Identifying Whether a Bucket Exists

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You can call ObsClient.headBucket to identify whether a bucket exists.

This example checks whether bucket bucketname exists.

The example code is as follows:

// Create an instance of ObsClient.
var obsClient = new ObsClient({
    // Hard-coded or plaintext AK/SK are risky. For security purposes, encrypt your AK/SK and store them in the configuration file or environment variables. In this example, the AK/SK are stored in environment variables for identity authentication. Before running this example, configure environment variables AccessKeyID and SecretAccessKey.
    // The front-end code does not have the process environment variable, so you need to use a module bundler like webpack to define the process variable.
    // Obtain an AK/SK pair on the management console. For details, see https://support.huaweicloud.com/intl/en-us/usermanual-ca/ca_01_0003.html.
    access_key_id: process.env.AccessKeyID,
    secret_access_key: process.env.SecretAccessKey,
    // Replace the example endpoint with the actual one in your case.
    server: 'https://obs.ap-southeast-1.myhuaweicloud.com'
});

obsClient.headBucket({
       Bucket: 'bucketname'
}, function(err, result) {
       if(err){
              console.error('Error-->' + err);
       }else{
              if(result.CommonMsg.Status < 300){
                     console.log('Bucket exists');
              }else if(result.CommonMsg.Status === 404){
                     console.log('Bucket does not exist');
              }
       }
});

• If the returned HTTP status code is 404, the bucket does not exist.