S3 Create Multipart Upload

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POSThttps://s3.<your-region>.backblazeb2.com/<your-bucket-name>/<your-key>?uploads

This action initiates a multipart upload and returns an uploadId. This uploadId is used to associate all of the parts in the specific multipart upload.

AUTHORIZATION AWS Signature

This request is using AWS Signature from collection Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage S3 Compatible API.

PARAMS

upload

Must be present for a multipart upload.

PATH VARIABLES

bucket	Required. The name of the bucket
key	Required. Key of the object to be written.

Body (raw XML)

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><LegalHold xmlns="http://s3.amazonaws.com/doc/2006-03-01/"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">    <Status>ON</Status><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"></LegalHold>

Example Request

curl --location --request POST 'https://s3.<your-region>.backblazeb2.com/my-bucket-name/object-1?uploads=null'

Example Response

200 OK

Body

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<InitiateMultipartUploadResult xmlns="http://s3.amazonaws.com/doc/2006-03-01/">
    <Bucket>my-bucket-name</Bucket>
    <Key>object-1</Key>
    <UploadId>4_z6145af89f355ac2f74ed0c1b_f2025e1f1817e0030_d20220128_m233615_c004_v0402000_t0048</UploadId>
</InitiateMultipartUploadResult>

Headers (9)

Cache-Control	max-age=0, no-cache, no-store
Content-Type	application/xml
Content-Length	0
x-amz-request-id	56aa38410aaebdd56aa38410aaebdd
x-amz-version-id	4_z6145af89f355ac2f74ed0c1b_f2025e1f1817e0030_d20220128_m233615_c004_v0402000_t0048
x-amz-id-2	aMa41BGZMOZMztjUfY9JmpzRnZLRjZmIQ
Date	Fri, 28 Jan 2022 23:14:48 GMT
Keep-Alive	timeout=5
Connection	keep-alive

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