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CRC64 check

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Feature Overview

Errors may occur when data is transferred between the client and the server. COS can not only verify data integrity through MD5 and custom attributes, but also the CRC64 check code.
COS will calculate the CRC64 value of the newly uploaded object and store the result as object attributes. It will carry x-cos-hash-crc64ecma in the returned response header, which indicates the CRC64 value of the uploaded object calculated according to ECMA-182 standard. If an object already has a CRC64 value stored before this feature is activated, COS will not calculate its CRC64 value, nor will it be returned when the object is obtained.

Notes

APIs that currently support CRC64 include:
APIs for simple upload
PUT Object and POST Object: you can get the CRC64 check value for your file from the response headers.
Multipart upload APIs
Upload Part: you can compare and verify the CRC64 value returned by COS against the value calculated locally.
Complete Multipart Upload: returns a CRC64 value for the entire object only if each part has a CRC64 attribute. Otherwise, no value is returned.
The Upload Part - Copy operation returns a corresponding CRC64 value.
When you call the PUT Object - Copy, the CRC64 value is returned only if the source object has one.
The HEAD Object and GET Object operations return the CRC64 value provided the object has one. You can compare and verify the CRC64 value returned by COS against that calculated locally.

API Samples

Upload Part response

The following example shows the response to an Upload Part request. The x-cos-hash-crc64ecma header represents the CRC64 value of a part, which you can compare against the locally calculated CRC64 value to verify the part integrity.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
content-length: 0
connection: close
date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 01:58:03 GMT
etag: "358e8c8b1bfa35ee3bd44cb3d2cc416b"
server: tencent-cos
x-cos-hash-crc64ecma: 15060521397700495958
x-cos-request-id: NWRlODY0MmJfMjBiNDU4NjRfNjkyZl80ZjZi****

Complete Multipart Upload response

The following example shows the response to a Complete Multipart Upload request. The x-cos-hash-crc64ecma header represents the CRC64 value of an entire object, which you can compare against the locally calculated CRC64 value to verify the object integrity.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
content-type: application/xml
transfer-encoding: chunked
connection: close
date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 02:01:17 GMT
server: tencent-cos
x-cos-hash-crc64ecma: 15060521397700495958
x-cos-request-id: NWRlODY0ZWRfMjNiMjU4NjRfOGQ4Ml81MDEw****

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SDK Samples

Python SDK

The following example uses the Python SDK to verify object integrity. The complete sample code is as follows.
Note
The code is based on Python 2.7. For detailed usage of the Python SDK, please refer to the Object Operations documentation for Python SDK.

1. Initial Configuration

Configure user attributes, including SecretId, SecretKey, and region, and create a client object.
# -*- coding=utf-8
from qcloud_cos import CosConfig
from qcloud_cos import CosS3Client
from qcloud_cos import CosServiceError
from qcloud_cos import CosClientError
import sys
import logging
import hashlib
import crcmod

logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, stream=sys.stdout)

# Set user attributes, including SecretId, SecretKey, and Region
# APPID has been removed from the configuration. Please include APPID in the Bucket parameter. The Bucket is composed of BucketName-APPID.
secret_id = COS_SECRETID           # Replace with your own SecretId
secret_key = COS_SECRETKEY         # Replace with your own SecretKey
region = 'ap-beijing'      # Replace with your own region (which is Beijing in this sample)
token = None               # If a temporary key is used, Token needs to be passed in, which is left empty by default
config = CosConfig(Region=region, SecretId=secret_id, SecretKey=secret_key, Token=token)  # Get the configured object
client = CosS3Client(config)

2. Calculate the object's check value

Simulate object parts and calculate the checksum of the entire object.
OBJECT_PART_SIZE = 1024 * 1024      # Size of each simulated part
OBJECT_TOTAL_SIZE = OBJECT_PART_SIZE * 1 + 123      # Total size of the object
object_body = '1' * OBJECT_TOTAL_SIZE       # Object content

#Calculate the checksum of the entire object.
c64 = crcmod.mkCrcFun(0x142F0E1EBA9EA3693, initCrc=0, xorOut=0xffffffffffffffff, rev=True)
local_crc64 =str(c64(object_body))

3. Initialize Multipart Upload

Initialize the multipart upload
response = client.create_multipart_upload(
    Bucket='examplebucket-1250000000',  # Replace with your Bucket name, examplebucket is a sample storage bucket, and 1250000000 is a sample APPID
    Key='exampleobject',                # Replace with the object Key value you uploaded
    StorageClass='STANDARD',            # Object storage type
)
#Get the UploadId of the multipart upload
upload_id = response['UploadId']

4. Multipart Upload Object

During a multipart upload, an object is divided into multiple (up to 10,000) parts for upload. The size of each part ranges from 1 MB to 5 GB, except the last part that can be less than 1 MB. When uploading parts, configure the PartNumber of each part and calculate its corresponding CRC64 value. After the parts are successfully uploaded, check the returned CRC64 value with the locally calculated value to verify the object integrity.
#Upload an object in parts where the size of each part is OBJECT_PART_SIZE except the last part which may be smaller
part_list = list()
position = 0 
left_size = OBJECT_TOTAL_SIZE
part_number = 0 
while left_size > 0:
    part_number += 1
    if left_size >= OBJECT_PART_SIZE:
        body = object_body[position:position+OBJECT_PART_SIZE]
    else:
        body = object_body[position:]
    position += OBJECT_PART_SIZE
    left_size -= OBJECT_PART_SIZE
    local_part_crc64 = str(c64(body))	# Calculate CRC64 locally

    response = client.upload_part(
        Bucket='examplebucket-1250000000',
        Key='exampleobject',
        Body=body,
        PartNumber=part_number,
        UploadId=upload_id,
    )   
    part_crc_64 = response['x-cos-hash-crc64ecma']	# CRC64 returned by the server
    if local_part_crc64 != part_crc_64:		# Data verification
        print 'crc64 check FAIL'
        exit(-1)
    etag = response['ETag']
    part_list.append({'ETag' : etag, 'PartNumber' : part_number})

5. Complete Multipart Upload

After all parts are successfully uploaded, you need to complete the multipart upload. Then, you can verify the CRC64 value returned by COS against that of the local object.
#Complete the multipart upload
response = client.complete_multipart_upload(
    Bucket='examplebucket-1250000000',  # Replace with your Bucket name, examplebucket is a sample storage bucket, and 1250000000 is a sample APPID
    Key='exampleobject',             # Object's Key value
    UploadId=upload_id,
    MultipartUpload={       			#Requires each part's ETag and PartNumber to correspond one-to-one
        'Part' : part_list    
    },
)
crc64ecma = response['x-cos-hash-crc64ecma']
if crc64ecma != local_crc64:# Data Check
    print 'check crc64 Failed'
    exit(-1)

Java SDK

You are advised to use advanced APIs of the Java SDK to upload objects. For more information, please see Object Operations.

Calculating CRC64 locally

String calculateCrc64(File localFile) throws IOException {
    CRC64 crc64 = new CRC64();

    try (FileInputStream stream = new FileInputStream(localFile)) {
        byte[] b = new byte[1024 * 1024];
        while (true) {
            final int read = stream.read(b);
            if (read <= 0) {
                break;
            }
            crc64.update(b, read);
        }
    }

    return Long.toUnsignedString(crc64.getValue());
}

Getting CRC64 of a COS file and verifying it with the local one

// For COSClient creation, refer to: [Quick Start](https://cloud.tencent.com/document/product/436/10199);
ObjectMetadata cosMeta = COSClient().getObjectMetadata(bucketName, cosFilePath); 
String cosCrc64 = cosMeta.getCrc64Ecma();
String localCrc64 = calculateCrc64(localFile);

if (cosCrc64.equals(localCrc64)) {
    System.out.println("ok");
} else {
    System.out.println("fail");
}

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