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google.cloud.gcp_storage_object – Creates a GCP Object

Note

This plugin is part of the google.cloud collection (version 1.0.2).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install google.cloud.

To use it in a playbook, specify: google.cloud.gcp_storage_object.

Synopsis

• Upload or download a file from a GCS bucket.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

• python >= 2.6

• requests >= 2.18.4

• google-auth >= 1.3.0

• google-cloud-storage >= 1.2..0

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
action string	The actions to be taken on this object. You can download the object, upload the object, or delete it. Choices: download upload delete
auth_kind string / required	The type of credential used. Choices: application machineaccount serviceaccount
bucket string	The name of the bucket.
dest path	Destination location of file (may be local machine or cloud depending on action). Cloud location need to be urlencoded including slashes.
env_type string	Specifies which Ansible environment you’re running this module within. This should not be set unless you know what you’re doing. This only alters the User Agent string for any API requests.
project string	The Google Cloud Platform project to use.
scopes list / elements=string	Array of scopes to be used
service_account_contents jsonarg	The contents of a Service Account JSON file, either in a dictionary or as a JSON string that represents it.
service_account_email string	An optional service account email address if machineaccount is selected and the user does not wish to use the default email.
service_account_file path	The path of a Service Account JSON file if serviceaccount is selected as type.
src path	Source location of file (may be local machine or cloud depending on action). Cloud locations need to be urlencoded including slashes.

Examples

- name: create a object
  google.cloud.gcp_storage_object:
    action: download
    bucket: ansible-bucket
    src: modules.zip
    dest: "~/modules.zip"
    project: test_project
    auth_kind: serviceaccount
    service_account_file: "/tmp/auth.pem"
    state: present

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Description
bucket string	The bucket where the object is contained. Returned: download, upload
cache_control string	HTTP ‘Cache-Control’ header for this object Returned: download, upload
chunk_size string	Get the blob’s default chunk size Returned: download, upload
media_link string	The link for the media Returned: download, upload
self_link string	The self_link for the media. Returned: download, upload
storage_class string	The storage class for the object. Returned: download, upload

Authors

• Google Inc. (@googlecloudplatform)