Python AWS S3: Get S3 Object Tags

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Returns the tags associated with an object. This example gets the tags for the object named "starfish.jpg" located in the bucket "chilkat100".

Documentation: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/RESTObjectGETtagging.html

CURL Command

curl -X GET https://chilkat100.s3.amazonaws.com/starfish.jpg?tagging

Python Example

import sys
import chilkat

rest = chilkat.CkRest()

authAws = chilkat.CkAuthAws()
authAws.put_AccessKey("AWS_ACCESS_KEY")
authAws.put_SecretKey("AWS_SECRET_KEY")
authAws.put_Region("us-east-1")
authAws.put_ServiceName("s3")
rest.SetAuthAws(authAws)

#  URL: https://chilkat100.s3.amazonaws.com/starfish.jpg?tagging
bTls = True
port = 443
bAutoReconnect = True
success = rest.Connect("chilkat100.s3.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
if (success != True):
    print("ConnectFailReason: " + str(rest.get_ConnectFailReason()))
    print(rest.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

sbResponseBody = chilkat.CkStringBuilder()
success = rest.FullRequestNoBodySb("GET","/starfish.jpg?tagging",sbResponseBody)
if (success != True):
    print(rest.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

respStatusCode = rest.get_ResponseStatusCode()
if (respStatusCode >= 400):
    print("Response Status Code = " + str(respStatusCode))
    print("Response Header:")
    print(rest.responseHeader())
    print("Response Body:")
    print(sbResponseBody.getAsString())
    sys.exit()

xmlResponse = chilkat.CkXml()
xmlResponse.LoadSb(sbResponseBody,True)

#  See the Online Tool for Generating XML Parse Code

Tagging_xmlns = xmlResponse.getAttrValue("xmlns")
i = 0
count_i = xmlResponse.NumChildrenHavingTag("TagSet|Tag")
while i < count_i :
    xmlResponse.put_I(i)
    Key = xmlResponse.getChildContent("TagSet|Tag[i]|Key")
    Value = xmlResponse.getChildContent("TagSet|Tag[i]|Value")
    i = i + 1

Sample XML Response Body

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<Tagging xmlns="http://s3.amazonaws.com/doc/2006-03-01/">
    <TagSet>
        <Tag>
            <Key>habitat</Key>
            <Value>ocean</Value>
        </Tag>
        <Tag>
            <Key>phylum</Key>
            <Value>Echinodermata</Value>
        </Tag>
        <Tag>
            <Key>animal</Key>
            <Value>starfish</Value>
        </Tag>
    </TagSet>
</Tagging>