GET object response headers

The table below describes the response headers returned in response to a successful request to retrieve an object.

Request header Description
Content-Length Specifies the size, in bytes, of the returned data.
Content-Range Specifies the range of bytes retrieved out of the total size of the object data. This header is returned only if the request headers include Range.
Content-Type

Specifies the Internet media type of the object or object version. This is one of, in order of precedence:

The Internet media type specified by the response-content-type request header.

The Internet media type specified in the Content-Type header when the object was stored.

An Internet media type determined by HCP based on the object name.

application/octet-stream if HCP cannot determine the Internet media type.

Date See Common response headers.
ETag Specifies the ETag for the target object.
Last-Modified

Specifies the date and time at which the object or object version was last modified, in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For a deleted version, this is the date and time at which the deleted version was created.

The date and time are expressed in this format:

DDD, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss GMT

For example:

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:46:03 GMT

Modifying an object means modifying its metadata. You cannot modify the content of an object.

Server

See Common response headers.

x-amz-meta- Specifies a custom metadata property/value pair. The response headers include one x-amz-meta- header for each applicable pair. For more information on this header, see Retrieving custom metadata with HS3.
x-amz-missing-meta Indicates that the .metapairs annotation for the object or object version doesn’t contain valid XML or that the first line in the annotation doesn’t begin with the metapairs element. This header is returned only when applicable. The value is always 1 (one).
x-amz-version-id Specifies the version ID of the target object. This header is returned only while versioning is enabled on the target bucket.

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