tGSCopy Standard properties

Use an existing connection

Select this check box and in the Component List click the relevant connection component to reuse the connection details you already defined.

• Service account: authenticate using a Google account that is associated with your Google Cloud Platform project. When selecting this mode, the parameter to be defined is Service account key.
• Application Default Credentials: authenticate using the Application Default Credentials. When selecting this mode, no additional parameters need to be defined as credentials are automatically found based on the application environment.
• OAuth Access Token: authenticate using an OAuth access token. When selecting this mode, the parameter to be defined is OAuth Access Token.

To know more about the Google Cloud authentication process, read the Google Cloud documentation.

Click the [...] button next to the service account key field to browse for the JSON file that contains your service account key.

This property is only available when you authenticate using Service account.

The lifetime of the token is one hour. The component does not perform the token refresh operation but will fetch the new access token to operate beyond the one-hour limit.

Source bucket name

Specify the name of the bucket from which you want to copy or move objects.

Source object key

Specify the key of the object to be copied.

Source is folder

Select this check box if the source object is a folder.

Target bucket name

Specify the name of the bucket to which you want to copy or move objects.

Target folder

Specify the target folder to which the objects will be copied or moved.

Action

Select the action that you want to perform on objects from the list.

• Copy: copies objects from the source bucket or folder to the target bucket or folder.

• Move: moves objects from the source bucket or folder to the target bucket or folder.

Rename

Select this check box and in the New name field enter a new name for the object to be copied or moved.

The Rename check box will not be available if you select the Source is folder check box.

Die on error

This check box is cleared by default, meaning to skip the row on error and to complete the process for error-free rows.

When selected, enter the URL in the Google Storage Private API URL property, by respecting the following format: "https://storage.goggleapis.com".

For more information, see Access Google APIs through endpoints from Google documentation.

This property is only available when you authenticate using Service account and Application Default Credentials.

Use source path

Select this check box to add paths while copying or moving items in the same bucket or several ones.

When you select the Rename check box from the Basic settings view, the Use source path option does not work.

tStatCatcher Statistics

Select this check box to gather the Job processing metadata at the Job level as well as at each component level.

Global Variables

SOURCE_BUCKET: the source bucket name. This is an After variable and it returns a string.

SOURCE_OBJECTKEY: the key of a source object. This is an After variable and it returns a string.

DESTINATION_BUCKETNAME: the destination bucket name. This is an After variable and it returns a string.

DESTINATION_FOLDER: the destination folder. This is an After variable and it returns a string.

ERROR_MESSAGE: the error message generated by the component when an error occurs. This is an After variable and it returns a string. This variable functions only if the Die on error check box is cleared, if the component has this check box.

A Flow variable functions during the execution of a component while an After variable functions after the execution of the component.

To fill up a field or expression with a variable, press Ctrl+Space to access the variable list and choose the variable to use from it.

For more information about variables, see Using contexts and variables.

Usage rule

This component can be used as a standalone component.