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Object Storage Service:Simple upload (C SDK)

Last Updated:Nov 29, 2025

This topic describes how to perform a simple upload.

Notes

  • In this topic, the public endpoint of the China (Hangzhou) region is used. If you want to access OSS from other Alibaba Cloud services in the same region as OSS, use an internal endpoint. For more information about OSS regions and endpoints, see Regions and endpoints.

  • In this topic, an OSSClient instance is created by using an OSS endpoint. If you want to create an OSSClient instance by using custom domain names or Security Token Service (STS), see Initialization.

Permissions

By default, an Alibaba Cloud account has full permissions. RAM users or RAM roles under an Alibaba Cloud account do not have any permissions by default. The Alibaba Cloud account or account administrator must grant operation permissions through RAM Policy or Bucket policies.

API

Action

Definition

PutObject

oss:PutObject

Uploads an object.

oss:PutObjectTagging

When uploading an object, if you specify object tags through x-oss-tagging, this permission is required.

kms:GenerateDataKey

When uploading an object, if the object metadata contains X-Oss-Server-Side-Encryption: KMS, these two permissions are required.

kms:Decrypt

Upload data from memory

The following code shows how to upload data from memory:

#include "oss_api.h"
#include "aos_http_io.h"
/* Set yourEndpoint to the Endpoint of the region where the bucket is located. For example, if the bucket is in the China (Hangzhou) region, set the Endpoint to https://oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com. */
const char *endpoint = "yourEndpoint";
/* Specify the bucket name. Example: examplebucket. */
const char *bucket_name = "examplebucket";
/* Specify the full path of the object. The full path cannot contain the bucket name. Example: exampledir/exampleobject.txt. */
const char *object_name = "exampledir/exampleobject.txt";
const char *object_content = "More than just cloud.";
/* Set yourRegion to the region ID of the region where the bucket is located. For example, if the bucket is in the China (Hangzhou) region, set the region ID to cn-hangzhou. */
const char *region = "yourRegion";
void init_options(oss_request_options_t *options)
{
    options->config = oss_config_create(options->pool);
    /* Initialize the aos_string_t type with a char* string. */
    aos_str_set(&options->config->endpoint, endpoint);
    /* Obtain access credentials from environment variables. Before you run this sample code, make sure that the OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET environment variables are set. */
    aos_str_set(&options->config->access_key_id, getenv("OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID"));
    aos_str_set(&options->config->access_key_secret, getenv("OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET"));
    // Configure the following two parameters.
    aos_str_set(&options->config->region, region);
    options->config->signature_version = 4;
    /* Specifies whether a CNAME is used. 0 indicates that no CNAME is used. */
    options->config->is_cname = 0;
    /* Set network parameters, such as the timeout period. */
    options->ctl = aos_http_controller_create(options->pool, 0);
}
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    /* Call the aos_http_io_initialize method at the program entry to initialize global resources, such as the network and memory. */
    if (aos_http_io_initialize(NULL, 0) != AOSE_OK) {
        exit(1);
    }
    /* The memory pool for memory management is equivalent to apr_pool_t. The implementation code is in the apr library. */
    aos_pool_t *pool;
    /* Create a memory pool. The second parameter is NULL, which indicates that the memory pool does not inherit from another memory pool. */
    aos_pool_create(&pool, NULL);
    /* Create and initialize options. This parameter contains global configuration information, such as endpoint, access_key_id, access_key_secret, is_cname, and curl. */
    oss_request_options_t *oss_client_options;
    /* Allocate memory to options in the memory pool. */
    oss_client_options = oss_request_options_create(pool);
    /* Initialize the client option oss_client_options. */
    init_options(oss_client_options);
    /* Initialize parameters. */
    aos_string_t bucket;
    aos_string_t object;
    aos_list_t buffer;
    aos_buf_t *content = NULL;
    aos_table_t *headers = NULL;
    aos_table_t *resp_headers = NULL; 
    aos_status_t *resp_status = NULL; 
    aos_str_set(&bucket, bucket_name);
    aos_str_set(&object, object_name);
    aos_list_init(&buffer);
    content = aos_buf_pack(oss_client_options->pool, object_content, strlen(object_content));
    aos_list_add_tail(&content->node, &buffer);
    /* Upload the file. */
    resp_status = oss_put_object_from_buffer(oss_client_options, &bucket, &object, &buffer, headers, &resp_headers);
    /* Check whether the upload is successful. */
    if (aos_status_is_ok(resp_status)) {
        printf("put object from buffer succeeded\n");
    } else {
        printf("put object from buffer failed\n");      
    }
    /* Release the memory pool. This releases the memory allocated to resources during the request. */
    aos_pool_destroy(pool);
    /* Release the allocated global resources. */
    aos_http_io_deinitialize();
    return 0;
}

Upload a local file

The following code shows how to upload a local file:

#include "oss_api.h"
#include "aos_http_io.h"
/* Set yourEndpoint to the Endpoint of the region where the bucket is located. For example, if the bucket is in the China (Hangzhou) region, set the Endpoint to https://oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com. */
const char *endpoint = "yourEndpoint";
/* Specify the bucket name. Example: examplebucket. */
const char *bucket_name = "examplebucket";
/* Specify the full path of the object. The full path cannot contain the bucket name. Example: exampledir/exampleobject.txt. */
const char *object_name = "exampledir/exampleobject.txt";
/* Specify the full path of the local file. */
const char *local_filename = "yourLocalFilename";
/* Set yourRegion to the region ID of the region where the bucket is located. For example, if the bucket is in the China (Hangzhou) region, set the region ID to cn-hangzhou. */
const char *region = "yourRegion";
void init_options(oss_request_options_t *options)
{
    options->config = oss_config_create(options->pool);
    /* Initialize the aos_string_t type with a char* string. */
    aos_str_set(&options->config->endpoint, endpoint);
    /* Obtain access credentials from environment variables. Before you run this sample code, make sure that the OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET environment variables are set. */
    aos_str_set(&options->config->access_key_id, getenv("OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID"));
    aos_str_set(&options->config->access_key_secret, getenv("OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET"));
    // Configure the following two parameters.
    aos_str_set(&options->config->region, region);
    options->config->signature_version = 4;
    /* Specifies whether a CNAME is used. 0 indicates that no CNAME is used. */
    options->config->is_cname = 0;
    /* Set network parameters, such as the timeout period. */
    options->ctl = aos_http_controller_create(options->pool, 0);
}
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    /* Call the aos_http_io_initialize method at the program entry to initialize global resources, such as the network and memory. */
    if (aos_http_io_initialize(NULL, 0) != AOSE_OK) {
        exit(1);
    }
    /* The memory pool for memory management is equivalent to apr_pool_t. The implementation code is in the apr library. */
    aos_pool_t *pool;
    /* Create a memory pool. The second parameter is NULL, which indicates that the memory pool does not inherit from another memory pool. */
    aos_pool_create(&pool, NULL);
    /* Create and initialize options. This parameter contains global configuration information, such as endpoint, access_key_id, access_key_secret, is_cname, and curl. */
    oss_request_options_t *oss_client_options;
    /* Allocate memory to options in the memory pool. */
    oss_client_options = oss_request_options_create(pool);
    /* Initialize the client option oss_client_options. */
    init_options(oss_client_options);
    /* Initialize parameters. */
    aos_string_t bucket;
    aos_string_t object;
    aos_string_t file;
    aos_table_t *headers = NULL;
    aos_table_t *resp_headers = NULL; 
    aos_status_t *resp_status = NULL; 
    aos_str_set(&bucket, bucket_name);
    aos_str_set(&object, object_name);
    aos_str_set(&file, local_filename);
    /* Upload the file. */
    resp_status = oss_put_object_from_file(oss_client_options, &bucket, &object, &file, headers, &resp_headers);
    /* Check whether the upload is successful. */
    if (aos_status_is_ok(resp_status)) {
        printf("put object from file succeeded\n");
    } else {
        printf("put object from file failed\n");
    }
    /* Release the memory pool. This releases the memory allocated to resources during the request. */
    aos_pool_destroy(pool);
    /* Release the allocated global resources. */
    aos_http_io_deinitialize();
    return 0;
}

FAQ: Cannot upload files with names that contain Chinese characters

On Linux

To upload a file with a name that contains Chinese characters from a Linux system, follow the same procedure as uploading a local file to OSS. For more information, see Upload a local file.

On Windows

To upload a file with a name that contains Chinese characters from a Windows system, you must encode the filename in UTF-8. The following code provides an example:

#include "oss_api.h"
#include "aos_http_io.h"
#include <wchar.h>
/* Set yourEndpoint to the Endpoint of the region where the bucket is located. For example, if the bucket is in the China (Hangzhou) region, set the Endpoint to https://oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com. */
const char *endpoint = "yourEndpoint";
/* Specify the bucket name. Example: examplebucket. */
const char *bucket_name = "examplebucket";
/* Specify the full path of the object. The full path cannot contain the bucket name. Example: exampledir/exampleobject.txt. */
const char *object_name = "exampledir/exampleobject.txt";
/* Specify the full path of the local file. */
const char *local_filename_ch = "yourLocalFilename";
/* Set yourRegion to the region ID of the region where the bucket is located. For example, if the bucket is in the China (Hangzhou) region, set the region ID to cn-hangzhou. */
const char *region = "yourRegion";
void init_options(oss_request_options_t *options)
{
    options->config = oss_config_create(options->pool);
    /* Initialize the aos_string_t type with a char* string. */
    aos_str_set(&options->config->endpoint, endpoint);
    /* Obtain access credentials from environment variables. Before you run this sample code, make sure that the OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET environment variables are set. */
    aos_str_set(&options->config->access_key_id, getenv("OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID"));
    aos_str_set(&options->config->access_key_secret, getenv("OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET"));
    // Configure the following two parameters.
    aos_str_set(&options->config->region, region);
    options->config->signature_version = 4;
    /* Specifies whether a CNAME is used. 0 indicates that no CNAME is used. */
    options->config->is_cname = 0;
    /* Set network parameters, such as the timeout period. */
    options->ctl = aos_http_controller_create(options->pool, 0);
}

char* multibyte_to_utf8(const char * ch, char *str, int size)
{
    if (!ch || !str || size <= 0)
        return NULL;

    int chlen = strlen(ch);
    int multi_byte_cnt = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < chlen - 1; i++) {
        if ((ch[i] & 0x80) && (ch[i + 1] & 0x80)) {
            i++;
            multi_byte_cnt++;
        }
    }
    if (multi_byte_cnt == 0)
        return ch;

    int len = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, 0, ch, -1, NULL, 0);
    if (len <= 0)
        return NULL;
    wchar_t *wch = malloc(sizeof(wchar_t) * (len + 1));
    if (!wch)
        return NULL;
    wmemset(wch, 0, len + 1);
    MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, 0, ch, -1, wch, len);

    len = WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, wch, -1, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL);
    if ((len <= 0) || (size < len + 1)) {
        free(wch);
        return NULL;
    }
    memset(str, 0, len + 1);
    WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, wch, -1, str, len, NULL, NULL);
    free(wch);
    return str;
}

int main(int argc, char argv[])
{
    /* Call the aos_http_io_initialize method at the program entry to initialize global resources, such as the network and memory. */
    if (aos_http_io_initialize(NULL, 0) != AOSE_OK) {
        exit(1);
    }
    /* The memory pool for memory management is equivalent to apr_pool_t. The implementation code is in the apr library. */
    aos_pool_t pool;
    /* Create a memory pool. The second parameter is NULL, which indicates that the memory pool does not inherit from another memory pool. */
    aos_pool_create(&pool, NULL);
    /* Create and initialize options. This parameter contains global configuration information, such as endpoint, access_key_id, access_key_secret, is_cname, and curl. */
    oss_request_options_t oss_client_options;
    /* Allocate memory to options in the memory pool. */
    oss_client_options = oss_request_options_create(pool);
    /* Initialize the client option oss_client_options. */
    init_options(oss_client_options);
    /* Initialize parameters. */
    aos_string_t bucket;
    aos_string_t object;
    aos_string_t file;
    aos_table_t *headers = NULL;
    aos_table_t *resp_headers = NULL;
    aos_status_t *resp_status = NULL;
    aos_str_set(&bucket, bucket_name);
    aos_str_set(&object, object_name);

    /* UTF-8 encode the multi-byte Chinese name. */
    char local_filename_buf[1024];
    char * local_filename = multibyte_to_utf8(local_filename_ch, local_filename_buf, 1024);
    aos_str_set(&file, local_filename);

    /* Upload the file. */
    resp_status = oss_put_object_from_file(oss_client_options, &bucket, &object, &file, headers, &resp_headers);
    /* Check whether the upload is successful. */
    if (aos_status_is_ok(resp_status)) {
        printf("put object from file succeeded\n");
    } else {
        printf("put object from file failed\n");
    }
    /* Release the memory pool. This releases the memory allocated to resources during the request. */
    aos_pool_destroy(pool);
    /* Release the allocated global resources. */
    aos_http_io_deinitialize();
    return 0;
}

References

  • For the complete sample code for simple uploads, see the GitHub example.

  • For more information about the API operation for simple uploads, see PutObject.