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Uploading to Google Cloud using a signed URL


I'm trying to generate download and upload link from the Google Cloud, to view and upload files, using the following code:

public class Test {

public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
Storage storage = StorageOptions.newBuilder().setCredentials(
    ServiceAccountCredentials.fromStream(new FileInputStream("C:/cred/Key.json")))
    .build()
    .getService();

String filePath = "file/path/";
File file = new File(filePath);
byte[] bytes = Utilities.fileToByteArray(file);
String mimeType = Utilities.getMimeType(bytes);
BlobId blobId = BlobId.of("bucket", file.getName());
BlobInfo blobInfo = BlobInfo.newBuilder(blobId).setContentType(mimeType).build();
URL urlGet = storage
    .signUrl(BlobInfo.newBuilder("bucket", "object").build(), 1, TimeUnit.HOURS,
        SignUrlOption.httpMethod(HttpMethod.GET));
URL urlPut = storage
    .signUrl(blobInfo, 1, TimeUnit.DAYS, SignUrlOption.httpMethod(HttpMethod.PUT),
        SignUrlOption.withContentType());
System.out.println(urlGet);
System.out.println(urlPut);
  }

}

urlGet contains the download link and urlPut contains the upload link. When I run the program, I get the following output:

https://storage.googleapis.com/roshanbucket/jasperviewpdf?GoogleAccessId=myservice@deft-idiom-234709.iam.gserviceaccount.com&Expires=1552986620&Signature=OZl6M4uMkigu6JBMYoDumgs8P4EC%2BtcK44zHMPkG2xzq3hFfsrj8YYRRtajI8diz64vdCX54nct3wuEpXNRwcnzCmq4KdD53%2B8gbERNuttm8K6%2BlZDLGF3wng%2BCSMzghbGbLnYaZRiZbvjCG%2B3ObBUg9ZiY0qRlif9nyGFftsGUF9GGHvHP6HWP51DJOAurGytSjf9SA5HKPOw4e%2B%2BP1LltfI7m3WjWhxwnSYz4lVxcR4eksec7ILTi66jnwu1gxXtqp75XTxLp9vQa6RC4dCPGoTridFQcMqm89TVzf58c8krk7apQCR6TWp2tAWuFr2xJ1U5FwFfiBaoSX4A33rw%3D%3D

https://storage.googleapis.com/roshanbucket/pi.jpg?GoogleAccessId=myservice@deft-idiom-234709.iam.gserviceaccount.com&Expires=1553069420&Signature=YHsGTgXIBum9t5M7U%2F9fdibDvzBKttQGh0jxzbYgJkevQbpOh8gRQYOlHdjT86byobDE5TNEGF5VrGFAtI5rhRGxLw0xqcNT%2BYGfvHxAIfAJXy5ormXxWVnVEnwGMafyVLOtdIY4asa0niFu%2B36eaIqtD5UzsjUY%2F18OW%2FwvjfQmhlmsvJ7qSkfD1Oif5Rv6c%2F67z1zT7gz7rB4gTCG6mLALuRrOIwCPO%2BkyzOxP9PhEJkoB7j446v%2BhE%2F0pt0wM2nJ29%2BK3HRUShhccJzzZ%2BZRxgOXeUL44CsnYlssaTThU%2FztyUbsXWXbs2hroTcFxVVtOp7aGeCUs1qjdJkXaEg%3D%3D

When I click on the first link (i.e download), it renders the file from the bucket without any problem, but when I use the second link to upload a file from my computer to the Google Cloud, using HTTP PUT with Postman, it gives me the following error, with Status 403:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<Error>
<Code>SignatureDoesNotMatch</Code>
<Message>The request signature we calculated does not match the signature 
 you provided. Check your Google secret key and signing method.</Message>
<StringToSign>PUT

 multipart/form-data; boundary=------------------------- 
 -025804137217704409263172
 1553069420
 /roshanbucket/pi.jpg</StringToSign>
 </Error>

I have no idea what's causing this. Some help would be really appreciated.


Solution

  • After a while of struggle, finally managed to get it running. Turns out, first I need to generate a signed URL, the equivalent of

        gsutil signurl -c 'Content-Type' \
       -m RESUMABLE /path/to/your/json_cert_file.json \
        gs://your_bucket/file.txt
    

    Then using that signed URL, send an empty POST request with Content-Type and x-goog-resumable:start headers, the equivalent of

        curl -v -X 'POST' \
       -H 'content-type: text/plain' \
       -H 'x-goog-resumable:start'  \
       -d '' '<signedURL>'
    

    A successful POST will return status 201 with Location header with the actual location where you can upload the file using HTTP PUT.

    Below is the Java class I wrote to finish this, with the help of this article

        import com.google.api.client.util.Base64;
        import com.google.auth.oauth2.ServiceAccountCredentials;
        import java.io.DataOutputStream;
        import java.io.File;
        import java.io.FileInputStream;
        import java.io.IOException;
        import java.io.InputStream;
        import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
        import java.net.URL;
        import java.net.URLEncoder;
        import javax.ws.rs.client.Client;
        import javax.ws.rs.client.ClientBuilder;
        import javax.ws.rs.client.Entity;
        import javax.ws.rs.client.ResponseProcessingException;
        import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
        import uploader.Utilities;
    
        public class Uploader {
    
          private ServiceAccountCredentials creds;    // Service Account Credentials
          private String saEmail;                     // Service Account email
    
          public Uploader() {
            /* Initialize credentials and service account email*/
            try (InputStream inputStream = new FileInputStream("C:/cred/Key.json")) {
              this.creds = ServiceAccountCredentials.fromStream(
                  inputStream);
            } catch (IOException e) {
              e.printStackTrace();
            }
            this.saEmail = "service account email";
          }
    
          /* Sign and return the URL for POST, using credentials from above*/
          private String getSignedUrl(String bucketName, String objectName, String mimeType) {
            String signed_url = null;
            try {
              String verb = "POST";
              long expiration = System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000 + 60;
              String Canonicalized_Extension_Headers = "x-goog-resumable:start";
              String content_type = mimeType;
    
              byte[] sr = creds.sign(
                  (verb + "\n\n" + content_type + "\n" + expiration + "\n" + Canonicalized_Extension_Headers
                      +
                      "\n" + "/" + bucketName + "/" + objectName).getBytes());
              String url_signature = new String(Base64.encodeBase64(sr));
              signed_url = "https://storage.googleapis.com/" + bucketName + "/" + objectName +
                  "?GoogleAccessId=" + saEmail +
                  "&Expires=" + expiration +
                  "&Signature=" + URLEncoder.encode(url_signature, "UTF-8");
            } catch (Exception ex) {
              ex.printStackTrace();
            }
            return signed_url;
          }
    
    
          /* Send POST request to the signed URL using custom headers and an empty body, which returns the actual upload location */
          public String getLocation(String bucketName, String objectName, String mimeType)
              throws IOException {
            URL myURL = new URL(getSignedUrl(bucketName, objectName, mimeType));
            HttpURLConnection myURLConnection = (HttpURLConnection) myURL.openConnection();
            myURLConnection.setRequestMethod("POST");
            myURLConnection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", mimeType);
            myURLConnection.setRequestProperty("x-goog-resumable", "start");
            // Send post request
            myURLConnection.setDoOutput(true);
            DataOutputStream wr = new DataOutputStream(myURLConnection.getOutputStream());
            wr.flush();
            wr.close();
            int responseCode = myURLConnection.getResponseCode();
            if (responseCode != 201) {
              System.out.println("Request Failed");
            }
            return myURLConnection.getHeaderField("Location");            
          }
    
          /* Do the actual upload and return the PUT Response*/
         public Response doUpload(String url, InputStream inputStream, String mimeType) {
            Response response = null;
            Client client = ClientBuilder.newClient();
            try {
              response = client.target(url)
                  .request()
                  .put(Entity.entity(inputStream, mimeType));
              if (response.getStatus() != 200) {
                System.out.println("Request failed with " + response.getStatus());
              }
            } catch (ResponseProcessingException e) {
              e.printStackTrace();
            }
            return response;
          }   
    
        }
    

    Now, simply call it in the main method

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    Uploader uploader = new Uploader();    
    String filePath = "file/path";
    File file = new File(filePath);
    byte[] bytes = Utilities.fileToByteArray(file); // convert file to bytes
    String mimeType = Utilities.getMimeType(bytes); // bytes from above used with tika
    String url = uploader.getLocation("bucket", file.getName(), mimeType);
    Response r = uploader.doUpload(url, new FileInputStream(file), mimeType);
    System.out.println("Response : " + r.getStatus());
    System.out.println(r.getHeaders());
    }
    

    Hope this helps someone! This method doesn't require sending POST request with Jwt in Authorization Bearer.