Download via Pre-Signed URL
Last updated: 2025-08-29 10:47:09
Overview
All buckets and objects are private by default. If you want any third party to be able to download an object without using CAM account or temporary keys, provide the third parties with signatures via pre-signed URLs for download operations. Anyone who receives a valid pre-signed URL can download an object.
When creating a pre-signed URL, you can include object keys in your signature to specify the objects allowed for download. Besides, the validity period of pre-signed URLs can be provided in SDKs to ensure that expired URLs will not be used by any unauthorized party.
Note:
Accessing a CDN domain needs to follow the authentication process of CDN, in which case COS signatures cannot be used. Therefore, pre-signed URLs do not support the use of CDN domains.
You are advised to use a temporary key to generate pre-signed URLs for the security of your requests such as uploads and downloads. When you apply for a temporary key, follow the Principle of Least Privilege to avoid leaking resources besides your buckets and objects.
If you need to use a permanent key to generate a pre-signed URL, you are advised to limit the permission of the permanent key only to uploads and downloads to avoid risks. In addition, the validity period of the generated URL must be set to the shortest period required to complete the current upload or download operation.
Once the validity period of the specified pre-signed URL expires, the request will be interrupted; after applying for a new signature, the failed request needs to be retried, and resuming from a breakpoint is not supported.
The pre-signed URL only supports pre-signing for a single object and does not support multiple objects.
Directions
Using SDKs
Call the pre-signed URL method in the SDK. For more information, see the SDK documentation for the corresponding programming language below:
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