Download and Installation

Relevant resources

• The COS XML SDK for C++ source code can be downloaded here:
  • Linux: XML Linux SDK for C++
  • Windows: XML Windows SDK for C++
  • macOS: XML macOS SDK for C++
• Download the demo here
• For the SDK changelog, please see Changelog.

Environmental dependency

• Dependent static library: jsoncpp boost_system boost_thread Poco (in the lib folder).
• Dependent dynamic library: ssl crypto rt z (installation required).
  The JsonCpp libraries and header files are available in the SDK. If you want to install them on your own, please follow the steps below to install the libraries and finish the compiling, then replace the corresponding libraries and header files in the SDK. If the libraries above are already installed in the system, you can also delete the corresponding libraries and header files in the SDK.

Installing SDK for Linux

1. Install CMake

yum install -y gcc gcc-c++ make automake
// Install `gcc` and other required packages (skip this step if they have already been installed)
yum install -y wget

// The version of CMake should be above 3.5
wget https://cmake.org/files/v3.5/cmake-3.5.2.tar.gz
tar -zxvf cmake-3.5.2.tar.gz
cd cmake-3.5.2
./bootstrap --prefix=/usr
gmake
gmake install

2. Install Boost libraries and header files

wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.54.0/boost_1_54_0.tar.gz
tar -xzvf boost_1_54_0.tar.gz
cd boost_1_54_0
./bootstrap.sh --prefix=/usr/local
./b2 install --with=all
#Boost libraries are installed in the `/usr/local/lib` directory

3. Install OpenSSL

Method 1

yum install openssl openssl-devel

Method 2

wget https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.1.1d.tar.gz  
tar -xzvf ./openssl-1.1.1d.tar.gz
cd openssl-1.1.1d/
./config --prefix=/usr/local/ssl --openssldir=/usr/local/ssl
make 
make install
cd /usr/local/
ln -s ssl openssl
echo "/usr/local/openssl/lib" >> /etc/ld.so.conf
ldconfig

# Add a header/lib file search path (can be written into the ~/.bashrc file)
LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/ssl/lib/:$LIBRARY_PATH
CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=/usr/local/ssl/include/:$CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH

4. Install Poco

Download Poco v1.9.4, compile it, and install the library and header files.

./configure --omit=Data/ODBC,Data/MySQL
make
make install

Note：

You can specify the local Boost header file path by modifying the following statement in the CMakeList.txt file:

SET(BOOST_HEADER_DIR "/root/boost_1_61_0")

5. Compile the COS SDK for CPP

Download the XML C++ SDK source code, integrate it into your development environment, and run the following command:

cd ${cos-cpp-sdk} 
mkdir -p build 
cd build 
cmake .. 
make

Note：

The Demo provides examples of common APIs. The generated cos_demo can be executed directly; the generated static library is named libcossdk.a and should be placed in the lib path of your project; the generated include directory should be copied to the include path of your project.

Installing SDK for Windows

1. Install Visual Studio 2017

Install Visual Studio 2017 as a development environment for Windows.

2. Install CMake

Download the Windows version of the CMake compiler from the CMake official website, and configure ${CMake installation path}\bin in the Path environment variable.

3. Install OpenSSL

(1) Download and compile the OpenSSL source code from the OpenSSL official website, or select and install the Windows version of the .exe file from this third-party website.
(2) Add the OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR variable to the Windows system environment variables and set it to ${OpenSSL installation path}.
For example: OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=D:\OpenSSL-Win64.
(3) Configure ${OpenSSL installation path}\bin in the Path environment variable.

4. Install Poco

Download Poco v1.9.4, compile it, and install the library and header files.

(1) Open the Windows Command Prompt program and use the cd command to navigate to the Poco source code directory; then, run mkdir examplefolder to create a folder (be sure to replace examplefolder with your custom folder name).
(2) Continue to run cd examplefolder (be sure to replace examplefolder with your custom folder name), and run the cmake .. command.
(3) Use Visual Studio 2017 to open the solution and compile it.

5. Install Boost

Download the Boost source code from the Boost official website.

(1) Open the Windows Command Prompt program and use the cd command to navigate to the Boost source code directory.
(2) Run the bootstrap command in this directory.
(3) Run the b2 compilation command in the Windows Command Prompt program.

Notes

Visual Studio 2017 provides four code generation methods which correspond to different commands during Boost compilation.

The code for the b2.exe compilation command is as shown below:

For example, if the 32-bit multi-thread type is MD, the command is as follows:

b2 variant=release link=static runtime-link=shared threading=multi address-model=32

6. Install JsonCpp

(1). Download the JsonCpp source code here. We recommend you choose a lower version for Windows 32-bit.
(2) Open the Windows Command Prompt program and use the cd command to navigate to the JsonCpp source code directory; then, run mkdir examplefolder to create a folder (be sure to replace examplefolder with your custom folder name).
(3) Continue to run cd examplefolder(be sure to replace examplefolder with your custom folder name), and run the cmake .. command.
(4) Use Visual Studio 2017 to open the solution and compile it.
(5) Once the compilation is complete, copy the resulting jsoncpplib to the lib folder under the COS CPP SDK installation directory.

7. Compile the COS SDK for CPP

(1) Download XML Windows C++ SDK source code, integrate it into your development environment, and begin compilation.
(2) Open the Windows Command Prompt program and use the cd command to navigate to the C++ SDK source code directory; then, run mkdir examplefolder to create a folder (be sure to replace examplefolder with your custom folder name).
(3) Modify the CMakeLists.txt file in the ${cos-cpp-sdk} installation directory as shown below:

# include directories
INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(./include)
INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${OpenSSL installation directory}/include)
INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${Boost installation directory}/boost)
INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${Poco installation directory}/NetSSL_OpenSSL/include)
INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${Poco installation directory}/Foundation/include)
INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${Poco installation directory}/Net/include)
INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${Poco installation directory}/Crypto/include)
INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${Poco installation directory}/Util/include)

# lib directories
link_directories(${OpenSSL installation directory}/lib)
link_directories(${Poco compilation directory}/lib/Release)
link_directories(./lib)
link_directories(${Boost installation directory}/stage/lib)

(3) In the Windows Command Prompt program, run cd examplefolder (be sure to replace examplefolder with your custom folder name) and run the cmake .. command.
(4) Use Visual Studio 2017 to open the solution and compile it.

Installing SDK for macOS

1. Install CMake

brew install cmake

2. Install Boost libraries and header files

wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.54.0/boost_1_54_0.tar.gz
tar -xzvf boost_1_54_0.tar.gz
cd boost_1_54_0
./bootstrap.sh --prefix=/usr/local
./b2 install --with=all
#Boost libraries are installed in the `/usr/local/lib` directory

3. Install OpenSSL

Download and compile the openssl-1.1.1d.tar.gz source code from the OpenSSL official website.

tar -zxvf openssl-1.1.1d.tar.gz
cd openssl-1.1.1d/
./config  --prefix=/usr/local 
make 
make install
#openssl library is installed in the `/usr/local/` directory

4. Install Poco

Download Poco v1.9.4, compile it, and install the library and header files.

cd Poco/ 
./configure --omit=Data/ODBC,Data/MySQL
mkdir examplefolder  #(Poco installation directory. Be sure to replace examplefolder with your custom folder name.)
cd examplefolder
cmake .. 
make

5. Install JsonCpp

Download the JsonCpp source code here.

cd jsoncpp/
mkdir examplefolder  #(JsonCpp installation directory. Be sure to replace examplefolder with your custom folder name.)
cd examplefolder
cmake .. 
make

Once the compilation is complete, copy the resulting jsoncpplib to the lib folder under the COS CPP SDK installation directory.

6. Compile the COS SDK for CPP

(1) Download the XML C++ SDK source code here, and integrate it into your development environment.
(2) Modify the CMakeLists.txt file in the ${cos-cpp-sdk} installation directory as shown below:

# include directories
INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(./include)
INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(/usr/local/include)
INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${Poco installation directory}/NetSSL_OpenSSL/include)
INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${Poco installation directory}/Foundation/include)
INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${Poco installation directory}/Net/include)
INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${Poco installation directory}/Crypto/include)
INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${Poco installation directory}/Util/include)

# lib directories
link_directories(/usr/local/lib)
link_directories(${Poco compilation directory}/lib/Release)
link_directories(./lib)

Then, run the following commands:

cd ${cos-cpp-sdk} 
mkdir build 
cd build 
cmake .. 
make

Getting Started

The following describes how to use the COS SDK for C++ to perform a basic operation, such as initializing a client, creating a bucket, querying a bucket list, uploading an object, querying an object list, downloading an object, and deleting an object.

Note：

For the definitions of parameters such as SecretId, SecretKey, and Bucket, please see COS Glossary.

Initialization

Overview of each field in the configuration file:

// For SDK config files before V5.4.3, please use "AccessKey".
"SecretId":"COS_SECRETID"; 
"SecretKey":"COS_SECRETKEY",

// COS region. For regions and their abbreviations, please visit https://cloud.tencent.com/document/product/436/6224 
"Region":"Region",

// Signature timeout period in seconds    
"SignExpiredTime":360, 

// Connection timeout period in milliseconds
"ConnectTimeoutInms":6000,

// HTTP request timeout period in milliseconds 
"HttpTimeoutInms":60000,  

// Size of uploaded file part. Range: 1 MB-5 GB; default value: 1 MB.  
"UploadPartSize":1048576,  

// Thread pool size for uploading a single file part       
"UploadThreadPoolSize":5, 

// The size of each part in the downloaded file   
"DownloadSliceSize":4194304, 

// Thread pool size for downloading a single file 
"DownloadThreadPoolSize":5,   

// Thread pool size for asynchronous upload and download 
"AsynThreadPoolSize":2, 

// Log output type. 0: do not output; 1: output to screen; 2: output to syslog   
"LogoutType":1,       

// Log level. 1: ERR; 2: WARN; 3: INFO; 4: DBG     
"LogLevel":3,                 

Creating bucket

#include "cos_api.h"
#include "cos_sys_config.h"
#include "cos_defines.h"

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
    // 1. Specify the configuration file path and initialize CosConfig
    qcloud_cos::CosConfig config("./config.json");
    qcloud_cos::CosAPI cos(config);

    // 2. Construct the PUT Bucket request
    std::string bucket_name = "examplebucket-1250000000"; // Bucket name
    qcloud_cos::PutBucketReq req(bucket_name);
    qcloud_cos::PutBucketResp resp;

    // 3. Call the API to create a bucket
    qcloud_cos::CosResult result = cos.PutBucket(req, &resp);

    // 4. Process the call result
    if (result.IsSucc()) {
        // Bucket created successfully
    } else {
        // Failed to create the bucket. You can call the CosResult member functions to output the error information such as the requestID.
        std::cout << "ErrorInfo=" << result.GetErrorInfo() << std::endl;
        std::cout << "HttpStatus=" << result.GetHttpStatus() << std::endl;
        std::cout << "ErrorCode=" << result.GetErrorCode() << std::endl;
        std::cout << "ErrorMsg=" << result.GetErrorMsg() << std::endl;
        std::cout << "ResourceAddr=" << result.GetResourceAddr() << std::endl;
        std::cout << "XCosRequestId=" << result.GetXCosRequestId() << std::endl;
        std::cout << "XCosTraceId=" << result.GetXCosTraceId() << std::endl;
    }
}

Querying bucket list

#include "cos_api.h"
#include "cos_sys_config.h"
#include "cos_defines.h"

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
    // 1. Specify the configuration file path and initialize CosConfig
    qcloud_cos::CosConfig config("./config.json");
    qcloud_cos::CosAPI cos(config);

    // 2. Construct a request to query the bucket list
    qcloud_cos::GetServiceReq req;
    qcloud_cos::GetServiceResp resp;
    qcloud_cos::CosResult result = cos.GetService(req, &resp);

    // 3. Get the response information
    const qcloud_cos::Owner& owner = resp.GetOwner();
    const std::vector<qcloud_cos::Bucket>& buckets = resp.GetBuckets();
    std::cout << "owner.m_id=" << owner.m_id << ", owner.display_name=" << owner.m_display_name << std::endl;

    for (std::vector<qcloud_cos::Bucket>::const_iterator itr = buckets.begin(); itr != buckets.end(); ++itr) {
        const qcloud_cos::Bucket& bucket = *itr;
        std::cout << "Bucket name=" << bucket.m_name << ", location="
            << bucket.m_location << ", create_date=" << bucket.m_create_date << std::endl;
    }

    // 4. Process the call result
    if (result.IsSucc()) {
        // Queried the bucket list successfully
    } else {
        // Failed to query the bucket list. You can call the CosResult member functions to output the error information such as requestID.
        std::cout << "ErrorInfo=" << result.GetErrorInfo() << std::endl;
        std::cout << "HttpStatus=" << result.GetHttpStatus() << std::endl;
        std::cout << "ErrorCode=" << result.GetErrorCode() << std::endl;
        std::cout << "ErrorMsg=" << result.GetErrorMsg() << std::endl;
        std::cout << "ResourceAddr=" << result.GetResourceAddr() << std::endl;
        std::cout << "XCosRequestId=" << result.GetXCosRequestId() << std::endl;
        std::cout << "XCosTraceId=" << result.GetXCosTraceId() << std::endl;
    }
}

Uploading object

#include "cos_api.h"
#include "cos_sys_config.h"
#include "cos_defines.h"

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
    // 1. Specify the configuration file path and initialize CosConfig
    qcloud_cos::CosConfig config("./config.json");
    qcloud_cos::CosAPI cos(config);

    // 2. Construct a request to upload the file
    std::string bucket_name = "examplebucket-1250000000"; // Destination bucket name
    std::string object_name = "exampleobject"; // exampleobject is the object key (Key), which is the unique identifier of the object in the bucket. For example, if the object's access domain name is `examplebucket-1250000000.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/doc/pic.jpg`, the object key is `doc/pic.jpg`
    // The local file path is required in the constructor of `request`.
    qcloud_cos::PutObjectByFileReq req(bucket_name, object_name, "/path/to/local/file");
    req.SetXCosStorageClass("STANDARD_IA"); // Call the `Set` method to set metadata
    qcloud_cos::PutObjectByFileResp resp;

    // 3. Call the PUT Object API
    qcloud_cos::CosResult result = cos.PutObject(req, &resp);

    // 4. Process the call result
    if (result.IsSucc()) {
        // File uploaded successfully
    } else {
        // Failed to upload the file. You can call the CosResult member functions to output the error information such as the requestID.
        std::cout << "ErrorInfo=" << result.GetErrorInfo() << std::endl;
        std::cout << "HttpStatus=" << result.GetHttpStatus() << std::endl;
        std::cout << "ErrorCode=" << result.GetErrorCode() << std::endl;
        std::cout << "ErrorMsg=" << result.GetErrorMsg() << std::endl;
        std::cout << "ResourceAddr=" << result.GetResourceAddr() << std::endl;
        std::cout << "XCosRequestId=" << result.GetXCosRequestId() << std::endl;
        std::cout << "XCosTraceId=" << result.GetXCosTraceId() << std::endl;
    }
}

Querying object list

#include "cos_api.h"
#include "cos_sys_config.h"
#include "cos_defines.h"

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
    // 1. Specify the configuration file path and initialize CosConfig
    qcloud_cos::CosConfig config("./config.json");
    qcloud_cos::CosAPI cos(config);

    // 2. Construct a request to query the object list
    std::string bucket_name = "examplebucket-1250000000"; // Destination bucket name
    qcloud_cos::GetBucketReq req(bucket_name);
    qcloud_cos::GetBucketResp resp;
    qcloud_cos::CosResult result = cos.GetBucket(req, &resp);   

    std::vector<qcloud_cos::Content> cotents = resp.GetContents();
    for (std::vector<qcloud_cos::Content>::const_iterator itr = cotents.begin(); itr != cotents.end(); ++itr) {
        const qcloud_cos::Content& content = *itr;
        std::cout << "key name=" << content.m_key << ", lastmodified ="
            << content.m_last_modified << ", size=" << content.m_size << std::endl;
    }

    // 3. Process the call result
    if (result.IsSucc()) {
        // Queried the object list successfully
    } else {
        // Failed to query the object list. You can call the CosResult member functions to output the error information such as requestID.
        std::cout << "ErrorInfo=" << result.GetErrorInfo() << std::endl;
        std::cout << "HttpStatus=" << result.GetHttpStatus() << std::endl;
        std::cout << "ErrorCode=" << result.GetErrorCode() << std::endl;
        std::cout << "ErrorMsg=" << result.GetErrorMsg() << std::endl;
        std::cout << "ResourceAddr=" << result.GetResourceAddr() << std::endl;
        std::cout << "XCosRequestId=" << result.GetXCosRequestId() << std::endl;
        std::cout << "XCosTraceId=" << result.GetXCosTraceId() << std::endl;
    }
}

Downloading object

#include "cos_api.h"
#include "cos_sys_config.h"
#include "cos_defines.h"

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
    // 1. Specify the configuration file path and initialize CosConfig
    qcloud_cos::CosConfig config("./config.json");
    qcloud_cos::CosAPI cos(config);

    // 2. Construct a request to download the object
    std::string bucket_name = "examplebucket-1250000000"; // Destination bucket name
    std::string object_name = "exampleobject"; // exampleobject is the object key (Key), which is the unique identifier of the object in the bucket. For example, if the object's access domain name is `examplebucket-1250000000.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/doc/pic.jpg`, the object key is `doc/pic.jpg`
    std::string local_path = "/tmp/exampleobject";
    // The request needs to carry the appid, bucketname, object, and local path (including the file name)
    qcloud_cos::GetObjectByFileReq req(bucket_name, object_name, local_path);
    qcloud_cos::GetObjectByFileResp resp;

    // 3. Call the object download API
    qcloud_cos::CosResult result = cos.GetObject(req, &resp);

    // 4. Process the call result
    if (result.IsSucc()) {
        // File downloaded successfully
    } else {
        // Failed to download the file. You can call the CosResult member functions to output the error information such as the requestID.
        std::cout << "ErrorInfo=" << result.GetErrorInfo() << std::endl;
        std::cout << "HttpStatus=" << result.GetHttpStatus() << std::endl;
        std::cout << "ErrorCode=" << result.GetErrorCode() << std::endl;
        std::cout << "ErrorMsg=" << result.GetErrorMsg() << std::endl;
        std::cout << "ResourceAddr=" << result.GetResourceAddr() << std::endl;
        std::cout << "XCosRequestId=" << result.GetXCosRequestId() << std::endl;
        std::cout << "XCosTraceId=" << result.GetXCosTraceId() << std::endl;
    }
}

Deleting object

#include "cos_api.h"
#include "cos_sys_config.h"
#include "cos_defines.h"

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
    // 1. Specify the configuration file path and initialize CosConfig
    qcloud_cos::CosConfig config("./config.json");
    qcloud_cos::CosAPI cos(config);

    // 2. Construct a request to delete the object
    std::string bucket_name = "examplebucket-1250000000"; // Destination bucket name
    std::string object_name = "exampleobject"; // exampleobject is the object key (Key), which is the unique identifier of the object in the bucket. For example, if the object's access domain name is `examplebucket-1250000000.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/doc/pic.jpg`, the object key is `doc/pic.jpg`
    // 3. Call the object deleting API
    qcloud_cos::DeleteObjectReq req(bucket_name, object_name);
    qcloud_cos::DeleteObjectResp resp;
    qcloud_cos::CosResult result = cos.DeleteObject(req, &resp); 

    // 4. Process the call result
    if (result.IsSucc()) {
        // Deleted the object successfully
    } else {
        // Failed to delete the object. You can call the CosResult member functions to output the error information such as requestID.
        std::cout << "ErrorInfo=" << result.GetErrorInfo() << std::endl;
        std::cout << "HttpStatus=" << result.GetHttpStatus() << std::endl;
        std::cout << "ErrorCode=" << result.GetErrorCode() << std::endl;
        std::cout << "ErrorMsg=" << result.GetErrorMsg() << std::endl;
        std::cout << "ResourceAddr=" << result.GetResourceAddr() << std::endl;
        std::cout << "XCosRequestId=" << result.GetXCosRequestId() << std::endl;
        std::cout << "XCosTraceId=" << result.GetXCosTraceId() << std::endl;
    }
}