How to update metadata of an existing object in AWS S3 using python boto3?

Question

boto3 documentation does not clearly specify how to update the user metadata of an already existing S3 Object.

Answer 1

You can either update metadata by adding something or updating a current metadata value with a new one, here is the piece of code I am using :

import sys
import os 
import boto3
import pprint
from boto3 import client
from botocore.utils import fix_s3_host
param_1= YOUR_ACCESS_KEY
param_2= YOUR_SECRETE_KEY
param_3= YOUR_END_POINT 
param_4= YOUR_BUCKET

#Create the S3 client
s3ressource = client(
    service_name='s3', 
    endpoint_url= param_3,
    aws_access_key_id= param_1,
    aws_secret_access_key=param_2,
    use_ssl=True,
    )
# Building a list of of object per bucket
def BuildObjectListPerBucket (variablebucket):
    global listofObjectstobeanalyzed
    listofObjectstobeanalyzed = []
    extensions = ['.jpg','.png']
    for key  in s3ressource.list_objects(Bucket=variablebucket)["Contents"]:
        #print (key ['Key'])
        onemoreObject=key['Key']
        if onemoreObject.endswith(tuple(extensions)):
            listofObjectstobeanalyzed.append(onemoreObject)
    #print listofObjectstobeanalyzed
        else :
            s3ressource.delete_object(Bucket=variablebucket,Key=onemoreObject)          
    return listofObjectstobeanalyzed

# for a given existing object, create metadata
def createmetdata(bucketname,objectname):
    s3ressource.upload_file(objectname, bucketname, objectname, ExtraArgs={"Metadata": {"metadata1":"ImageName","metadata2":"ImagePROPERTIES" ,"metadata3":"ImageCREATIONDATE"}})

# for a given existing object, add new metadata
def ADDmetadata(bucketname,objectname):
    s3_object = s3ressource.get_object(Bucket=bucketname, Key=objectname)
    k = s3ressource.head_object(Bucket = bucketname, Key = objectname)
    m = k["Metadata"]
    m["new_metadata"] = "ImageNEWMETADATA"
    s3ressource.copy_object(Bucket = bucketname, Key = objectname, CopySource = bucketname + '/' + objectname, Metadata = m, MetadataDirective='REPLACE')

# for a given existing object, update  a metadata with new value
def CHANGEmetadata(bucketname,objectname):
    s3_object = s3ressource.get_object(Bucket=bucketname, Key=objectname)
    k = s3ressource.head_object(Bucket = bucketname, Key = objectname)
    m = k["Metadata"]
    m.update({'watson_visual_rec_dic':'ImageCREATIONDATEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE'})
    s3ressource.copy_object(Bucket = bucketname, Key = objectname, CopySource = bucketname + '/' + objectname, Metadata = m, MetadataDirective='REPLACE')

def readmetadata (bucketname,objectname):
    ALLDATAOFOBJECT = s3ressource.get_object(Bucket=bucketname, Key=objectname)
    ALLDATAOFOBJECTMETADATA=ALLDATAOFOBJECT['Metadata']
    print ALLDATAOFOBJECTMETADATA



# create the list of object on a per bucket basis
BuildObjectListPerBucket (param_4)

# Call functions to see the results 
for objectitem in listofObjectstobeanalyzed:
    # CALL The function you want 
    readmetadata(param_4,objectitem)
    ADDmetadata(param_4,objectitem)
    readmetadata(param_4,objectitem)
    CHANGEmetadata(param_4,objectitem)
    readmetadata(param_4,objectitem)