Object / Action / download_file

download_file#

S3.Object.download_file(Filename, ExtraArgs=None, Callback=None, Config=None)#

Download an S3 object to a file.

Usage:

import boto3
s3 = boto3.resource('s3')
s3.Object('amzn-s3-demo-bucket', 'hello.txt').download_file('/tmp/hello.txt')

Similar behavior as S3Transfer’s download_file() method, except that parameters are capitalized. Detailed examples can be found at S3Transfer’s Usage.

Parameters:

  • Filename (str) – The path to the file to download to.

  • ExtraArgs (dict) – Extra arguments that may be passed to the client operation. For allowed download arguments see boto3.s3.transfer.S3Transfer.ALLOWED_DOWNLOAD_ARGS.

  • Callback (function) – A method which takes a number of bytes transferred to be periodically called during the download.

  • Config (boto3.s3.transfer.TransferConfig) – The transfer configuration to be used when performing the transfer.