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Created February 10, 2012 17:25
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Update the content-type of an existing key in S3 using boto
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update_key.py
import boto
s3 = boto.connect_s3()
bucket = s3.lookup('mybucket')
key = bucket.lookup('mykey')
# Copy the key onto itself, preserving the ACL but changing the content-type
key.copy(key.bucket, key.name, preserve_acl=True, metadata={'Content-Type': 'text/plain'})
key = bucket.lookup('mykey')
print key.content_type
@rod-dot-codes
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Thanks, this helped me a lot dude.

@tszming
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tszming commented Nov 12, 2013

Helped me too, thanks

@bsoist
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bsoist commented Feb 28, 2014

Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

@ganesshkumar
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bucket.lookup(key_name) has been deprecated. Source Boto. Use bucket.get_key(key_name) instead.

@ZoomQuiet
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thanx for large help!
can copy self is very key idea ;-)

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