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ListBuckets

Returns a list of all buckets owned by the authenticated sender of the request.

Request Syntax


GET / HTTP/1.1

URI Request Parameters

The request does not use any URI parameters.

Request Body

The request does not have a request body.

Response Syntax


HTTP/1.1 200
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ListBucketsOutput>
   <Buckets>
      <Bucket>
         <CreationDate>timestamp</CreationDate>
         <Name>string</Name>
      </Bucket>
   </Buckets>
   <Owner>
      <DisplayName>string</DisplayName>
      <ID>string</ID>
   </Owner>
</ListBucketsOutput>

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in XML format by the service.

ListBucketsOutput

Root level tag for the ListBucketsOutput parameters.

Required: Yes

Buckets

The list of buckets owned by the requestor.

Type: Array of Bucket data types

Owner

The owner of the buckets listed.

Type: Owner data type