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list_objects Method

Lists the objects in a bucket.

Syntax

def list_objects() -> None: ...

Remarks

This method lists the objects in the bucket currently selected by bucket.

Before calling this method, the object_prefix property may be set in order to restrict the results to only the objects whose names begin with a given string. The object_delimiter property can also be used to further tune the results returned. The MaxObjects configuration setting may be used to limit the number of results returned.

Calling this method will fire the on_object_list event once for each object, and will also populate the Objects* properties. It may also fire the on_prefix_list event, and populate the PrefixCount and Prefix[i] configuration settings, depending on how the properties discussed above are set.

If there are still more objects available to list when this method returns, the object_marker property will be populated. Continue to call this method until object_marker is empty to accumulate all pages of results in the Objects* properties.

Object Hierarchy Traversal

By using the object_delimiter and object_prefix properties in tandem, applications can effectively "traverse" a virtual hierarchy of objects (or object versions) as if it were a filesystem. For example, assume that objects with the following names exist within a bucket:

  • MyCompany/
  • MyCompany/Department1/
  • MyCompany/Department2/
  • MyCompany/Department2/EmployeeA
  • MyCompany/Department2/EmployeeB

With object_delimiter set to /, we can set object_prefix to successively "deeper" values before calling list_objects or list_versions for the following effect:

object_prefix Value object_delimiter Value Objects Returned Prefixes Returned
(empty) /(none) MyCompany/
MyCompany/ /MyCompany/ MyCompany/Department1/
MyCompany/Department2/
MyCompany/Department2/ /MyCompany/Department2/
MyCompany/Department2/EmployeeA
MyCompany/Department2/EmployeeB
(none)

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