Apache OpenDAL™ .NET Binding

Note: This binding has its own independent version number, which may differ from the Rust core version. When checking for updates or compatibility, always refer to this binding's version rather than the core version.

Build

To compile OpenDAL .NET binding from source code, you need:

• .NET SDK for net8.0 or net10.0.
• Rust toolchain for building the native library.

cargo build
dotnet build
dotnet test

Quickstart

using OpenDAL;
using System.Text;

using var executor = new Executor(2);
using var op = new Operator("memory");

await op.WriteAsync("demo.txt", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("hello"), executor);

var bytes = await op.ReadAsync("demo.txt", executor);
var text = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes);

var meta = await op.StatAsync("demo.txt", executor: executor);
var entries = await op.ListAsync("", executor: executor);

await op.DeleteAsync("demo.txt", executor);

If you don't pass an Executor, OpenDAL uses the default executor.

Creating an Operator

With scheme + dictionary options

using OpenDAL;

using var fs = new Operator("fs", new Dictionary<string, string>
{
	["root"] = "/tmp/opendal",
});

With typed service config

using OpenDAL;
using OpenDAL.ServiceConfig;

using var fs = new Operator(new FsServiceConfig
{
	Root = "/tmp/opendal",
});

Executor and Lifetime

• Prefer using for Operator, Executor, and stream instances.
• Keep an Executor alive for the full lifetime of operations using it.
• Disposing an Executor or Operator too early causes ObjectDisposedException.
• For async calls, ensure disposal happens after awaited operations complete.

Core Operations

Operator provides sync and async APIs for common object operations:

• Read / Write
• Stat / List
• Delete / CreateDir
• Copy / Rename / RemoveAll
• PresignRead / PresignWrite / PresignStat / PresignDelete (async)
• Info for scheme/root/name/capabilities
• Duplicate() to create a new handle to the same backend configuration

using OpenDAL;
using OpenDAL.Options;
using System.Text;

using var op = new Operator("memory");

op.CreateDir("logs/");
op.Write("logs/a.txt", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("v1"));
op.Copy("logs/a.txt", "logs/b.txt");
op.Rename("logs/b.txt", "logs/c.txt");

var read = op.Read("logs/c.txt", new ReadOptions { Offset = 0, Length = 2 });
var list = op.List("logs/", new ListOptions { Recursive = true });

op.RemoveAll("logs/");

Options

Use options types in OpenDAL.Options to pass operation-specific parameters.

• ReadOptions: range, conditions, concurrency, response-header overrides.
• WriteOptions: append, content headers, conditions, concurrency/chunk, user metadata.
• StatOptions: conditional headers and response-header overrides.
• ListOptions: recursive, limit, start-after, versions, deleted.

using OpenDAL.Options;

var writeOptions = new WriteOptions
{
	ContentType = "text/plain",
	CacheControl = "no-cache",
	IfNotExists = true,
};

await op.WriteAsync("docs/readme.txt", content, writeOptions);

var listOptions = new ListOptions
{
	Recursive = true,
	Limit = 100,
};

var entries = await op.ListAsync("docs/", listOptions);

Streams

OpenDAL exposes .NET Stream wrappers:

• OpenReadStream(path, readOptions, executor) returns OperatorInputStream.
• OpenWriteStream(path, writeOptions, bufferSize, executor) returns OperatorOutputStream.

using OpenDAL;
using System.Text;

using var op = new Operator("memory");

await using (var writer = op.OpenWriteStream("stream.txt"))
{
	var payload = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("stream-data");
	await writer.WriteAsync(payload, 0, payload.Length);
	await writer.FlushAsync();
}

using var reader = op.OpenReadStream("stream.txt");
using var ms = new MemoryStream();
reader.CopyTo(ms);

Notes:

• Dispose write streams to flush/close native resources deterministically.
• ReadAsync / WriteAsync on these streams are synchronous wrappers that still honor cancellation checks before execution.

Presign

Generate presigned HTTP requests with expiration:

using OpenDAL;

using var op = new Operator("s3", new Dictionary<string, string>
{
	["bucket"] = "my-bucket",
	["region"] = "us-east-1",
	["access_key_id"] = "<ak>",
	["secret_access_key"] = "<sk>",
});

var request = await op.PresignReadAsync("data/file.txt", TimeSpan.FromMinutes(10));

Console.WriteLine(request.Method);
Console.WriteLine(request.Uri);
foreach (var header in request.Headers)
{
	Console.WriteLine($"{header.Key}: {header.Value}");
}

Available APIs:

• PresignReadAsync
• PresignWriteAsync
• PresignStatAsync
• PresignDeleteAsync

Layers

Apply middleware-like behavior with WithLayer:

using OpenDAL;
using OpenDAL.Layer;

using var baseOp = new Operator("memory");

using var op = baseOp
	.WithLayer(new ConcurrentLimitLayer(64))
	.WithLayer(new RetryLayer
	{
		MaxTimes = 5,
		MinDelay = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(100),
		MaxDelay = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5),
		Factor = 2f,
		Jitter = true,
	})
	.WithLayer(new TimeoutLayer
	{
		Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30),
		IoTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5),
	});

Error Handling and Capability Checks

Most failures are surfaced as OpenDALException with a typed Code (ErrorCode).

try
{
	await op.ReadAsync("missing.txt");
}
catch (OpenDALException ex) when (ex.Code == ErrorCode.NotFound)
{
	// Handle missing object
}

Some features depend on backend capability. Check op.Info.FullCapability before using optional options/features:

var cap = op.Info.FullCapability;
if (cap.PresignRead)
{
	var req = await op.PresignReadAsync("a.txt", TimeSpan.FromMinutes(5));
}

Path Conventions

• Use backend-native object keys (for example, a/b/c.txt).
• For directory-like operations (CreateDir, directory Stat, List roots), prefer trailing slash paths such as logs/.

License and Trademarks

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Apache OpenDAL, OpenDAL, and Apache are either registered trademarks or trademarks of the Apache Software Foundation.