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[ aws . s3api ]

list-objects

Description

Note

This operation is not supported by directory buckets.

Returns some or all (up to 1,000) of the objects in a bucket. You can use the request parameters as selection criteria to return a subset of the objects in a bucket. A 200 OK response can contain valid or invalid XML. Be sure to design your application to parse the contents of the response and handle it appropriately.

Warning

This action has been revised. We recommend that you use the newer version, ListObjectsV2 , when developing applications. For backward compatibility, Amazon S3 continues to support ListObjects .

The following operations are related to ListObjects :

See also: AWS API Documentation

list-objects is a paginated operation. Multiple API calls may be issued in order to retrieve the entire data set of results. You can disable pagination by providing the --no-paginate argument. When using --output text and the --query argument on a paginated response, the --query argument must extract data from the results of the following query expressions: Contents, CommonPrefixes

Synopsis

  list-objects
--bucket <value>
[--delimiter <value>]
[--encoding-type <value>]
[--prefix <value>]
[--request-payer <value>]
[--expected-bucket-owner <value>]
[--optional-object-attributes <value>]
[--cli-input-json <value>]
[--starting-token <value>]
[--page-size <value>]
[--max-items <value>]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
[--debug]
[--endpoint-url <value>]
[--no-verify-ssl]
[--no-paginate]
[--output <value>]
[--query <value>]
[--profile <value>]
[--region <value>]
[--version <value>]
[--color <value>]
[--no-sign-request]
[--ca-bundle <value>]
[--cli-read-timeout <value>]
[--cli-connect-timeout <value>]

Options

--bucket (string)

The name of the bucket containing the objects.

Directory buckets - When you use this operation with a directory bucket, you must use virtual-hosted-style requests in the format `` Bucket_name .s3express-az_id .*region* .amazonaws.com`` . Path-style requests are not supported. Directory bucket names must be unique in the chosen Availability Zone. Bucket names must follow the format `` bucket_base_name --az-id --x-s3`` (for example, `` DOC-EXAMPLE-BUCKET --usw2-az1 --x-s3`` ). For information about bucket naming restrictions, see Directory bucket naming rules in the Amazon S3 User Guide .

Access points - When you use this action with an access point, you must provide the alias of the access point in place of the bucket name or specify the access point ARN. When using the access point ARN, you must direct requests to the access point hostname. The access point hostname takes the form AccessPointName -AccountId .s3-accesspoint.*Region* .amazonaws.com. When using this action with an access point through the Amazon Web Services SDKs, you provide the access point ARN in place of the bucket name. For more information about access point ARNs, see Using access points in the Amazon S3 User Guide .

Note

Access points and Object Lambda access points are not supported by directory buckets.

S3 on Outposts - When you use this action with Amazon S3 on Outposts, you must direct requests to the S3 on Outposts hostname. The S3 on Outposts hostname takes the form `` AccessPointName -AccountId .*outpostID* .s3-outposts.*Region* .amazonaws.com`` . When you use this action with S3 on Outposts through the Amazon Web Services SDKs, you provide the Outposts access point ARN in place of the bucket name. For more information about S3 on Outposts ARNs, see What is S3 on Outposts? in the Amazon S3 User Guide .

--delimiter (string)

A delimiter is a character that you use to group keys.

--encoding-type (string)

Requests Amazon S3 to encode the object keys in the response and specifies the encoding method to use. An object key can contain any Unicode character; however, the XML 1.0 parser cannot parse some characters, such as characters with an ASCII value from 0 to 10. For characters that are not supported in XML 1.0, you can add this parameter to request that Amazon S3 encode the keys in the response.

Possible values:

  • url

--prefix (string)

Limits the response to keys that begin with the specified prefix.

--request-payer (string)

Confirms that the requester knows that she or he will be charged for the list objects request. Bucket owners need not specify this parameter in their requests.

Possible values:

  • requester

--expected-bucket-owner (string)

The account ID of the expected bucket owner. If the account ID that you provide does not match the actual owner of the bucket, the request fails with the HTTP status code 403 Forbidden (access denied).

--optional-object-attributes (list)

Specifies the optional fields that you want returned in the response. Fields that you do not specify are not returned.

(string)

Syntax:

"string" "string" ...

Where valid values are:
  RestoreStatus

--cli-input-json (string) Performs service operation based on the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, the CLI values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally.

--starting-token (string)

A token to specify where to start paginating. This is the NextToken from a previously truncated response.

For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .

--page-size (integer)

The size of each page to get in the AWS service call. This does not affect the number of items returned in the command's output. Setting a smaller page size results in more calls to the AWS service, retrieving fewer items in each call. This can help prevent the AWS service calls from timing out.

For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .

--max-items (integer)

The total number of items to return in the command's output. If the total number of items available is more than the value specified, a NextToken is provided in the command's output. To resume pagination, provide the NextToken value in the starting-token argument of a subsequent command. Do not use the NextToken response element directly outside of the AWS CLI.

For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .

--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command.

Global Options

--debug (boolean)

Turn on debug logging.

--endpoint-url (string)

Override command's default URL with the given URL.

--no-verify-ssl (boolean)

By default, the AWS CLI uses SSL when communicating with AWS services. For each SSL connection, the AWS CLI will verify SSL certificates. This option overrides the default behavior of verifying SSL certificates.

--no-paginate (boolean)

Disable automatic pagination.

--output (string)

The formatting style for command output.

  • json
  • text
  • table

--query (string)

A JMESPath query to use in filtering the response data.

--profile (string)

Use a specific profile from your credential file.

--region (string)

The region to use. Overrides config/env settings.

--version (string)

Display the version of this tool.

--color (string)

Turn on/off color output.

  • on
  • off
  • auto

--no-sign-request (boolean)

Do not sign requests. Credentials will not be loaded if this argument is provided.

--ca-bundle (string)

The CA certificate bundle to use when verifying SSL certificates. Overrides config/env settings.

--cli-read-timeout (int)

The maximum socket read time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket read will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

--cli-connect-timeout (int)

The maximum socket connect time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket connect will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

Examples

Note

To use the following examples, you must have the AWS CLI installed and configured. See the Getting started guide in the AWS CLI User Guide for more information.

Unless otherwise stated, all examples have unix-like quotation rules. These examples will need to be adapted to your terminal's quoting rules. See Using quotation marks with strings in the AWS CLI User Guide .

The following example uses the list-objects command to display the names of all the objects in the specified bucket:

aws s3api list-objects --bucket text-content --query 'Contents[].{Key: Key, Size: Size}'

The example uses the --query argument to filter the output of list-objects down to the key value and size for each object

For more information about objects, see Working with Amazon S3 Objects in the Amazon S3 Developer Guide.

Output

IsTruncated -> (boolean)

A flag that indicates whether Amazon S3 returned all of the results that satisfied the search criteria.

Marker -> (string)

Indicates where in the bucket listing begins. Marker is included in the response if it was sent with the request.

NextMarker -> (string)

When the response is truncated (the IsTruncated element value in the response is true ), you can use the key name in this field as the marker parameter in the subsequent request to get the next set of objects. Amazon S3 lists objects in alphabetical order.

Note

This element is returned only if you have the delimiter request parameter specified. If the response does not include the NextMarker element and it is truncated, you can use the value of the last Key element in the response as the marker parameter in the subsequent request to get the next set of object keys.

Contents -> (list)

Metadata about each object returned.

(structure)

An object consists of data and its descriptive metadata.

Key -> (string)

The name that you assign to an object. You use the object key to retrieve the object.

LastModified -> (timestamp)

Creation date of the object.

ETag -> (string)

The entity tag is a hash of the object. The ETag reflects changes only to the contents of an object, not its metadata. The ETag may or may not be an MD5 digest of the object data. Whether or not it is depends on how the object was created and how it is encrypted as described below:

  • Objects created by the PUT Object, POST Object, or Copy operation, or through the Amazon Web Services Management Console, and are encrypted by SSE-S3 or plaintext, have ETags that are an MD5 digest of their object data.
  • Objects created by the PUT Object, POST Object, or Copy operation, or through the Amazon Web Services Management Console, and are encrypted by SSE-C or SSE-KMS, have ETags that are not an MD5 digest of their object data.
  • If an object is created by either the Multipart Upload or Part Copy operation, the ETag is not an MD5 digest, regardless of the method of encryption. If an object is larger than 16 MB, the Amazon Web Services Management Console will upload or copy that object as a Multipart Upload, and therefore the ETag will not be an MD5 digest.

Note

Directory buckets - MD5 is not supported by directory buckets.

ChecksumAlgorithm -> (list)

The algorithm that was used to create a checksum of the object.

(string)

Size -> (long)

Size in bytes of the object

StorageClass -> (string)

The class of storage used to store the object.

Note

Directory buckets - Only the S3 Express One Zone storage class is supported by directory buckets to store objects.

Owner -> (structure)

The owner of the object

Note

Directory buckets - The bucket owner is returned as the object owner.

DisplayName -> (string)

Container for the display name of the owner. This value is only supported in the following Amazon Web Services Regions:

  • US East (N. Virginia)
  • US West (N. California)
  • US West (Oregon)
  • Asia Pacific (Singapore)
  • Asia Pacific (Sydney)
  • Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
  • Europe (Ireland)
  • South America (São Paulo)

Note

This functionality is not supported for directory buckets.

ID -> (string)

Container for the ID of the owner.

RestoreStatus -> (structure)

Specifies the restoration status of an object. Objects in certain storage classes must be restored before they can be retrieved. For more information about these storage classes and how to work with archived objects, see Working with archived objects in the Amazon S3 User Guide .

Note

This functionality is not supported for directory buckets. Only the S3 Express One Zone storage class is supported by directory buckets to store objects.

IsRestoreInProgress -> (boolean)

Specifies whether the object is currently being restored. If the object restoration is in progress, the header returns the value TRUE . For example:

x-amz-optional-object-attributes: IsRestoreInProgress="true"

If the object restoration has completed, the header returns the value FALSE . For example:

x-amz-optional-object-attributes: IsRestoreInProgress="false", RestoreExpiryDate="2012-12-21T00:00:00.000Z"

If the object hasn't been restored, there is no header response.

RestoreExpiryDate -> (timestamp)

Indicates when the restored copy will expire. This value is populated only if the object has already been restored. For example:

x-amz-optional-object-attributes: IsRestoreInProgress="false", RestoreExpiryDate="2012-12-21T00:00:00.000Z"

Name -> (string)

The bucket name.

Prefix -> (string)

Keys that begin with the indicated prefix.

Delimiter -> (string)

Causes keys that contain the same string between the prefix and the first occurrence of the delimiter to be rolled up into a single result element in the CommonPrefixes collection. These rolled-up keys are not returned elsewhere in the response. Each rolled-up result counts as only one return against the MaxKeys value.

MaxKeys -> (integer)

The maximum number of keys returned in the response body.

CommonPrefixes -> (list)

All of the keys (up to 1,000) rolled up in a common prefix count as a single return when calculating the number of returns.

A response can contain CommonPrefixes only if you specify a delimiter.

CommonPrefixes contains all (if there are any) keys between Prefix and the next occurrence of the string specified by the delimiter.

CommonPrefixes lists keys that act like subdirectories in the directory specified by Prefix .

For example, if the prefix is notes/ and the delimiter is a slash (/ ), as in notes/summer/july , the common prefix is notes/summer/ . All of the keys that roll up into a common prefix count as a single return when calculating the number of returns.

(structure)

Container for all (if there are any) keys between Prefix and the next occurrence of the string specified by a delimiter. CommonPrefixes lists keys that act like subdirectories in the directory specified by Prefix. For example, if the prefix is notes/ and the delimiter is a slash (/) as in notes/summer/july, the common prefix is notes/summer/.

Prefix -> (string)

Container for the specified common prefix.

EncodingType -> (string)

Encoding type used by Amazon S3 to encode object keys in the response. If using url , non-ASCII characters used in an object's key name will be URL encoded. For example, the object test_file(3).png will appear as test_file%283%29.png.

RequestCharged -> (string)

If present, indicates that the requester was successfully charged for the request.

Note

This functionality is not supported for directory buckets.