How to clone a key in Amazon S3 using Python (and boto)?

Question

I have a file contained in a key in my S3 bucket. I want to create a new key, which will contain the same file. Is it possible to do without downloading that file? I\'m looking

Answer 1

S3 allows object by object copy. The CopyObject operation creates a copy of an object when you specify the key and bucket of a source object and the key and bucket of a target destination. Not sure if boto has a compact implementation.