List Amazon S3 buckets using an Amazon SDK - Amazon Simple Storage Service
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List Amazon S3 buckets using an Amazon SDK

The following code examples show how to list S3 buckets.

.NET
Amazon SDK for .NET
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There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

/// <summary> /// This example uses the AWS SDK for .NET to list the Amazon Simple Storage /// Service (Amazon S3) buckets belonging to the default account. This code /// was written using AWS SDK for .NET v3.5 and .NET Core 5.0. /// </summary> namespace ListBucketsExample { using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Threading.Tasks; using Amazon.S3; using Amazon.S3.Model; class ListBuckets { private static IAmazonS3 _s3Client; static async Task Main() { // The client uses the AWS Region of the default user. // If the Region where the buckets were created is different, // pass the Region to the client constructor. For example: // _s3Client = new AmazonS3Client(RegionEndpoint.USEast1); _s3Client = new AmazonS3Client(); var response = await GetBuckets(_s3Client); DisplayBucketList(response.Buckets); } /// <summary> /// Get a list of the buckets owned by the default user. /// </summary> /// <param name="client">An initialized Amazon S3 client object.</param> /// <returns>The response from the ListingBuckets call that contains a /// list of the buckets owned by the default user.</returns> public static async Task<ListBucketsResponse> GetBuckets(IAmazonS3 client) { return await client.ListBucketsAsync(); } /// <summary> /// This method lists the name and creation date for the buckets in /// the passed List of S3 buckets. /// </summary> /// <param name="bucketList">A List of S3 bucket objects.</param> public static void DisplayBucketList(List<S3Bucket> bucketList) { bucketList .ForEach(b => Console.WriteLine($"Bucket name: {b.BucketName}, created on: {b.CreationDate}")); } } }
  • For API details, see ListBuckets in Amazon SDK for .NET API Reference.

C++
SDK for C++
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There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

bool AwsDoc::S3::ListBuckets(const Aws::Client::ClientConfiguration &clientConfig) { Aws::S3::S3Client client(clientConfig); auto outcome = client.ListBuckets(); bool result = true; if (!outcome.IsSuccess()) { std::cerr << "Failed with error: " << outcome.GetError() << std::endl; result = false; } else { std::cout << "Found " << outcome.GetResult().GetBuckets().size() << " buckets\n"; for (auto &&b: outcome.GetResult().GetBuckets()) { std::cout << b.GetName() << std::endl; } } return result; }
  • For API details, see ListBuckets in Amazon SDK for C++ API Reference.

Go
SDK for Go V2
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There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

// BucketBasics encapsulates the Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) actions // used in the examples. // It contains S3Client, an Amazon S3 service client that is used to perform bucket // and object actions. type BucketBasics struct { S3Client *s3.Client } // ListBuckets lists the buckets in the current account. func (basics BucketBasics) ListBuckets() ([]types.Bucket, error) { result, err := basics.S3Client.ListBuckets(context.TODO(), &s3.ListBucketsInput{}) var buckets []types.Bucket if err != nil { log.Printf("Couldn't list buckets for your account. Here's why: %v\n", err) } else { buckets = result.Buckets } return buckets, err }
  • For API details, see ListBuckets in Amazon SDK for Go API Reference.

JavaScript
SDK for JavaScript (v3)
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There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

List the buckets.

import { ListBucketsCommand, S3Client } from "@aws-sdk/client-s3"; const client = new S3Client({}); export const main = async () => { const command = new ListBucketsCommand({}); try { const { Owner, Buckets } = await client.send(command); console.log( `${Owner.DisplayName} owns ${Buckets.length} bucket${ Buckets.length === 1 ? "" : "s" }:` ); console.log(`${Buckets.map((b) => ` • ${b.Name}`).join("\n")}`); } catch (err) { console.error(err); } };
Python
SDK for Python (Boto3)
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There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

class BucketWrapper: """Encapsulates S3 bucket actions.""" def __init__(self, bucket): """ :param bucket: A Boto3 Bucket resource. This is a high-level resource in Boto3 that wraps bucket actions in a class-like structure. """ self.bucket = bucket self.name = bucket.name @staticmethod def list(s3_resource): """ Get the buckets in all Regions for the current account. :param s3_resource: A Boto3 S3 resource. This is a high-level resource in Boto3 that contains collections and factory methods to create other high-level S3 sub-resources. :return: The list of buckets. """ try: buckets = list(s3_resource.buckets.all()) logger.info("Got buckets: %s.", buckets) except ClientError: logger.exception("Couldn't get buckets.") raise else: return buckets
  • For API details, see ListBuckets in Amazon SDK for Python (Boto3) API Reference.

Ruby
SDK for Ruby
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There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

require "aws-sdk-s3" # Wraps Amazon S3 resource actions. class BucketListWrapper attr_reader :s3_resource # @param s3_resource [Aws::S3::Resource] An Amazon S3 resource. def initialize(s3_resource) @s3_resource = s3_resource end # Lists buckets for the current account. # # @param count [Integer] The maximum number of buckets to list. def list_buckets(count) puts "Found these buckets:" @s3_resource.buckets.each do |bucket| puts "\t#{bucket.name}" count -= 1 break if count.zero? end true rescue Aws::Errors::ServiceError => e puts "Couldn't list buckets. Here's why: #{e.message}" false end end def run_demo wrapper = BucketListWrapper.new(Aws::S3::Resource.new) wrapper.list_buckets(25) end run_demo if $PROGRAM_NAME == __FILE__
  • For API details, see ListBuckets in Amazon SDK for Ruby API Reference.

Rust
SDK for Rust
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This documentation is for an SDK in preview release. The SDK is subject to change and should not be used in production.

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There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

async fn show_buckets(strict: bool, client: &Client, region: &str) -> Result<(), Error> { let resp = client.list_buckets().send().await?; let buckets = resp.buckets().unwrap_or_default(); let num_buckets = buckets.len(); let mut in_region = 0; for bucket in buckets { if strict { let r = client .get_bucket_location() .bucket(bucket.name().unwrap_or_default()) .send() .await?; if r.location_constraint().unwrap().as_ref() == region { println!("{}", bucket.name().unwrap_or_default()); in_region += 1; } } else { println!("{}", bucket.name().unwrap_or_default()); } } println!(); if strict { println!( "Found {} buckets in the {} region out of a total of {} buckets.", in_region, region, num_buckets ); } else { println!("Found {} buckets in all regions.", num_buckets); } Ok(()) }
  • For API details, see ListBuckets in Amazon SDK for Rust API reference.

Swift
SDK for Swift
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This is prerelease documentation for an SDK in preview release. It is subject to change.

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There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

/// Return an array containing information about every available bucket. /// /// - Returns: An array of ``S3ClientTypes.Bucket`` objects describing /// each bucket. public func getAllBuckets() async throws -> [S3ClientTypes.Bucket] { let output = try await client.listBuckets(input: ListBucketsInput()) guard let buckets = output.buckets else { return [] } return buckets }
  • For API details, see ListBuckets in Amazon SDK for Swift API reference.

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