Use GetObjectTagging with an Amazon SDK or CLI - Amazon Simple Storage Service
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Use GetObjectTagging with an Amazon SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use GetObjectTagging.

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CLI
Amazon CLI

To retrieve the tags attached to an object

The following get-object-tagging example retrieves the values for the specified key from the specified object.

aws s3api get-object-tagging \ --bucket my-bucket \ --key doc1.rtf

Output:

{ "TagSet": [ { "Value": "confidential", "Key": "designation" } ] }

The following get-object-tagging example tries to retrieve the tag sets of the object doc2.rtf, which has no tags.

aws s3api get-object-tagging \ --bucket my-bucket \ --key doc2.rtf

Output:

{ "TagSet": [] }

The following get-object-tagging example retrieves the tag sets of the object doc3.rtf, which has multiple tags.

aws s3api get-object-tagging \ --bucket my-bucket \ --key doc3.rtf

Output:

{ "TagSet": [ { "Value": "confidential", "Key": "designation" }, { "Value": "finance", "Key": "department" }, { "Value": "payroll", "Key": "team" } ] }
PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: The sample returns the tags associated with the object present on the given S3 bucket.

Get-S3ObjectTagSet -Key 'testfile.txt' -BucketName 'testbucket123'

Output:

Key Value --- ----- test value
  • For API details, see GetObjectTagging in Amazon Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference.

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