Bucket Operations

PUT Bucket

Creates a new bucket. To create a bucket, you must have a user ID and a valid AWS Access Key ID to authenticate requests. You may not create buckets as an anonymous user.

Constraints

In general, bucket names should follow domain name constraints.

  • Bucket names must be unique.

  • Bucket names cannot be formatted as IP address.

  • Bucket names can be between 3 and 63 characters long.

  • Bucket names must not contain uppercase characters or underscores.

  • Bucket names must start with a lowercase letter or number.

  • Bucket names must be a series of one or more labels. Adjacent labels are separated by a single period (.). Bucket names can contain lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens. Each label must start and end with a lowercase letter or a number.

Note

The above constraints are relaxed if the option ‘rgw_relaxed_s3_bucket_names’ is set to true except that the bucket names must still be unique, cannot be formatted as IP address and can contain letters, numbers, periods, dashes and underscores for up to 255 characters long.

Syntax

PUT /{bucket} HTTP/1.1
Host: cname.domain.com
x-amz-acl: public-read-write

Authorization: AWS {access-key}:{hash-of-header-and-secret}

Parameters

Name

Description

Valid Values

Required

x-amz-acl

Canned ACLs.

private, public-read, public-read-write, authenticated-read

No

x-amz-bucket-object-lock-enabled

Enable object lock on bucket. | true, false

No

Request Entities

Name

Type

Description

CreateBucketConfiguration

Container

A container for the bucket configuration.

LocationConstraint

String

A zonegroup api name, with optional S3 Bucket Placement

HTTP Response

If the bucket name is unique, within constraints and unused, the operation will succeed. If a bucket with the same name already exists and the user is the bucket owner, the operation will succeed. If the bucket name is already in use, the operation will fail.

HTTP Status

Status Code

Description

409

BucketAlreadyExists

Bucket already exists under different user’s ownership.

DELETE Bucket

Deletes a bucket. You can reuse bucket names following a successful bucket removal.

Syntax

DELETE /{bucket} HTTP/1.1
Host: cname.domain.com

Authorization: AWS {access-key}:{hash-of-header-and-secret}

HTTP Response

HTTP Status

Status Code

Description

204

No Content

Bucket removed.

GET Bucket

Returns a list of bucket objects.

Syntax

GET /{bucket}?max-keys=25 HTTP/1.1
Host: cname.domain.com

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

prefix

String

Only returns objects that contain the specified prefix.

delimiter

String

The delimiter between the prefix and the rest of the object name.

marker

String

A beginning index for the list of objects returned.

max-keys

Integer

The maximum number of keys to return. Default is 1000.

allow-unordered

Boolean

Non-standard extension. Allows results to be returned unordered. Cannot be used with delimiter.

HTTP Response

HTTP Status

Status Code

Description

200

OK

Buckets retrieved

Bucket Response Entities

GET /{bucket} returns a container for buckets with the following fields.

Name

Type

Description

ListBucketResult

Entity

The container for the list of objects.

Name

String

The name of the bucket whose contents will be returned.

Prefix

String

A prefix for the object keys.

Marker

String

A beginning index for the list of objects returned.

MaxKeys

Integer

The maximum number of keys returned.

Delimiter

String

If set, objects with the same prefix will appear in the CommonPrefixes list.

IsTruncated

Boolean

If true, only a subset of the bucket’s contents were returned.

CommonPrefixes

Container

If multiple objects contain the same prefix, they will appear in this list.

Object Response Entities

The ListBucketResult contains objects, where each object is within a Contents container.

Name

Type

Description

Contents

Object

A container for the object.

Key

String

The object’s key.

LastModified

Date

The object’s last-modified date/time.

ETag

String

An MD-5 hash of the object. (entity tag)

Size

Integer

The object’s size.

StorageClass

String

Should always return STANDARD.

Type

String

Appendable or Normal.

Get Bucket Location

Retrieves the bucket’s region. The user needs to be the bucket owner to call this. A bucket can be constrained to a region by providing LocationConstraint during a PUT request.

Syntax

Add the location subresource to bucket resource as shown below

GET /{bucket}?location HTTP/1.1
Host: cname.domain.com

Authorization: AWS {access-key}:{hash-of-header-and-secret}

Response Entities

Name

Type

Description

LocationConstraint

String

The region where bucket resides, empty string for default region

Get Bucket ACL

Retrieves the bucket access control list. The user needs to be the bucket owner or to have been granted READ_ACP permission on the bucket.

Syntax

Add the acl subresource to the bucket request as shown below.

GET /{bucket}?acl HTTP/1.1
Host: cname.domain.com

Authorization: AWS {access-key}:{hash-of-header-and-secret}

Response Entities

Name

Type

Description

AccessControlPolicy

Container

A container for the response.

AccessControlList

Container

A container for the ACL information.

Owner

Container

A container for the bucket owner’s ID and DisplayName.

ID

String

The bucket owner’s ID.

DisplayName

String

The bucket owner’s display name.

Grant

Container

A container for Grantee and Permission.

Grantee

Container

A container for the DisplayName and ID of the user receiving a grant of permission.

Permission

String

The permission given to the Grantee bucket.

PUT Bucket ACL

Sets an access control to an existing bucket. The user needs to be the bucket owner or to have been granted WRITE_ACP permission on the bucket.

Syntax

Add the acl subresource to the bucket request as shown below.

PUT /{bucket}?acl HTTP/1.1

Request Entities

Name

Type

Description

AccessControlPolicy

Container

A container for the request.

AccessControlList

Container

A container for the ACL information.

Owner

Container

A container for the bucket owner’s ID and DisplayName.

ID

String

The bucket owner’s ID.

DisplayName

String

The bucket owner’s display name.

Grant

Container

A container for Grantee and Permission.

Grantee

Container

A container for the DisplayName and ID of the user receiving a grant of permission.

Permission

String

The permission given to the Grantee bucket.

List Bucket Multipart Uploads

GET /?uploads returns a list of the current in-progress multipart uploads–i.e., the application initiates a multipart upload, but the service hasn’t completed all the uploads yet.

Syntax

GET /{bucket}?uploads HTTP/1.1

Parameters

You may specify parameters for GET /{bucket}?uploads, but none of them are required.

Name

Type

Description

prefix

String

Returns in-progress uploads whose keys contains the specified prefix.

delimiter

String

The delimiter between the prefix and the rest of the object name.

key-marker

String

The beginning marker for the list of uploads.

max-keys

Integer

The maximum number of in-progress uploads. The default is 1000.

max-uploads

Integer

The maximum number of multipart uploads. The range from 1-1000. The default is 1000.

upload-id-marker

String

Ignored if key-marker is not specified. Specifies the ID of first upload to list in lexicographical order at or following the ID.

Response Entities

Name

Type

Description

ListMultipartUploadsResult

Container

A container for the results.

ListMultipartUploadsResult.Prefix

String

The prefix specified by the prefix request parameter (if any).

Bucket

String

The bucket that will receive the bucket contents.

KeyMarker

String

The key marker specified by the key-marker request parameter (if any).

UploadIdMarker

String

The marker specified by the upload-id-marker request parameter (if any).

NextKeyMarker

String

The key marker to use in a subsequent request if IsTruncated is true.

NextUploadIdMarker

String

The upload ID marker to use in a subsequent request if IsTruncated is true.

MaxUploads

Integer

The max uploads specified by the max-uploads request parameter.

Delimiter

String

If set, objects with the same prefix will appear in the CommonPrefixes list.

IsTruncated

Boolean

If true, only a subset of the bucket’s upload contents were returned.

Upload

Container

A container for Key, UploadId, InitiatorOwner, StorageClass, and Initiated elements.

Key

String

The key of the object once the multipart upload is complete.

UploadId

String

The ID that identifies the multipart upload.

Initiator

Container

Contains the ID and DisplayName of the user who initiated the upload.

DisplayName

String

The initiator’s display name.

ID

String

The initiator’s ID.

Owner

Container

A container for the ID and DisplayName of the user who owns the uploaded object.

StorageClass

String

The method used to store the resulting object. STANDARD or REDUCED_REDUNDANCY

Initiated

Date

The date and time the user initiated the upload.

CommonPrefixes

Container

If multiple objects contain the same prefix, they will appear in this list.

CommonPrefixes.Prefix

String

The substring of the key after the prefix as defined by the prefix request parameter.

ENABLE/SUSPEND BUCKET VERSIONING

PUT /?versioning This subresource set the versioning state of an existing bucket. To set the versioning state, you must be the bucket owner.

You can set the versioning state with one of the following values:

  • Enabled : Enables versioning for the objects in the bucket, All objects added to the bucket receive a unique version ID.

  • Suspended : Disables versioning for the objects in the bucket, All objects added to the bucket receive the version ID null.

If the versioning state has never been set on a bucket, it has no versioning state; a GET versioning request does not return a versioning state value.

Syntax

PUT  /{bucket}?versioning  HTTP/1.1

REQUEST ENTITIES

Name

Type

Description

VersioningConfiguration

Container

A container for the request.

Status

String

Sets the versioning state of the bucket. Valid Values: Suspended/Enabled

PUT BUCKET OBJECT LOCK

Places an Object Lock configuration on the specified bucket. The rule specified in the Object Lock configuration will be applied by default to every new object placed in the specified bucket.

Syntax

PUT /{bucket}?object-lock HTTP/1.1

Request Entities

Name

Type

Description

Required

ObjectLockConfiguration

Container

A container for the request.

Yes

ObjectLockEnabled

String

Indicates whether this bucket has an Object Lock configuration enabled.

Yes

Rule

Container

The Object Lock rule in place for the specified bucket.

No

DefaultRetention

Container

The default retention period applied to new objects placed in the specified bucket.

No

Mode

String

The default Object Lock retention mode. Valid Values: GOVERNANCE/COMPLIANCE

Yes

Days

Integer

The number of days specified for the default retention period.

No

Years

Integer

The number of years specified for the default retention period.

No

HTTP Response

If the bucket object lock is not enabled when creating the bucket, the operation will fail.

HTTP Status

Status Code

Description

400

MalformedXML

The XML is not well-formed

409

InvalidBucketState

The bucket object lock is not enabled

GET BUCKET OBJECT LOCK

Gets the Object Lock configuration for a bucket. The rule specified in the Object Lock configuration will be applied by default to every new object placed in the specified bucket.

Syntax

GET /{bucket}?object-lock HTTP/1.1

Response Entities

Name

Type

Description

Required

ObjectLockConfiguration

Container

A container for the request.

Yes

ObjectLockEnabled

String

Indicates whether this bucket has an Object Lock configuration enabled.

Yes

Rule

Container

The Object Lock rule in place for the specified bucket.

No

DefaultRetention

Container

The default retention period applied to new objects placed in the specified bucket.

No

Mode

String

The default Object Lock retention mode. Valid Values: GOVERNANCE/COMPLIANCE

Yes

Days

Integer

The number of days specified for the default retention period.

No

Years

Integer

The number of years specified for the default retention period.

No

Create Notification

Create a publisher for a specific bucket into a topic.

Syntax

PUT /<bucket name>?notification HTTP/1.1

Request Entities

Parameters are XML encoded in the body of the request, in the following format:

<NotificationConfiguration xmlns="http://s3.amazonaws.com/doc/2006-03-01/">
    <TopicConfiguration>
        <Id></Id>
        <Topic></Topic>
        <Event></Event>
        <Filter>
            <S3Key>
                <FilterRule>
                    <Name></Name>
                    <Value></Value>
                </FilterRule>
                 </S3Key>
             <S3Metadata>
                 <FilterRule>
                     <Name></Name>
                     <Value></Value>
                 </FilterRule>
             </s3Metadata>
         </Filter>
    </TopicConfiguration>
</NotificationConfiguration>

Name

Type

Description

Required

NotificationConfiguration

Container

Holding list of TopicConfiguration entities

Yes

TopicConfiguration

Container

Holding Id, Topic and list of Event entities

Yes

Id

String

Name of the notification

Yes

Topic

String

Topic ARN. Topic must be created beforehand

Yes

Event

String

List of supported events see: S3 Notification Compatibility. Multiple Event entities can be used. If omitted, all events are handled

No

Filter

Container

Holding S3Key and S3Metadata entities

No

S3Key

Container

Holding a list of FilterRule entities, for filtering based on object key. At most, 3 entities may be in the list, with Name be prefix, suffix or regex. All filter rules in the list must match for the filter to match.

No

S3Metadata

Container

Holding a list of FilterRule entities, for filtering based on object metadata. All filter rules in the list must match the ones defined on the object. The object, have other metadata entitied not listed in the filter.

No

S3Key.FilterRule

Container

Holding Name and Value entities. Name would be: prefix, suffix or regex. The Value would hold the key prefix, key suffix or a regular expression for matching the key, accordingly.

Yes

S3Metadata.FilterRule

Container

Holding Name and Value entities. Name would be the name of the metadata attribute (e.g. x-amz-meta-xxx). The Value would be the expected value for this attribute

Yes

HTTP Response

HTTP Status

Status Code

Description

400

MalformedXML

The XML is not well-formed

400

InvalidArgument

Missing Id; Missing/Invalid Topic ARN; Invalid Event

404

NoSuchBucket

The bucket does not exist

404

NoSuchKey

The topic does not exist

Delete Notification

Delete a specific, or all, notifications from a bucket.

Note

  • Notification deletion is an extension to the S3 notification API

  • When the bucket is deleted, any notification defined on it is also deleted

  • Deleting an unknown notification (e.g. double delete) is not considered an error

Syntax

DELETE /bucket?notification[=<notification-id>] HTTP/1.1

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

notification-id

String

Name of the notification. If not provided, all notifications on the bucket are deleted

HTTP Response

HTTP Status

Status Code

Description

404

NoSuchBucket

The bucket does not exist

Get/List Notification

Get a specific notification, or list all notifications configured on a bucket.

Syntax

GET /bucket?notification[=<notification-id>] HTTP/1.1

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

notification-id

String

Name of the notification. If not provided, all notifications on the bucket are listed

Response Entities

Response is XML encoded in the body of the request, in the following format:

<NotificationConfiguration xmlns="http://s3.amazonaws.com/doc/2006-03-01/">
    <TopicConfiguration>
        <Id></Id>
        <Topic></Topic>
        <Event></Event>
        <Filter>
            <S3Key>
                <FilterRule>
                    <Name></Name>
                    <Value></Value>
                </FilterRule>
                 </S3Key>
             <S3Metadata>
                 <FilterRule>
                     <Name></Name>
                     <Value></Value>
                 </FilterRule>
             </s3Metadata>
         </Filter>
    </TopicConfiguration>
</NotificationConfiguration>

Name

Type

Description

Required

NotificationConfiguration

Container

Holding list of TopicConfiguration entities

Yes

TopicConfiguration

Container

Holding Id, Topic and list of Event entities

Yes

Id

String

Name of the notification

Yes

Topic

String

Topic ARN

Yes

Event

String

Handled event. Multiple Event entities may exist

Yes

Filter

Container

Holding the filters configured for this notification

No

HTTP Response

HTTP Status

Status Code

Description

404

NoSuchBucket

The bucket does not exist

404

NoSuchKey

The notification does not exist (if provided)