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Obtaining Bucket Metadata (SDK for Python)

Function

This API returns information about a bucket, including the storage class, region, CORS rules, and redundancy policy.

Restrictions

Method

ObsClient.getBucketMetadata(bucketName, origin, requestHeaders)

Request Parameters

Table 1 List of request parameters

Parameter

Type

Mandatory (Yes/No)

Description

bucketName

str

Yes

Explanation:

Bucket name

Restrictions:

  • A bucket name must be unique across all accounts and regions.
  • A bucket name:
    • Must be 3 to 63 characters long and start with a digit or letter. Lowercase letters, digits, hyphens (-), and periods (.) are allowed.
    • Cannot be formatted as an IP address.
    • Cannot start or end with a hyphen (-) or period (.).
    • Cannot contain two consecutive periods (..), for example, my..bucket.
    • Cannot contain periods (.) and hyphens (-) adjacent to each other, for example, my-.bucket or my.-bucket.
  • If you repeatedly create buckets of the same name in the same region, no error will be reported and the bucket properties comply with those set in the first creation request.

Default value:

None

origin

str

No

Explanation:

Origin of the cross-domain request specified by the preflight request. Generally, it is a domain name.

Restrictions:

You can configure one or more rules and use at most one wildcard character (*) in each rule. If you want to configure multiple rules, separate them using a line breaker.

Default value:

None

requestHeaders

str

No

Explanation:

HTTP headers in a cross-origin request Only CORS requests matching the allowed headers are valid.

Restrictions:

You can enter multiple allowed headers, with one separated from another using a line break. Each header can contain one wildcard character (*) at most. Spaces, ampersands (&), colons (:), and less-than signs (<) are not allowed.

Default value:

None

Responses

Table 2 List of returned results

Type

Description

GetResult

Explanation:

SDK common results

Table 3 GetResult

Parameter

Type

Description

status

int

Explanation:

HTTP status code

Value range:

A status code is a group of digits ranging from 2xx (indicating successes) to 4xx or 5xx (indicating errors). It indicates the status of a response. For more information, see Status Code.

Default value:

None

reason

str

Explanation:

Reason description.

Default value:

None

errorCode

str

Explanation:

Error code returned by the OBS server. If the value of status is less than 300, this parameter is left blank.

Default value:

None

errorMessage

str

Explanation:

Error message returned by the OBS server. If the value of status is less than 300, this parameter is left blank.

Default value:

None

requestId

str

Explanation:

Request ID returned by the OBS server

Default value:

None

indicator

str

Explanation:

Error indicator returned by the OBS server.

Default value:

None

hostId

str

Explanation:

Requested server ID. If the value of status is less than 300, this parameter is left blank.

Default value:

None

resource

str

Explanation:

Error source (a bucket or an object). If the value of status is less than 300, this parameter is left blank.

Default value:

None

header

list

Explanation:

Response header list, composed of tuples. Each tuple consists of two elements, respectively corresponding to the key and value of a response header.

Default value:

None

body

object

Explanation:

Result content returned after the operation is successful. If the value of status is larger than 300, this parameter value is null. The value varies with the API being called. For details, see Bucket-Related APIs (SDK for Python) and Object-Related APIs (SDK for Python).

Default value:

None

Table 4 GetResult.body

GetResult.body Type

Description

GetBucketMetadataResponse

Explanation:

Response to the request for obtaining bucket metadata

Table 5 GetBucketMetadataResponse

Parameter

Type

Description

location

str

Explanation:

Region where a bucket is located

Restrictions:

If the used endpoint is obs.myhuaweicloud.com, this parameter is not required. If any other endpoint is used, this parameter is required.

Value range:

To learn about valid regions and endpoints, see Regions and Endpoints. An endpoint is the request address for calling an API. Endpoints vary depending on services and regions. To obtain the regions and endpoints, contact the enterprise administrator.

Default value:

If obs.myhuaweicloud.com is used as the endpoint and no region is specified, cn-north-1 (the CN North-Beijing1 region) is used by default.

storageClass

str

Explanation:

Storage class of the bucket. For details, see Table 6.

Default value:

None

accessContorlAllowOrigin

str

Explanation:

If Origin in the request meets the CORS rules of the bucket, AllowedOrigin specified in the CORS rules is returned. AllowedOrigin indicates the origin from which the requests can access the bucket.

Restrictions:

Domain name of the origin. Each origin can contain only one wildcard character (*), for example, https://*.vbs.example.com.

Default value:

None

accessContorlAllowHeaders

str

Explanation:

If RequestHeader in the request meets the CORS rules of the bucket, AllowedHeader specified in the CORS rules is returned. AllowedHeader indicates the allowed headers for cross-origin requests. Only CORS requests matching the allowed headers are valid.

Restrictions:

Each header can contain only one wildcard character (*). Spaces, ampersands (&), colons (:), and less-than signs (<) are not allowed.

Default value:

None

accessContorlAllowMethods

str

Explanation:

AllowedMethod in the CORS rules of the bucket. It specifies the HTTP method of cross-origin requests, that is, the operation type of buckets and objects.

Value range:

The following HTTP methods are supported:

  • GET
  • PUT
  • HEAD
  • POST
  • DELETE

Default value:

None

accessContorlExposeHeaders

str

Explanation:

ExposeHeader in the CORS rules of the bucket. It specifies the CORS-allowed additional headers in the response. These headers provide additional information to clients. By default, your browser can only access headers Content-Length and Content-Type. If your browser needs to access other headers, add them to a list of the allowed additional headers.

Restrictions:

Spaces, wildcard characters (*), ampersands (&), colons (:), and less-than signs (<) are not allowed.

Default value:

None

accessContorlMaxAge

int

Explanation:

MaxAgeSeconds in the CORS rules of the bucket It specifies the time your client can cache the response for a cross-origin request.

Restrictions:

Each CORS rule can contain only one MaxAgeSeconds.

Value range:

An integer greater than or equal to 0, in seconds

Default value:

100

obsVersion

str

Explanation:

OBS version of the bucket

Value range:

  • 3.0 indicates the latest OBS version.
  • -- indicates any version earlier than 3.0.

Default value:

None

availableZone

str

Explanation:

Data redundancy type that can be specified during bucket creation

Restrictions:

Multi-AZ redundancy is not available for Archive storage. If the region where the bucket is located does not support multi-AZ storage, single-AZ storage is used by default.

Value range:

If multi-AZ storage is configured for the bucket, 3az is returned. If single-AZ storage is configured for the bucket, None is returned.

Default value:

None

epid

str

Explanation:

Enterprise project ID that can be specified during bucket creation. If you have enabled Enterprise Project Management Service (EPS), you can obtain the project ID from the EPS console.

Restrictions:

The value of Epid is a UUID. Epid is not required if you have not enabled EPS yet.

Example: 9892d768-2d13-450f-aac7-ed0e44c2585f

Value range:

See How Do I Obtain an Enterprise Project ID?

Default value:

None

Table 6 StorageClass

Parameter

Type

Description

STANDARD

Standard storage class

Explanation:

Features low access latency and high throughput and is used for storing massive, frequently accessed (multiple times a month) or small objects (< 1 MB) requiring quick response.

WARM

Infrequent Access storage class

Explanation:

Used for storing data that is semi-frequently accessed (fewer than 12 times a year) but is instantly available when needed.

COLD

Archive storage class

Explanation:

Used for storing rarely accessed (once a year) data.

Code Examples

This example returns the metadata of bucket examplebucket. The origin of the cross-origin request is http://www.a.com and the HTTP header is x-obs-header.
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from obs import ObsClient
import os
import traceback

# Obtain an AK and SK pair using environment variables or import the AK and SK pair in other ways. Using hard coding may result in leakage.
# Obtain an AK and SK pair on the management console. For details, see https://support.huaweicloud.com/intl/en-us/usermanual-ca/ca_01_0003.html.
ak = os.getenv("AccessKeyID")
sk = os.getenv("SecretAccessKey")
# (Optional) If you use a temporary AK and SK pair and a security token to access OBS, obtain them from environment variables.
security_token = os.getenv("SecurityToken")
# Set server to the endpoint corresponding to the bucket. Here uses CN-Hong Kong as an example. Replace it with the one in use.
server = "https://obs.ap-southeast-1.myhuaweicloud.com" 

# Create an obsClient instance.
# If you use a temporary AK and SK pair and a security token to access OBS, you must specify security_token when creating an instance.
obsClient = ObsClient(access_key_id=ak, secret_access_key=sk, server=server)
try:
    bucketName="examplebucket"
    # Specify the origin (usually a domain name) of the cross-origin request.
    origin='http://www.a.com'
    # Specify the HTTP headers of the cross-origin request.
    requestHeaders='x-obs-header'
    # Obtain the bucket metadata.
    resp = obsClient.getBucketMetadata(bucketName,origin,requestHeaders)
    # If status code 2xx is returned, the API is called successfully. Otherwise, the API call fails.
    if resp.status < 300:
        print('Get Bucket Metadata Succeeded')
        print('requestId:', resp.requestId)
        print('storageClass:', resp.body.storageClass)
        print('accessContorlAllowOrigin:', resp.body.accessContorlAllowOrigin)
        print('accessContorlMaxAge:', resp.body.accessContorlMaxAge)
        print('accessContorlExposeHeaders:', resp.body.accessContorlExposeHeaders)
        print('accessContorlAllowMethods:', resp.body.accessContorlAllowMethods)
        print('accessContorlAllowHeaders:', resp.body.accessContorlAllowHeaders)
    else:
        print('Get Bucket Metadata Failed')
        print('requestId:', resp.requestId)
        print('status:', resp.status)
except:
    print('Get Bucket Metadata Failed')
    print(traceback.format_exc())