Updated on 2026-07-21 GMT+08:00

Viewing Lifecycle Rules

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You can call ObsClient.GetBucketLifecycle to view lifecycle rules.

This example views the lifecycle configuration of bucket bucketname.

The sample code is as follows:

// Initialize configuration parameters.
ObsConfig config = new ObsConfig();
config.Endpoint = "https://your-endpoint";
// Hard-coded or plaintext AK and SK are risky. For security purposes, encrypt your AK and SK before storing them in the configuration file or environment variables. In this example, the AK and SK are stored in environment variables. Before running the code in this example, configure environment variables AccessKeyID and SecretAccessKey.
// 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.
string accessKey= Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AccessKeyID", EnvironmentVariableTarget.Machine);
string secretKey= Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SecretAccessKey", EnvironmentVariableTarget.Machine);
// Create an instance of ObsClient.
ObsClient client = new ObsClient(accessKey, secretKey, config);
// View the bucket lifecycle.
try
{
    GetBucketLifecycleRequest request = new GetBucketLifecycleRequest();
    request.BucketName = "bucketname";
    GetBucketLifecycleResponse response = client.GetBucketLifecycle(request);
    foreach (LifecycleRule lifecycleRule in response.Configuration.Rules)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Lifecycle rule id: {0}", lifecycleRule.Id);
        Console.WriteLine("Lifecycle rule prefix: {0}", lifecycleRule.Prefix);
        Console.WriteLine("Lifecycle rule status: {0}", lifecycleRule.Status);
        if (null != lifecycleRule.Expiration)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("expiration days: {0}", lifecycleRule.Expiration.Days);
        }
        if (null != lifecycleRule.NoncurrentVersionExpiration)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("NoncurrentVersionExpiration NoncurrentDays: {0}", lifecycleRule.NoncurrentVersionExpiration.NoncurrentDays);
        }
        foreach (Transition transition in lifecycleRule.Transitions)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Transition Days : {0}", transition.Days);
            Console.WriteLine("Transition StorageClass : {0}", transition.StorageClass);
        }
        foreach (NoncurrentVersionTransition noncurrentVersionTransition in lifecycleRule.NoncurrentVersionTransitions)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("NoncurrentVersionTransition NoncurrentDays: {0}", noncurrentVersionTransition.NoncurrentDays);
            Console.WriteLine("NoncurrentVersionTransition StorageClass : {0}", noncurrentVersionTransition.StorageClass);
        }
        Console.WriteLine("Get bucket lifecycle response: {0}", response.StatusCode);
    }
}
catch (ObsException ex)
{
    Console.WriteLine("ErrorCode: {0}", ex.ErrorCode);
    Console.WriteLine("ErrorMessage: {0}", ex.ErrorMessage);
}

To handle the error codes possibly returned during the operation, see SDK Error Codes.