OpenStack Object Storage (swift)

Removing the TTL of an object

Asked by André Cruz

According to http://docs.openstack.org/api/openstack-object-storage/1.0/content/Expiring_Objects-e1e3228.html it is possible to add a TTL to an existing object. But nothing is said about removing a TTL from an object.

Is it possible to make a temporary object permanent?

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Best gholt (gholt) said : 		#7

You just POST to the object with no X-Delete-At and no X-Delete-After header:

Here's an object I have that's set to expire:

$ curl -I 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/v1/AUTH_test/container/object' -H 'X-Auth-Token: AUTH_tk06174d1ef50c4ad1821ac5b1642604d0'

...
X-Delete-At: 1343155714

So then I POST to the object to update it's metadata (note: this example clears ALL metadata):

$ curl -X POST 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/v1/AUTH_test/container/object' -H 'X-Auth-Token: AUTH_tk06174d1ef50c4ad1821ac5b1642604d0'

And then check to see it has no X-Delete-At anymore:

$ curl -I 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/v1/AUTH_test/container/object' -H 'X-Auth-Token: AUTH_tk06174d1ef50c4ad1821ac5b1642604d0'

...

If you have other metadata on the object you wish to keep, you'll have to resubmit those headers with the POST.

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André Cruz (andrefcruz) said : 		#8

Thank you!

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André Cruz (andrefcruz) said : 		#9

Thanks gholt, that solved my question.