Listing Your Buckets

You can list the buckets you created. This action also returns information about their date and time of creation.

The buckets that other users shared with you do not appear.

Listing Your Buckets Using AWS CLI (s3api)

Before you begin: Install and configure AWS CLI and set up your profile. For more information, see Installing and Configuring AWS CLI.

To list your buckets, use the list-buckets command following this syntax:

Request sample

$ aws s3api list-buckets \
    --profile YOUR_PROFILE \
    --endpoint https://oos.eu-west-2.outscale.com

This command contains the following attributes that you need to specify:

(optional) profile: The named profile you want to use, created when configuring AWS CLI. For more information, see Installing and Configuring AWS CLI.
endpoint: The endpoint corresponding to the Region you want to send the request to.

The list-buckets command returns the following elements:

Owner: Information about the owner of the bucket. This element contains the following information:
- DisplayName: Your OUTSCALE account ID.
- ID: Your S3 user ID.
Buckets: Information about your buckets. This element contains the following information for each bucket:
- Name: The name you specified for your bucket.
- CreationDate: The date and time of creation, in ISO 8601 format.

Result Sample

{

    "Owner": {
        "DisplayName": "ACCOUNT_ID",
        "ID": "USER_ID"
    },
    "Buckets": [
        {
            "Name": "bucket1",
            "CreationDate": "2023-11-29T08:51:46.760000+00:00"
        },
        {
            "Name": "bucket2",
            "CreationDate": "2024-01-31T14:47:33.303000+00:00"
        },
        {
            "Name": "bucket3",
            "CreationDate": "2024-01-30T14:59:21.190000+00:00"
        }
    ]
}