Upload and Manage Objects
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    This feature is currently in Private Preview.

    For more information about getting started, see Manage B2 Cloud Storage at Scale: Enterprise Web Console.
    For questions after implementation, contact the Product Team.

    You can use the Backblaze enterprise web console to upload files from your computer, share objects, download objects, and delete objects.

    You can upload any individual file on your computer to Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage as long as it is between 0 bytes and 500 MB. The maximum single file size that you can upload using the command-line interface (CLI) or the Native API is 5 GB. For files that are larger than 5 GB, see Large Files.

    Upload a File

    Files that you upload to Backblaze B2 are stored as objects with metadata, following an object storage model.

    1. Sign in to your Backblaze organization.
    2. In the left navigation menu, select Buckets.
    3. Click the bucket name that should contain the object.
    4. Select the Objects tab.
    5. Click Upload.
    6. Drag a file to the dialog, or manually select a file to upload.
    7. Click Close.

    View Object Details

    1. In the left navigation menu, select Buckets.
    2. Click the bucket name that contains the object.
    3. Select the Objects tab, and select an object.

    Object Details

    You can view the following details after your file is uploaded.

    NameObject name
    TypeType of file (for example, image/png)
    SizeFile size, for example, 79.6 KB
    UploadedDate and time the file was uploaded
    VersionsVersion number
    Friendly URL
    S3 URL
    Native URL
    If your bucket is public, you can click any of these three URLs to view the image. In general, it is easiest to use the S3 URL in the format https://<bucket name>.<endpoint>/<file name>.
    FGUIDFile version's unique identifier within Backblaze B2. This is the same value that is in the fileId query parameter in the Native URL.
    SHA1SHA-1 digest of the file content. The digest is useful to verify that the file was not corrupted in transmission.
    File InfoSet of up to 10 key-value pairs that hold user-defined metadata for the file. In the following example, the system set src_last_modified_millis to the last modified time of the uploaded file on your local drive, a few minutes before it was uploaded.

    src_last_modified_millis: 123456789123 (12/15/2022 14:04)

    File Information corresponds to S3's user-defined object metadata. It is returned with x-amz-meta- prefixed HTTP headers when getting the file using its S3 URL:

    % curl -I
    https://my-unique-bucket-name.s3.us-west-004.backblazeb2.com/my-sample-image.png
    HTTP/1.1 200
    Accept-Ranges: bytes
    Last-Modified: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 21:18:44 GMT
    ETag: "94ef3ecd9772a6dd5d4bdaebddce6a16"
    x-amz-meta-src_last_modified_millis: 1658351049017
    x-amz-request-id: a2286d690971ff97
    x-amz-id-2: aM7Vk6DhsMVhmSTaDN1g4DmI7OB80nzMB
    x-amz-version-id: 4_ze30d68217f1617d88b280413_f10477368fe8fd6f1_d20220720_m211844_c004_v0402004_t0001_u01658351924129
    Content-Type: image/png
    Content-Length: 79571
    Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 22:07:18 GMT
    EncryptionEncryption type (for example, AES256 (SSE-B2))

    Download an Object

    1. In the left navigation menu, select Buckets.
    2. Click the bucket name that contains the object.
    3. Select the Objects tab.
    4. Select an object.
    5. Click(actions overflow) next to the object that you want to download.
    6. Click Download.

    The object is downloaded to your local default location.

    Delete an Object

    1. In the left navigation menu, select Buckets.
    2. Click the bucket name that contains the object.
    3. Select the Objects tab.
    4. Delete an object.
      1. Click(actions overflow) next to the object that you want to delete.
      2. Click Delete.
      3. Click Delete Object.
    5. Delete a specific object version.
      1. Click the name of the object that you want to delete.
      2. Above the file name, scroll horizontally to the object version that you want to delete.
      3. Click(Delete).
      4. Click Delete Object.

    Share an Object

    1. In the left navigation menu, select Buckets.
    2. Click the bucket name that contains the object.
    3. Select the Objects tab.
    4. Click(actions overflow) next to the object that you want to share.
    5. Select Share with a presigned URL.
    6. Specify how long the URL stays active in minutes or hours.
    7. Click Generate URL, and copy the value.
    8. Click Done.

    Create a Folder

    1. In the left navigation menu, select Buckets.
    2. Click the bucket name that should contain the folder.
    3. Select the Objects tab.
    4. Click Add Folder.
    5. Enter a folder name.
    6. Click Create a Folder.

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