How to Add Dynamic Content Disposition for File Names in Amazon S3 with Python

How to Add Dynamic Content Disposition for File Names in Amazon S3 with Python

Today, we’re going to dive into the world of data storage and retrieval. Specifically, we’ll discuss how you can add dynamic Content-Disposition for file names in Amazon S3 using Python. If you’re a data scientist or a software engineer dealing with data storage and retrieval, this guide will be invaluable for you.

What is Content-Disposition?

As a quick primer, Content-Disposition is a header field in HTTP. It’s used to indicate whether the content should be displayed inline within the browser or treated as an attachment to be downloaded and saved locally. Now, let’s see how we can manipulate this header to add dynamic filenames while downloading files from Amazon S3.

Requirements

You will need to have the boto3 library installed, which facilitates Python developers to write software that makes use of Amazon S3 and other Amazon Web Services. You can install it using pip:

pip install boto3

Setting Up

First, you need to set up the AWS credentials. This is done by creating a file named ~/.aws/credentials with the following content:

[default]
aws_access_key_id = YOUR_ACCESS_KEY
aws_secret_access_key = YOUR_SECRET_KEY

Replace YOUR_ACCESS_KEY and YOUR_SECRET_KEY with your actual AWS access and secret keys.

The Python Code

Here’s a Python function you can use to add dynamic Content-Disposition to a file in Amazon S3:

import boto3

def add_content_disposition(bucket: str, key: str, new_filename: str):
    s3 = boto3.resource('s3')
    bucket = s3.Bucket(bucket)
    object = bucket.Object(key)
    
    # copy the object to itself while updating the metadata
    object.copy_from(
        CopySource={'Bucket': bucket.name, 'Key': object.key},
        MetadataDirective='REPLACE',
        ContentDisposition=f'attachment; filename={new_filename}'
    )

This function takes three arguments: bucket (the name of your S3 bucket), key (the file path in your S3 bucket), and new_filename (the new filename you want to set). It uses the copy_from method of the Object class in boto3 to copy the object onto itself while replacing the Content-Disposition header.

Use the Function

You can use the function like this:

add_content_disposition('my-bucket', 'path/to/myfile.txt', 'newfile.txt')

After running this code, whenever you download the file path/to/myfile.txt from the my-bucket bucket, it will be saved as newfile.txt.

Conclusion

In this post, we’ve covered how to add dynamic Content-Disposition for file names in Amazon S3 with Python. This is a powerful way to control how your files are downloaded and what filenames they are given when downloaded.

We hope you found this guide useful. If you have any questions or run into any issues, don’t hesitate to reach out.

Keywords: Python, Amazon S3, Content-Disposition, boto3, dynamic filenames, data storage, data retrieval, AWS

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