This operation is not supported for directory buckets.
This action filters the contents of an Amazon S3 object based on a simple structured query language (SQL)
statement. In the request, along with the SQL expression, you must also specify a data serialization
format (JSON, CSV, or Apache Parquet) of the object. Amazon S3 uses this format to parse object data into
records, and returns only records that match the specified SQL expression. You must also specify the
data serialization format for the response.
This functionality is not supported for Amazon S3 on Outposts.
You must have the s3:GetObject permission for this operation. Amazon S3 Select does
not support anonymous access. For more information about permissions, see Specifying Permissions
in a Policy in the Amazon S3 User Guide.
Object Data Formats
You can use Amazon S3 Select to query objects that have the following format properties:
CSV, JSON, and Parquet - Objects must be in CSV, JSON, or Parquet
format.
UTF-8 - UTF-8 is the only encoding type Amazon S3 Select supports.
GZIP or BZIP2 - CSV and JSON files can be compressed using GZIP or
BZIP2. GZIP and BZIP2 are the only compression formats that Amazon S3 Select supports for CSV and
JSON files. Amazon S3 Select supports columnar compression for Parquet using GZIP or Snappy. Amazon S3
Select does not support whole-object compression for Parquet objects.
Server-side encryption - Amazon S3 Select supports querying objects that
are protected with server-side encryption.
For objects that are encrypted with customer-provided encryption keys (SSE-C), you must
use HTTPS, and you must use the headers that are documented in the GetObject. For more information about
SSE-C, see Server-Side Encryption
(Using Customer-Provided Encryption Keys) in the
Amazon S3 User Guide.
For objects that are encrypted with Amazon S3 managed keys (SSE-S3) and Amazon Web Services KMS keys
(SSE-KMS), server-side encryption is handled transparently, so you don't need to specify
anything. For more information about server-side encryption, including SSE-S3 and SSE-KMS, see
Protecting
Data Using Server-Side Encryption in the
Amazon S3 User Guide.
Working with the Response Body
Given the response size is unknown, Amazon S3 Select streams the response as a series of messages
and includes a Transfer-Encoding header with chunked as its value in the
response. For more information, see Appendix: SelectObjectContent
Response.
GetObject Support
The SelectObjectContent action does not support the following
GetObject functionality. For more information, see GetObject.
Range: Although you can specify a scan range for an Amazon S3 Select request (see
SelectObjectContentRequest - ScanRange in the request parameters), you
cannot specify the range of bytes of an object to return.
The GLACIER, DEEP_ARCHIVE, and REDUCED_REDUNDANCY
storage classes, or the ARCHIVE_ACCESS and DEEP_ARCHIVE_ACCESS
access tiers of the INTELLIGENT_TIERING storage class: You cannot query objects
in the GLACIER, DEEP_ARCHIVE, or REDUCED_REDUNDANCY
storage classes, nor objects in the ARCHIVE_ACCESS or
DEEP_ARCHIVE_ACCESS access tiers of the INTELLIGENT_TIERING
storage class. For more information about storage classes, see Using Amazon S3 storage classes
in the Amazon S3 User Guide.
You must URL encode any signed header values that contain spaces. For example, if your header value is my file.txt, containing two spaces after my, you must URL encode this value to my%20%20file.txt.
Example
Use a bare-bones client and the command you need to make an API call.
This operation is not supported for directory buckets.
This action filters the contents of an Amazon S3 object based on a simple structured query language (SQL) statement. In the request, along with the SQL expression, you must also specify a data serialization format (JSON, CSV, or Apache Parquet) of the object. Amazon S3 uses this format to parse object data into records, and returns only records that match the specified SQL expression. You must also specify the data serialization format for the response.
This functionality is not supported for Amazon S3 on Outposts.
For more information about Amazon S3 Select, see Selecting Content from Objects and SELECT Command in the Amazon S3 User Guide.
You must have the
s3:GetObjectpermission for this operation. Amazon S3 Select does not support anonymous access. For more information about permissions, see Specifying Permissions in a Policy in the Amazon S3 User Guide.You can use Amazon S3 Select to query objects that have the following format properties:
CSV, JSON, and Parquet - Objects must be in CSV, JSON, or Parquet format.
UTF-8 - UTF-8 is the only encoding type Amazon S3 Select supports.
GZIP or BZIP2 - CSV and JSON files can be compressed using GZIP or BZIP2. GZIP and BZIP2 are the only compression formats that Amazon S3 Select supports for CSV and JSON files. Amazon S3 Select supports columnar compression for Parquet using GZIP or Snappy. Amazon S3 Select does not support whole-object compression for Parquet objects.
Server-side encryption - Amazon S3 Select supports querying objects that are protected with server-side encryption.
For objects that are encrypted with customer-provided encryption keys (SSE-C), you must use HTTPS, and you must use the headers that are documented in the GetObject. For more information about SSE-C, see Server-Side Encryption (Using Customer-Provided Encryption Keys) in the Amazon S3 User Guide.
For objects that are encrypted with Amazon S3 managed keys (SSE-S3) and Amazon Web Services KMS keys (SSE-KMS), server-side encryption is handled transparently, so you don't need to specify anything. For more information about server-side encryption, including SSE-S3 and SSE-KMS, see Protecting Data Using Server-Side Encryption in the Amazon S3 User Guide.
Given the response size is unknown, Amazon S3 Select streams the response as a series of messages and includes a
Transfer-Encodingheader withchunkedas its value in the response. For more information, see Appendix: SelectObjectContent Response.The
SelectObjectContentaction does not support the followingGetObjectfunctionality. For more information, see GetObject.Range: Although you can specify a scan range for an Amazon S3 Select request (see SelectObjectContentRequest - ScanRange in the request parameters), you cannot specify the range of bytes of an object to return.The
GLACIER,DEEP_ARCHIVE, andREDUCED_REDUNDANCYstorage classes, or theARCHIVE_ACCESSandDEEP_ARCHIVE_ACCESSaccess tiers of theINTELLIGENT_TIERINGstorage class: You cannot query objects in theGLACIER,DEEP_ARCHIVE, orREDUCED_REDUNDANCYstorage classes, nor objects in theARCHIVE_ACCESSorDEEP_ARCHIVE_ACCESSaccess tiers of theINTELLIGENT_TIERINGstorage class. For more information about storage classes, see Using Amazon S3 storage classes in the Amazon S3 User Guide.For a list of special errors for this operation, see List of SELECT Object Content Error Codes
The following operations are related to
SelectObjectContent:GetObject
GetBucketLifecycleConfiguration
PutBucketLifecycleConfiguration
You must URL encode any signed header values that contain spaces. For example, if your header value is
my file.txt, containing two spaces aftermy, you must URL encode this value tomy%20%20file.txt.Example
Use a bare-bones client and the command you need to make an API call.
Param: SelectObjectContentCommandInput
SelectObjectContentCommandInput
Returns
SelectObjectContentCommandOutput
See
inputshape.responseshape.configshape.Throws
S3ServiceException
Base exception class for all service exceptions from S3 service.