get_object Method

What does it do?

Note: This method does not return the object, but a authenticated URL to the physical object.

This method will return an authenticated URL to a physical object, for download. This URL can only be used once, and a new URL is provided for every request.

How do you use it?

A valid Object ID is required, and this method returns a direct link to download the object file. After making this request, use the returned URL to physically download the file through HTTP GET.

Each returned URL can only be used once, and a new Authenticated URL must be created for every download, or to redownload or continue a download. This method must be called for every download through the API

Required Parameters

Parameters must be POSTed with the request, and are required.

object_id - an Object ID obtained through other methods like the "list_objects" method.

Modifiers

This method has no modifiers

Example Response

        {
            "status":"ok",
            "url":"http:\/\/storage.terastore.com\/e5aedc90cf7aac6c85b263e13781c4f4..."
        }

Response Descriptions

url - an authenticated one time use URL to the physical file to be downloaded.