Listing the objects in an Amazon S3 on Outposts bucket

Objects are the fundamental entities stored in Amazon S3 on Outposts. Every object is contained in a bucket. You must use access points to access any object in an Outpost bucket. When you specify the bucket for object operations, you use the access point Amazon Resource Name (ARN) or the access point alias. For more information about access point aliases, see Using a bucket-style alias for your S3 on Outposts bucket access point.

The following example shows the ARN format for S3 on Outposts access points, which includes the AWS Region code for the Region that the Outpost is homed to, the AWS account ID, the Outpost ID, and the access point name:

arn:aws:s3-outposts:region:account-id:outpost/outpost-id/accesspoint/accesspoint-name

For more information about S3 on Outposts ARNs, see Resource ARNs for S3 on Outposts.

Note

With Amazon S3 on Outposts, object data is always stored on the Outpost. When AWS installs an Outpost rack, your data stays local to your Outpost to meet data-residency requirements. Your objects never leave your Outpost and are not in an AWS Region. Because the AWS Management Console is hosted in-Region, you can't use the console to upload or manage objects in your Outpost. However, you can use the REST API, AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI), and AWS SDKs to upload and manage your objects through your access points.

The following examples show you how to list the objects in an S3 on Outposts bucket using the AWS CLI and AWS SDK for Java.

Using the AWS CLI

The following example lists the objects in an S3 on Outposts bucket (s3-outposts:ListObjectsV2) by using the AWS CLI. To use this command, replace each user input placeholder with your own information. For more information about this command, see list-objects-v2 in the AWS CLI Reference.

aws s3api list-objects-v2 --bucket arn:aws:s3-outposts:region:123456789012:outpost/op-01ac5d28a6a232904/accesspoint/example-outposts-access-point

Note

When using this action with Amazon S3 on Outposts through the AWS SDKs, you provide the Outposts access point ARN in place of the bucket name, in the following form: arn:aws:s3-outposts:region:123456789012:outpost/op-01ac5d28a6a232904/accesspoint/example-Outposts-Access-Point. For more information about S3 on Outposts ARNs, see Resource ARNs for S3 on Outposts.

Using the AWS SDK for Java

The following S3 on Outposts example lists objects in a bucket by using the SDK for Java. To use this example, replace each user input placeholder with your own information.

Important

This example uses ListObjectsV2, which is the latest revision of the ListObjects API operation. We recommend that you use this revised API operation for application development. For backward compatibility, Amazon S3 continues to support the prior version of this API operation.

import com.amazonaws.AmazonServiceException;
import com.amazonaws.SdkClientException;
import com.amazonaws.services.s3.AmazonS3;
import com.amazonaws.services.s3.AmazonS3ClientBuilder;
import com.amazonaws.services.s3.model.ListObjectsV2Request;
import com.amazonaws.services.s3.model.ListObjectsV2Result;
import com.amazonaws.services.s3.model.S3ObjectSummary;

public class ListObjectsV2 {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String accessPointArn = "*** access point ARN ***";

        try {
            // This code expects that you have AWS credentials set up per:
            // https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-java/v1/developer-guide/setup-credentials.html
            AmazonS3 s3Client = AmazonS3ClientBuilder.standard()
                    .enableUseArnRegion()
                    .build();

            System.out.println("Listing objects");

            // maxKeys is set to 2 to demonstrate the use of
            // ListObjectsV2Result.getNextContinuationToken()
            ListObjectsV2Request req = new ListObjectsV2Request().withBucketName(accessPointArn).withMaxKeys(2);
            ListObjectsV2Result result;

            do {
                result = s3Client.listObjectsV2(req);

                for (S3ObjectSummary objectSummary : result.getObjectSummaries()) {
                    System.out.printf(" - %s (size: %d)\n", objectSummary.getKey(), objectSummary.getSize());
                }
                // If there are more than maxKeys keys in the bucket, get a continuation token
                // and list the next objects.
                String token = result.getNextContinuationToken();
                System.out.println("Next Continuation Token: " + token);
                req.setContinuationToken(token);
            } while (result.isTruncated());
        } catch (AmazonServiceException e) {
            // The call was transmitted successfully, but Amazon S3 couldn't process
            // it, so it returned an error response.
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (SdkClientException e) {
            // Amazon S3 couldn't be contacted for a response, or the client
            // couldn't parse the response from Amazon S3.
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}