(Node.js) Read S3 Object Metadata of File Already Uploaded to S3

Demonstrates how to retrieve the metadata from an S3 object.

The HEAD operation retrieves metadata from an object without returning the object itself. This operation is useful if you are interested only in an object's metadata. To use HEAD, you must have READ access to the object.

A HEAD request has the same options as a GET operation on an object. The response is identical to the GET response except that there is no response body.

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var os = require('os');
if (os.platform() == 'win32') {  
    if (os.arch() == 'ia32') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-win-ia32');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-win64'); 
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'linux') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-arm');
    } else if (os.arch() == 'x86') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-linux32');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-linux64');
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'darwin') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm64') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-mac-m1');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-macosx');
    }
}

function chilkatExample() {

    // This requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    var http = new chilkat.Http();

    // Insert your AWS keys here:
    http.AwsAccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY";
    http.AwsSecretKey = "AWS_SECRET_KEY";

    var bucketName = "chilkat.ocean";
    var objectName = "seahorse.jpg";

    // User-defined metadata are name/value pairs, and are returned in the HTTP response header.
    // Metadata header names begin with "x-amz-meta-" to distinguish them from other HTTP headers.
    // Note that Amazon S3 stores user-defined metadata keys in lowercase.

    // A HEAD request can be sent to return the response header without the response body.
    // The S3_FileExists method sends a HEAD request.
    // It can be used to get the response header.
    var retval = http.S3_FileExists(bucketName,objectName);
    if (retval < 0) {
        console.log("Failed to check for the S3 object existence");
        console.log(http.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    if (retval == 0) {
        console.log("The S3 object does not exist.");
        return;
    }

    // The response header is available in the LastResponseHeader property.
    var responseHeader = http.LastResponseHeader;
    console.log("Response header:");
    console.log(responseHeader);
    console.log("--");

    // Here is an example response header:

    // 	x-amz-id-2: uS4Flff04M8x5YWajU231TP0ClBL19mMhuyfU5ZVQd6NsUHXVhHK+H3b0sjxY98Fujet1ejhyzk=
    // 	x-amz-request-id: 27950009AA8E68AA
    // 	Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2017 20:12:58 GMT
    // 	Last-Modified: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 00:22:57 GMT
    // 	ETag: "a8551f0a5437f43a796fca7623ee9232"
    // 	x-amz-meta-species: big-belly seahorse
    // 	x-amz-meta-genus: Hippocampus
    // 	x-amz-meta-habitat: shallow tropical and temperate waters
    // 	Accept-Ranges: bytes
    // 	Content-Type: image/jpg
    // 	Content-Length: 24388
    // 	Server: AmazonS3

    // HTTP requests and responses are MIME.  For easy parsing, the response header
    // can be loaded into a Chilkat MIME object
    var mime = new chilkat.Mime();

    mime.LoadMime(responseHeader);

    // Examine the metadata values:
    console.log("x-amz-meta-species: " + mime.GetHeaderField("x-amz-meta-species"));
    console.log("x-amz-meta-genus: " + mime.GetHeaderField("x-amz-meta-genus"));
    console.log("x-amz-meta-habitat: " + mime.GetHeaderField("x-amz-meta-habitat"));
    console.log("--");

    // It is possible to iterate over the header fields to find all x-amz-meta* headers
    var i = 0;
    var numHeaders = mime.NumHeaderFields;
    var sbName = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
    while (i < numHeaders) {
        sbName.SetString(mime.GetHeaderFieldName(i));
        if (sbName.StartsWith("x-amz-meta",false) == true) {
            console.log(sbName.GetAsString() + ": " + mime.GetHeaderFieldValue(i));
        }

        i = i+1;
    }

    // The output:

    // 	x-amz-meta-species: big-belly seahorse
    // 	x-amz-meta-genus: Hippocampus
    // 	x-amz-meta-habitat: shallow tropical and temperate waters

}

chilkatExample();