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PUT Bucket website

Last updated: 2026-02-28 15:13:51

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Overview

This API is used to configure a static website for a bucket by importing configuration files in XML format. The file size is limited to 64 KB.
Note:
If a bucket already has a static website configuration, calling this API will overwrite the existing static website configuration information.


Authorization Description

In the authorization policy, action is set to cos:PutBucketWebsite. View all action.

Request

Sample request

PUT /?website HTTP/1.1
Host: <BucketName-APPID>.cos.<Region>.myqcloud.com
Date: GMT Date
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: Content Length
Content-MD5: MD5
Authorization: Auth String

[Request Body]
Note:
In Host: <BucketName-APPID>.cos.<Region>.myqcloud.com, <BucketName-APPID> is the bucket name followed by the APPID, such as examplebucket-1250000000 (see Bucket Overview > Basic Information and Bucket Overview > Bucket Naming Conventions), and <Region> is a COS region (see Regions and Access Endpoints).
Authorization: Auth String (See Request Signature for details.)

Request parameters

This API has no request parameter.

Request headers

This API only uses Common Request Headers.

Request body

This request body submits the application/xml data that includes all information about the static website configuration of the bucket.
<WebsiteConfiguration>
    <IndexDocument>
        <Suffix>String</Suffix>
    </IndexDocument>
    <RedirectAllRequestsTo>
        <Protocol>String</Protocol>
    </RedirectAllRequestsTo>
    <AutoAddressing>
        <Status>Enabled|Disabled</Status>
    </AutoAddressing>
    <ErrorDocument>
        <Key>String</Key>
        <Charity404>Enabled|Disabled</Charity404>
        <OriginalHttpStatus>Enabled|Disabled</OriginalHttpStatus>
    </ErrorDocument>
    <RoutingRules>
        <RoutingRule>
            <Condition>
                <HttpErrorCodeReturnedEquals>Integer</HttpErrorCodeReturnedEquals>
            </Condition>
            <Redirect>
                <Protocol>String</Protocol>
                <ReplaceKeyWith>String</ReplaceKeyWith>
                <URLRedirect>Enabled|Disabled</URLRedirect>
            </Redirect>
        </RoutingRule>
        <RoutingRule>
            <Condition>
                <KeyPrefixEquals>String</KeyPrefixEquals>
            </Condition>
            <Redirect>
                <Protocol>String</Protocol>
                <ReplaceKeyPrefixWith>String</ReplaceKeyPrefixWith>
                <URLRedirect>Enabled|Disabled</URLRedirect>
            </Redirect>
        </RoutingRule>
    </RoutingRules>
</WebsiteConfiguration>
The nodes are described as follows:
Node Name (Keyword)
Parent Node
Description
Type
Required
WebsiteConfiguration
None
Contains all the request information about PUT Bucket website
Container
Yes
Content of WebsiteConfiguration:
Node Name (Keyword)
Parent Node
Description
Type
Required
IndexDocument
WebsiteConfiguration
Index document configuration
Container
Yes
RedirectAllRequestsTo
WebsiteConfiguration
Configures redirection for all requests
Container
No
AutoAddressing
WebsiteConfiguration
Whether to ignore all file extensions
Container
No
ErrorDocument
WebsiteConfiguration
Error document configuration
Container
No
RoutingRules
WebsiteConfiguration
Routing rule configuration. A RoutingRules container can contain up to 100 RoutingRule elements.
Container
No
Content of IndexDocument:
Node Name (Keyword)
Parent Node
Description
Type
Required
Suffix
WebsiteConfiguration.IndexDocument
Specifies the object key suffix for index documents. For example, if it is specified as index.html, the request automatically returns index.html when you access the root directory of the bucket, or article/index.html when you access the directory article/.
String
Yes
Content of RedirectAllRequestsTo:
Node Name (Keyword)
Parent Node
Description
Type
Required
Protocol
WebsiteConfiguration.RedirectAllRequestsTo
Specifies the target protocol to redirect all requests. Only HTTPS is supported.
String
No
Content of AutoAddressing:
Node Name (Keyword)
Parent Node
Description
Type
Required
Status
WebsiteConfiguration.AutoAddressing
Whether to ignore the HTML file extension. Valid values: Enabled, Disabled (default)
String
No
Content of ErrorDocument:
Node Name (Keyword)
Parent Node
Description
Type
Required
Key
WebsiteConfiguration.ErrorDocument
Specifies the object key to return for the error document if an error occurs and does not match the error code in the routing rule
String
No
OriginalHttpStatus
WebsiteConfiguration.ErrorDocument
Configures whether to return the corresponding HTTPS status code if the error documents are hit. Valid values: Enabled (default), Disabled
String
No
Charity404
WebsiteConfiguration.ErrorDocument
Configures whether to display the 404 public welfare page when the error code is 404. Valid values: Enabled or Disabled. Default: Disabled.
String
No
Content of RoutingRules:
Node Name (Keyword)
Parent Node
Description
Type
Required
RoutingRule
WebsiteConfiguration.RoutingRules
A single routing rule
Container
Yes
Content of RoutingRules.RoutingRule:
Node Name (Keyword)
Parent Node
Description
Type
Required
Condition
WebsiteConfiguration.RoutingRules.RoutingRule
Condition for the routing rule
Container
Yes
Redirect
WebsiteConfiguration.RoutingRules.RoutingRule
Configuration of the redirection target
Container
Yes
Content of RoutingRules.RoutingRule.Condition:
Node Name (Keyword)
Parent Node
Description
Type
Required
HttpErrorCodeReturnedEquals
WebsiteConfiguration.RoutingRules.RoutingRule.Condition
Specifies the error code as the match condition for the routing rule. Valid values: only 4xx return codes, such as 403 or 404.
Integer
Either this parameter or KeyPrefixEquals must be specified.
KeyPrefixEquals
WebsiteConfiguration.RoutingRules.RoutingRule.Condition
Specifies the object key prefix as the match condition for the routing rule
String
Either this parameter or HttpErrorCodeReturnedEquals must be specified.
Content of RoutingRules.RoutingRule.Redirect:
Node Name (Keyword)
Parent Node
Description
Type
Required
Protocol
WebsiteConfiguration.RoutingRules.RoutingRule.Redirect
Specifies the target protocol for the routing rule. Only HTTPS is supported.
String
No
ReplaceKeyWith
WebsiteConfiguration.RoutingRules.RoutingRule.Redirect
Specifies the target object key to replace the original object key in the request.
String
Either this parameter or ReplaceKeyPrefixWith must be specified.
ReplaceKeyPrefixWith
WebsiteConfiguration.RoutingRules.RoutingRule.Redirect
Specifies the object key prefix to replace the original prefix in the request. You can set this parameter only if the condition is KeyPrefixEquals.
String
Either this parameter or ReplaceKeyWith must be specified.
URLRedirect
WebsiteConfiguration.RoutingRules.RoutingRule.Redirect
Whether the URL in the redirect rule changes according to the replacement content. Valid values: Enabled, Disabled. The default value is Enabled.
String
No

Response

Response headers

This API only returns Common Response Headers.

Response body

The response body of this API is empty.

Error codes

This API returns common error responses and error codes. For more information, please see Error Codes.

Samples

Request

PUT /?website HTTP/1.1
Host: examplebucket-1250000000.cos.ap-beijing.myqcloud.com
Date: Wed, 20 May 2020 09:33:38 GMT
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: 1209
Content-MD5: VHzj4Uwb++HLyCJp7jUzWg==
Authorization: q-sign-algorithm=sha1&q-ak=AKID8A0fBVtYFrNm02oY1g1JQQF0c3JO****&q-sign-time=1589967218;1589974418&q-key-time=1589967218;1589974418&q-header-list=content-length;content-md5;content-type;date;host&q-url-param-list=website&q-signature=4666493555640e834a879c78afaa4fd9b16a****
Connection: close

<WebsiteConfiguration>
    <IndexDocument>
        <Suffix>index.html</Suffix>
    </IndexDocument>
    <RedirectAllRequestsTo>
        <Protocol>https</Protocol>
    </RedirectAllRequestsTo>
    <ErrorDocument>
        <Key>pages/error.html</Key>
    </ErrorDocument>
    <RoutingRules>
        <RoutingRule>
            <Condition>
                <HttpErrorCodeReturnedEquals>403</HttpErrorCodeReturnedEquals>
            </Condition>
            <Redirect>
                <Protocol>https</Protocol>
                <ReplaceKeyWith>pages/403.html</ReplaceKeyWith>
            </Redirect>
        </RoutingRule>
        <RoutingRule>
            <Condition>
                <HttpErrorCodeReturnedEquals>404</HttpErrorCodeReturnedEquals>
            </Condition>
            <Redirect>
                <ReplaceKeyWith>pages/404.html</ReplaceKeyWith>
            </Redirect>
        </RoutingRule>
        <RoutingRule>
            <Condition>
                <KeyPrefixEquals>assets/</KeyPrefixEquals>
            </Condition>
            <Redirect>
                <ReplaceKeyWith>index.html</ReplaceKeyWith>
            </Redirect>
        </RoutingRule>
        <RoutingRule>
            <Condition>
                <KeyPrefixEquals>article/</KeyPrefixEquals>
            </Condition>
            <Redirect>
                <Protocol>https</Protocol>
                <ReplaceKeyPrefixWith>archived/</ReplaceKeyPrefixWith>
            </Redirect>
        </RoutingRule>
    </RoutingRules>
</WebsiteConfiguration>

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Length: 0
Connection: close
Date: Wed, 20 May 2020 09:33:38 GMT
Server: tencent-cos
x-cos-request-id: NWVjNGY5NzJfOThjMjJhMDlfMjg5Ml8yYzNi****

FAQs

Error Documents, 404 Default Pages, and Redirect Rules Take Effect in the Following Order of Precedence

If the user has configured the error document, enabled the 404 public welfare page, and set redirect rules simultaneously, the priority order when all three are triggered is: redirect rules > 404 public welfare page > error document.
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