

callback(err, etag)

function

Non-null err indicates error, etag string is the etag of the object uploaded.

Example

const buffer = 'Hello World'
minioClient.putObject('mybucket', 'hello-file', buffer, function (err, etag) {
  return console.log(err, etag) // err should be null
})

fPutObject(bucketName, objectName, filePath, metaData[, callback])

Uploads contents from a file to objectName.

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

objectName

string

Name of the object.

filePath

string

Path of the file to be uploaded.

metaData

Javascript Object

Metadata of the object.

callback(err, objInfo) function: non null err indicates error, objInfo object is the information about the object uploaded which contains versionId string and etag string.

Return Value

Value

Type

Description

err

object

Error in case of any failures

objInfo.etag

string

etag of an object

objInfo.versionId

string

versionId of an object (optional)

Example

The maximum size of a single object is limited to 5TB. fPutObject transparently uploads objects larger than 64MiB in multiple parts. Uploaded data is carefully verified using MD5SUM signatures.

const file = '/tmp/40mbfile'
const metaData = {
  'Content-Type': 'text/html',
  'Content-Language': 123,
  'X-Amz-Meta-Testing': 1234,
  example: 5678,
}
minioClient.fPutObject('mybucket', '40mbfile', file, metaData, function (err, objInfo) {
  if (err) {
    return console.log(err)
  }
  console.log('Success', objInfo.etag, objInfo.versionId)
})

copyObject(targetBucketName, targetObjectName, sourceBucketNameAndObjectName [,conditions])

Copy a source object into a new object in the specified bucket.

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

targetBucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

targetObjectName

string

Name of the object.

sourceBucketNameAndObjectName

string

Path of the file to be copied.

conditions

CopyConditions

Conditions to be satisfied before allowing object copy.

Example

const conds = new Minio.CopyConditions()
conds.setMatchETag('bd891862ea3e22c93ed53a098218791d')
await minioClient.copyObject('mybucket', 'newobject', '/mybucket/srcobject', conds)

statObject(bucketName, objectName, statOpts[, callback])

Gets metadata of an object.

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

objectName

string

Name of the object.

statOpts

object

Version of the object in the form {versionId:"my-versionId"}. Default is {}. (optional)

callback(err, stat)

function

err is not null in case of error, stat contains the object information listed below. If no callback is passed, a Promise is returned.

Return Value

Param

Type

Description

stat.size

number

size of the object.

stat.etag

string

etag of the object.

stat.versionId

string

version of the object.

stat.metaData

Javascript Object

metadata of the object.

stat.lastModified

Date

Last Modified time stamp.

Example

const stat = await minioClient.statObject('mybucket', 'photo.jpg')
console.log(stat)

Example stat on a version of an object

const stat = await minioClient.statObject('mybucket', 'photo.jpg', { versionId: 'my-versionId' })
console.log(stat)

removeObject(bucketName, objectName [, removeOpts])

Removes an object.

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

objectName

string

Name of the object.

removeOpts

object

Version of the object in the form {versionId:"my-versionId", governanceBypass: true or false }. Default is {}. (Optional)

Example 1

;(async function () {
  await minioClient.removeObject('mybucket', 'photo.jpg')
  console.log('Removed the object')
})()

Example 2 Delete a specific version of an object

;(async function () {
  try {
    await minioClient.removeObject('mybucket', 'photo.jpg', { versionId: 'my-versionId' })
    console.log('Removed the object')
  } catch (err) {
    console.log('Unable to remove object', err)
  }
})()

Example 3 Remove an object version locked with retention mode GOVERNANCE using the governanceBypass remove option

;(async function () {
  await s3Client.removeObject('my-bucketname', 'my-objectname', { versionId: 'my-versionId', governanceBypass: true })
  console.log('Success')
})()

removeObjects(bucketName, objectsList)

Remove all objects in the objectsList.

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

objectsList

object

list of objects in the bucket to be removed. any one of the formats: 1. List of Object names as array of strings which are object keys: ['objectname1','objectname2'] 2. List of Object name and VersionId as an object: [{name:”my-obj-name”,versionId:”my-versionId”}]

Example

const objectsList = []

// List all object paths in bucket my-bucketname.
const objectsStream = s3Client.listObjects('my-bucketname', 'my-prefixname', true)

objectsStream.on('data', function (obj) {
  objectsList.push(obj.name)
})

objectsStream.on('error', function (e) {
  console.log(e)
})

objectsStream.on('end', async () => {
  await s3Client.removeObjects(bucket, objectsList)
})

Example1

With versioning Support

const objectsList = []
const bucket = 'my-bucket'
const prefix = 'my-prefix'
const recursive = false

const objectsStream = s3Client.listObjects(bucket, prefix, recursive, { IncludeVersion: true })
objectsStream.on('data', function (obj) {
  objectsList.push(obj)
})
objectsStream.on('error', function (e) {
  return console.log(e)
})
objectsStream.on('end', async () => {
  await s3Client.removeObjects(bucket, objectsList)
})

removeIncompleteUpload(bucketName, objectName)

Removes a partially uploaded object.

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

objectName

string

Name of the object.

Example

await minioClient.removeIncompleteUpload('mybucket', 'photo.jpg')

async putObjectRetention(bucketName, objectName [, retentionOpts])

Apply retention on an object.

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

objectName

string

Name of the object.

retentionOpts

object

Options for retention like : { governanceBypass:true/false ,mode:COMPLIANCE/GOVERNANCE, retainUntilDate: _date_ , versionId:"my-versionId" } Default is {} (Optional)

Example Apply object retention on an object

const bucketName = 'my-bucket'
const objectName = 'my-object'

const expirationDate = new Date()
expirationDate.setDate(expirationDate.getDate() + 1)
expirationDate.setUTCHours(0, 0, 0, 0) //Should be start of the day.(midnight)
const versionId = 'e67b4b08-144d-4fc4-ba15-43c3f7f9ba74'

await minioClient.putObjectRetention(bucketName, objectName, {
  Mode: 'GOVERNANCE',
  retainUntilDate: retainUntilDate.toISOString(),
  versionId: versionId,
})

getObjectRetention(bucketName, objectName [, getOpts])

Get retention config of an object

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

objectName

string

Name of the object.

getOpts

object

Options for retention like : { versionId:"my-versionId" } Default is {} (Optional)

Example 1

const retentionInfo = await minioClient.getObjectRetention('bucketname', 'objectname')
console.log(retentionInfo)

Example 2

const retInfoForVersionId = await minioClient.getObjectRetention('bucketname', 'objectname', {
  versionId: 'my-versionId',
})
console.log(retInfoForVersionId)

setObjectTagging(bucketName, objectName, tags[, putOpts])

Put Tags on an Object

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

objectName

string

Name of the object.

tags

object

Tags map Configuration e.g: {<tag-key-1>:<tag-value-1>}

putOpts

object

Default is {}. e.g {versionId:"my-version-id"}. (Optional)

Example

await minioClient.setObjectTagging('bucketname', 'object-name', tags)

Example 1 Put tags on a version of an object.

await minioClient.setObjectTagging('bucketname', 'object-name', tags, { versionId: 'my-version-id' })

removeObjectTagging(bucketName, objectName[, removeOpts])

Remove Tags on an Object

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

objectName

string

Name of the object.

removeOpts

object

Defaults to {}. e.g {versionId:"my-version-id"}. (Optional)

Example

await minioClient.removeObjectTagging('bucketname', 'object-name')

Example1 Remove tags on a version of an object.

await minioClient.removeObjectTagging('bucketname', 'object-name', { versionId: 'my-object-version-id' })

getObjectTagging(bucketName, objectName[, getOpts])

Get Tags of an Object

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

objectName

string

Name of the object.

getOpts

object

Defaults to {}. e.g {versionId:"my-version-id"}. (Optional)

Example

console.log(await minioClient.getObjectTagging('bucketname', 'object-name'))

Example1 Get tags on a version of an object.

console.log(await minioClient.getObjectTagging('bucketname', 'object-name', { versionId: 'my-object-version-id' }))

getObjectLegalHold(bucketName, objectName, getOpts)

Get legal hold on an object.

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

objectName

string

Name of the object.

getOpts

object

Legal hold configuration options. e.g {versionId:'my-version-uuid'}. Defaults to {} .

Example 1

Get Legal hold of an object.

const legalholdStatus = await minioClient.getObjectLegalHold('bucketName', 'objectName')

Example 2

Get Legal hold of an object with versionId.

const legalholdStatus = await minioClient.getObjectLegalHold('bucketName', 'objectName', {
  versionId: 'my-obj-version-uuid',
})

setObjectLegalHold(bucketName, objectName, [,setOpts])

Set legal hold on an object.

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

objectName

string

Name of the object.

setOpts

object

Legal hold configuration options to set. e.g {versionId:'my-version-uuid', status:'ON or OFF'}. Defaults to {status:'ON'} if not passed.

Example 1

Set Legal hold of an object.

const legalholdStatus = await minioClient.setObjectLegalHold('bucketName', 'objectName', { Status: 'ON' })

Example 2

Set Legal hold of an object with versionId.

const legalholdStatus = await minioClient.setObjectLegalHold('bucketName', 'objectName', {
  Status: 'ON',
  versionId: 'my-obj-version-uuid',
})

composeObject(destObjConfig, sourceObjectList)

Compose an object from parts

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

destObjConfig

object

Destination Object configuration of the type CopyDestinationOptions

sourceObjectList

object[]

Array of object(parts) source to compose into an object. Each part configuration should be of type CopySourceOptions

Example 1

Compose an Object from its parts .

import * as minio from 'minio'

const sourceList = [
  new minio.CopySourceOptions({
    Bucket: 'source-bucket',
    Object: 'parta',
  }),
  new minio.CopySourceOptions({
    Bucket: 'source-bucket',
    Object: 'partb',
  }),
  new minio.CopySourceOptions({
    Bucket: 'source-bucket',
    Object: 'partc',
  }),
  new minio.CopySourceOptions({
    Bucket: 'source-bucket',
    Object: 'partd',
  }),
]

const destOption = new minio.CopyDestinationOptions({
  Bucket: 'dest-bucket',
  Object: '100MB.zip',
})

//using Promise style.
await minioClient.composeObject(destOption, sourceList)

selectObjectContent(bucketName, objectName, selectOpts)

Select contents of an object (S3 Select).

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

objectName

string

Name of the object.

selectOpts

object

Example 1 Select all values

const selectOpts = {
  expression: 'SELECT * FROM s3object s where s."Name" = \'Jane\'',
  expressionType: 'SQL',
  inputSerialization: {
    CSV: { FileHeaderInfo: 'Use', RecordDelimiter: '\n', FieldDelimiter: ',' },
    CompressionType: 'NONE',
  },
  outputSerialization: { CSV: { RecordDelimiter: '\n', FieldDelimiter: ',' } },
  requestProgress: { Enabled: true },
}

const res = await minioClient.selectObjectContent('bucketName', 'objectName', selectOpts)
console.log(res)

4. Presigned operations

Presigned URLs are generated for temporary download/upload access to private objects.

presignedUrl(httpMethod, bucketName, objectName[, expiry, reqParams, requestDate])

Generates a presigned URL for the provided HTTP method, ‘httpMethod’. Browsers/Mobile clients may point to this URL to directly download objects even if the bucket is private. This presigned URL can have an associated expiration time in seconds after which the URL is no longer valid. The default value is 7 days.

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

objectName

string

Name of the object.

expiry

number

Expiry time in seconds. Default value is 7 days. (optional)

reqParams

object

request parameters. (optional) e.g {versionId:”10fa9946-3f64-4137-a58f-888065c0732e”}

requestDate

Date

A date object, the url will be issued at. Default value is now. (optional)

Example1

// presigned url for 'getObject' method.
// expires in a day.
const presignedUrl = await minioClient.presignedUrl('GET', 'mybucket', 'hello.txt', 24 * 60 * 60)
console.log(presignedUrl)

Example2

// presigned url for 'listObject' method.
// Lists objects in 'myBucket' with prefix 'data'.
// Lists max 1000 of them.
await minioClient.presignedUrl('GET', 'mybucket', '', 1000, { prefix: 'data', 'max-keys': 1000 })

Example 3

// Get Object with versionid
await minioClient.presignedUrl('GET', 'mybucket', '', 1000, { versionId: '10fa9946-3f64-4137-a58f-888065c0732e' })

presignedGetObject(bucketName, objectName[, expiry, respHeaders, requestDate])

Generates a presigned URL for HTTP GET operations. Browsers/Mobile clients may point to this URL to directly download objects even if the bucket is private. This presigned URL can have an associated expiration time in seconds after which the URL is no longer valid. The default value is 7 days.

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

objectName

string

Name of the object.

expiry

number

Expiry time in seconds. Default value is 7 days. (optional)

respHeaders

object

response headers to override (optional)

requestDate

Date

A date object, the url will be issued at. Default value is now. (optional)

Example

// expires in a day.
const presignedUrl = await minioClient.presignedGetObject('mybucket', 'hello.txt', 24 * 60 * 60)
console.log(presignedUrl)

presignedPutObject(bucketName, objectName [,expiry])

Generates a presigned URL for HTTP PUT operations. Browsers/Mobile clients may point to this URL to upload objects directly to a bucket even if it is private. This presigned URL can have an associated expiration time in seconds after which the URL is no longer valid. The default value is 7 days.

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

objectName

string

Name of the object.

expiry

number

Expiry time in seconds. Default value is 7 days.

Example

// expires in a day.
const presignedUrl = await minioClient.presignedPutObject('mybucket', 'hello.txt', 24 * 60 * 60)
console.log(presignedUrl)

presignedPostPolicy(policy)

Allows setting policy conditions to a presigned URL for POST operations. Policies such as bucket name to receive object uploads, key name prefixes, expiry policy may be set.

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

policy

object

Policy object created by minioClient.newPostPolicy()

Create policy:

const policy = minioClient.newPostPolicy()

Apply upload policy restrictions:

// Policy restricted only for bucket 'mybucket'.
policy.setBucket('mybucket')

// Policy restricted only for hello.txt object.
policy.setKey('hello.txt')

or

// Policy restricted for incoming objects with keyPrefix.
policy.setKeyStartsWith('keyPrefix')

const expires = new Date()
expires.setSeconds(24 * 60 * 60 * 10)
// Policy expires in 10 days.
policy.setExpires(expires)

// Only allow 'text'.
policy.setContentType('text/plain')

// Set content disposition response header.
policy.setContentDisposition('attachment; filename=text.txt')

// Only allow content size in range 1KB to 1MB.
policy.setContentLengthRange(1024, 1024 * 1024)

// Set key-value user defined metadata
policy.setUserMetaData({
  key: 'value',
})

POST your content from the browser using superagent:

const { postURL, formData } = await minioClient.presignedPostPolicy(policy)
const req = superagent.post(postURL)
_.each(formData, function (value, key) {
  req.field(key, value)
})

// file contents.
req.attach('file', '/path/to/hello.txt', 'hello.txt')

req.end(function (err, res) {
  if (err) {
    return console.log(err.toString())
  }
  console.log('Upload successful.')
})

5. Bucket Policy & Notification operations

Buckets are configured to trigger notifications on specified types of events and paths filters.

getBucketNotification(bucketName[, cb])

Fetch the notification configuration stored in the S3 provider and that belongs to the specified bucket name.

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

callback(err, bucketNotificationConfig)

function

Callback function is called with non null err value in case of error. bucketNotificationConfig will be the object that carries all notification configurations associated to bucketName. If no callback is passed, a Promise is returned.

Example

minioClient.getBucketNotification('mybucket', function (err, bucketNotificationConfig) {
  if (err) return console.log(err)
  console.log(bucketNotificationConfig)
})

setBucketNotification(bucketName, bucketNotificationConfig[, callback])

Upload a user-created notification configuration and associate it to the specified bucket name.

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

bucketNotificationConfig

BucketNotification

Javascript object that carries the notification configuration.

callback(err)

function

Callback function is called with non null err value in case of error. If no callback is passed, a Promise is returned.

Example

// Create a new notification object
const bucketNotification = new Minio.NotificationConfig()

// Setup a new Queue configuration
const arn = Minio.buildARN('aws', 'sqs', 'us-west-2', '1', 'webhook')
const queue = new Minio.QueueConfig(arn)
queue.addFilterSuffix('.jpg')
queue.addFilterPrefix('myphotos/')
queue.addEvent(Minio.ObjectReducedRedundancyLostObject)
queue.addEvent(Minio.ObjectCreatedAll)

// Add the queue to the overall notification object
bucketNotification.add(queue)

minioClient.setBucketNotification('mybucket', bucketNotification, function (err) {
  if (err) return console.log(err)
  console.log('Success')
})

removeAllBucketNotification(bucketName[, callback])

Remove the bucket notification configuration associated to the specified bucket.

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket

callback(err)

function

Callback function is called with non null err value in case of error. If no callback is passed, a Promise is returned.

minioClient.removeAllBucketNotification('my-bucketname', function (e) {
  if (e) {
    return console.log(e)
  }
  console.log('True')
})

listenBucketNotification(bucketName, prefix, suffix, events)

Listen for notifications on a bucket. Additionally one can provider filters for prefix, suffix and events. There is no prior set bucket notification needed to use this API. This is an MinIO extension API where unique identifiers are registered and unregistered by the server automatically based on incoming requests.

Returns an EventEmitter, which will emit a notification event carrying the record.

To stop listening, call .stop() on the returned EventEmitter.

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket

prefix

string

Object key prefix to filter notifications for.

suffix

string

Object key suffix to filter notifications for.

events

Array

Enables notifications for specific event types.

See here for a full example.

const listener = minioClient.listenBucketNotification('my-bucketname', 'photos/', '.jpg', ['s3:ObjectCreated:*'])
listener.on('notification', function (record) {
  // For example: 's3:ObjectCreated:Put event occurred (2016-08-23T18:26:07.214Z)'
  console.log('%s event occurred (%s)', record.eventName, record.eventTime)
  listener.stop()
})

async getBucketPolicy(bucketName: string): Promise

Get the bucket policy associated with the specified bucket. If objectPrefix is not empty, the bucket policy will be filtered based on object permissions as well.

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket

// Retrieve bucket policy of 'my-bucketname'
const policy = await minioClient.getBucketPolicy('my-bucketname')

console.log(`Bucket policy file: ${policy}`)

async setBucketPolicy(bucketName, bucketPolicy): Promise

Set the bucket policy on the specified bucket. bucketPolicy is detailed here.

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

bucketName

string

Name of the bucket.

bucketPolicy

string

bucket policy.

// Set the bucket policy of `my-bucketname`
await minioClient.setBucketPolicy('my-bucketname', JSON.stringify(policy))

6. Custom Settings

setS3TransferAccelerate(endpoint)

Set AWS S3 transfer acceleration endpoint for all API requests hereafter. NOTE: This API applies only to AWS S3 and is a no operation for S3 compatible object storage services.

Parameters

Param

Type

Description

endpoint

string

Set to new S3 transfer acceleration endpoint.

7. HTTP request options

setRequestOptions(options)

Set the HTTP/HTTPS request options. Supported options are agent (http.Agent()), family (IP address family to use while resolving host or hostname), and tls related options (‘agent’, ‘ca’, ‘cert’, ‘ciphers’, ‘clientCertEngine’, ‘crl’, ‘dhparam’, ‘ecdhCurve’, ‘honorCipherOrder’, ‘key’, ‘passphrase’, ‘pfx’, ‘rejectUnauthorized’, ‘secureOptions’, ‘secureProtocol’, ‘servername’, ‘sessionIdContext’) documented here

// Do not reject self signed certificates.
minioClient.setRequestOptions({ rejectUnauthorized: false })

7. Explore Further