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Object Storage Service:List objects

Last Updated:Oct 27, 2023

This topic describes how to list objects in a versioned bucket. You can list all objects, a specific number of objects, and objects whose names contain a specific prefix.

Usage notes

  • In this topic, the public endpoint of the China (Hangzhou) region is used. If you want to access OSS by using other Alibaba Cloud services in the same region as OSS, use an internal endpoint. For more information about the regions and endpoints supported by OSS, see Regions and endpoints.

  • In this topic, access credentials are obtained from environment variables. For more information about how to configure access credentials, see Configure access credentials.

  • In this topic, an OSSClient instance is created by using an OSS endpoint. If you want to create an OSSClient instance by using custom domain names or Security Token Service (STS), see Create an OSSClient instance.

  • To list objects, you must have the oss:ListObjectVersions permission. For more information, see Attach a custom policy to a RAM user.

List the versions of all objects in a bucket

The following code provides an example on how to list the versions of all objects including delete markers in a bucket:

import com.aliyun.oss.ClientException;
import com.aliyun.oss.OSS;
import com.aliyun.oss.common.auth.*;
import com.aliyun.oss.OSSClientBuilder;
import com.aliyun.oss.OSSException;
import com.aliyun.oss.model.*;

public class Demo {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        // In this example, the endpoint of the China (Hangzhou) region is used. Specify your actual endpoint. 
        String endpoint = "https://oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com";
        // Obtain access credentials from environment variables. Before you run the sample code, make sure that the OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET environment variables are configured. 
        EnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider credentialsProvider = CredentialsProviderFactory.newEnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider();
        // Specify the name of the bucket. Example: examplebucket. 
        String bucketName = "examplebucket";

        // Create an OSSClient instance. 
        OSS ossClient = new OSSClientBuilder().build(endpoint, credentialsProvider);

        try {
            // List the versions of all objects, including delete markers in the bucket. 
            String nextKeyMarker = null;
            String nextVersionMarker = null;
            VersionListing versionListing = null;
            do {
                ListVersionsRequest listVersionsRequest = new ListVersionsRequest()
                        .withBucketName(bucketName)
                        .withKeyMarker(nextKeyMarker)
                        .withVersionIdMarker(nextVersionMarker);

                versionListing = ossClient.listVersions(listVersionsRequest);
                for (OSSVersionSummary ossVersion : versionListing.getVersionSummaries()) {
                    System.out.println("key name: " + ossVersion.getKey());
                    System.out.println("versionid: " + ossVersion.getVersionId());
                    System.out.println("Is latest: " + ossVersion.isLatest());
                    System.out.println("Is delete marker: " + ossVersion.isDeleteMarker());
                }

                nextKeyMarker = versionListing.getNextKeyMarker();
                nextVersionMarker = versionListing.getNextVersionIdMarker();
            } while (versionListing.isTruncated());
        } catch (OSSException oe) {
            System.out.println("Caught an OSSException, which means your request made it to OSS, "
                    + "but was rejected with an error response for some reason.");
            System.out.println("Error Message:" + oe.getErrorMessage());
            System.out.println("Error Code:" + oe.getErrorCode());
            System.out.println("Request ID:" + oe.getRequestId());
            System.out.println("Host ID:" + oe.getHostId());
        } catch (ClientException ce) {
            System.out.println("Caught an ClientException, which means the client encountered "
                    + "a serious internal problem while trying to communicate with OSS, "
                    + "such as not being able to access the network.");
            System.out.println("Error Message:" + ce.getMessage());
        } finally {
            if (ossClient != null) {
                ossClient.shutdown();
            }
        }
    }
}

List the versions of the objects whose names contain a specific prefix

The following sample code provides an example on how to list the versions of objects whose names contain a specific prefix:

import com.aliyun.oss.ClientException;
import com.aliyun.oss.OSS;
import com.aliyun.oss.common.auth.*;
import com.aliyun.oss.OSSClientBuilder;
import com.aliyun.oss.OSSException;
import com.aliyun.oss.internal.OSSConstants;
import com.aliyun.oss.model.*;

public class Demo {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        // In this example, the endpoint of the China (Hangzhou) region is used. Specify your actual endpoint. 
        String endpoint = "https://oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com";
        // Obtain access credentials from environment variables. Before you run the sample code, make sure that the OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET environment variables are configured. 
        EnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider credentialsProvider = CredentialsProviderFactory.newEnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider();
        // Specify the name of the bucket. Example: examplebucket. 
        String bucketName = "examplebucket";

        // Create an OSSClient instance. 
        OSS ossClient = new OSSClientBuilder().build(endpoint, credentialsProvider);

        try {
            // List the versions of objects whose names contain the "test-" prefix. 
            String prefix = "test-";
            String nextKeyMarker = null;
            String nextVersionMarker = null;
            VersionListing versionListing = null;
            do {
                ListVersionsRequest listVersionsRequest = new ListVersionsRequest()
                        .withBucketName(bucketName)
                        .withKeyMarker(nextKeyMarker)
                        .withVersionIdMarker(nextVersionMarker)
                        .withEncodingType(OSSConstants.URL_ENCODING)
                        .withPrefix(prefix);

                versionListing = ossClient.listVersions(listVersionsRequest);
                // Display the version IDs of the objects. 
                for (OSSVersionSummary ossVersion : versionListing.getVersionSummaries()) {
                    System.out.println("key name: " + ossVersion.getKey());
                    System.out.println("versionid: " + ossVersion.getVersionId());
                    System.out.println("Is latest: " + ossVersion.isLatest());
                    System.out.println("Is delete marker: " + ossVersion.isDeleteMarker());
                }

                nextKeyMarker = versionListing.getNextKeyMarker();
                nextVersionMarker = versionListing.getNextVersionIdMarker();
            } while (versionListing.isTruncated());
        } catch (OSSException oe) {
            System.out.println("Caught an OSSException, which means your request made it to OSS, "
                    + "but was rejected with an error response for some reason.");
            System.out.println("Error Message:" + oe.getErrorMessage());
            System.out.println("Error Code:" + oe.getErrorCode());
            System.out.println("Request ID:" + oe.getRequestId());
            System.out.println("Host ID:" + oe.getHostId());
        } catch (ClientException ce) {
            System.out.println("Caught an ClientException, which means the client encountered "
                    + "a serious internal problem while trying to communicate with OSS, "
                    + "such as not being able to access the network.");
            System.out.println("Error Message:" + ce.getMessage());
        } finally {
            if (ossClient != null) {
                ossClient.shutdown();
            }
        }
    }
}

List the versions of a specific number of objects

The following sample code provides an example on how to list the versions of a specific number of objects:

import com.aliyun.oss.ClientException;
import com.aliyun.oss.OSS;
import com.aliyun.oss.common.auth.*;
import com.aliyun.oss.OSSClientBuilder;
import com.aliyun.oss.OSSException;
import com.aliyun.oss.model.*;

public class Demo {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        // In this example, the endpoint of the China (Hangzhou) region is used. Specify your actual endpoint. 
        String endpoint = "https://oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com";
        // Obtain access credentials from environment variables. Before you run the sample code, make sure that the OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET environment variables are configured. 
        EnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider credentialsProvider = CredentialsProviderFactory.newEnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider();
        // Specify the name of the bucket. Example: examplebucket. 
        String bucketName = "examplebucket";

        // Create an OSSClient instance. 
        OSS ossClient = new OSSClientBuilder().build(endpoint, credentialsProvider);

        try {
            // Specify that up to 200 versions can be returned. 
            ListVersionsRequest listVersionsRequest = new ListVersionsRequest()
                    .withBucketName(bucketName)
                    .withMaxResults(200);

            VersionListing versionListing = ossClient.listVersions(listVersionsRequest);
            for (OSSVersionSummary ossVersion : versionListing.getVersionSummaries()) {
                System.out.println("key name: " + ossVersion.getKey());
                // If versioning is not enabled for the bucket, the version IDs of the listed objects are none. 
                System.out.println("versionid: " + ossVersion.getVersionId());
                System.out.println("Is latest: " + ossVersion.isLatest());
                System.out.println("Is delete marker: " + ossVersion.isDeleteMarker());
            }
        } catch (OSSException oe) {
            System.out.println("Caught an OSSException, which means your request made it to OSS, "
                    + "but was rejected with an error response for some reason.");
            System.out.println("Error Message:" + oe.getErrorMessage());
            System.out.println("Error Code:" + oe.getErrorCode());
            System.out.println("Request ID:" + oe.getRequestId());
            System.out.println("Host ID:" + oe.getHostId());
        } catch (ClientException ce) {
            System.out.println("Caught an ClientException, which means the client encountered "
                    + "a serious internal problem while trying to communicate with OSS, "
                    + "such as not being able to access the network.");
            System.out.println("Error Message:" + ce.getMessage());
        } finally {
            if (ossClient != null) {
                ossClient.shutdown();
            }
        }
    }
}

List the versions of all objects by page

The following sample code provides an example on how to list the versions of all objects by page:

import com.aliyun.oss.ClientException;
import com.aliyun.oss.OSS;
import com.aliyun.oss.common.auth.*;
import com.aliyun.oss.OSSClientBuilder;
import com.aliyun.oss.OSSException;
import com.aliyun.oss.model.*;

public class Demo {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        // In this example, the endpoint of the China (Hangzhou) region is used. Specify your actual endpoint. 
        String endpoint = "https://oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com";
        // Obtain access credentials from environment variables. Before you run the sample code, make sure that the OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET environment variables are configured. 
        EnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider credentialsProvider = CredentialsProviderFactory.newEnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider();
        // Specify the name of the bucket. Example: examplebucket. 
        String bucketName = "examplebucket";
        // Specify that up to 200 versions are listed on each page. 
        int maxKeys = 200;

        // Create an OSSClient instance. 
        OSS ossClient = new OSSClientBuilder().build(endpoint, credentialsProvider);

        try {
            // List the versions of all objects in the bucket by page. 
            String nextKeyMarker = null;
            String nextVersionMarker = null;
            VersionListing versionListing = null;
            do {
                ListVersionsRequest listVersionsRequest = new ListVersionsRequest()
                        .withBucketName(bucketName)
                        .withKeyMarker(nextKeyMarker)
                        .withMaxResults(maxKeys)
                        .withVersionIdMarker(nextVersionMarker);

                versionListing = ossClient.listVersions(listVersionsRequest);
                for (OSSVersionSummary ossVersion : versionListing.getVersionSummaries()) {
                    System.out.println("key name: " + ossVersion.getKey());
                    System.out.println("versionid: " + ossVersion.getVersionId());
                    System.out.println("Is latest: " + ossVersion.isLatest());
                    System.out.println("Is delete marker: " + ossVersion.isDeleteMarker());
                }

                nextKeyMarker = versionListing.getNextKeyMarker();
                nextVersionMarker = versionListing.getNextVersionIdMarker();
            } while (versionListing.isTruncated());
        } catch (OSSException oe) {
            System.out.println("Caught an OSSException, which means your request made it to OSS, "
                    + "but was rejected with an error response for some reason.");
            System.out.println("Error Message:" + oe.getErrorMessage());
            System.out.println("Error Code:" + oe.getErrorCode());
            System.out.println("Request ID:" + oe.getRequestId());
            System.out.println("Host ID:" + oe.getHostId());
        } catch (ClientException ce) {
            System.out.println("Caught an ClientException, which means the client encountered "
                    + "a serious internal problem while trying to communicate with OSS, "
                    + "such as not being able to access the network.");
            System.out.println("Error Message:" + ce.getMessage());
        } finally {
            if (ossClient != null) {
                ossClient.shutdown();
            }
        }
    }
}

List the versions of objects whose names contain special characters

If the name of an object contains one of the following special characters, the object name must be URL-encoded before the object can be transmitted:

  • Single quotation marks (')

  • Double quotation marks (")

  • Ampersands (&)

  • Angle brackets (<>)

  • Pause markers (、)

  • Chinese characters

The following sample code provides an example on how to list the versions of objects whose names contain special characters:

import com.aliyun.oss.ClientException;
import com.aliyun.oss.OSS;
import com.aliyun.oss.common.auth.*;
import com.aliyun.oss.OSSClientBuilder;
import com.aliyun.oss.OSSException;
import com.aliyun.oss.internal.OSSConstants;
import com.aliyun.oss.model.*;

public class Demo {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        // In this example, the endpoint of the China (Hangzhou) region is used. Specify your actual endpoint. 
        String endpoint = "https://oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com";
        // Obtain access credentials from environment variables. Before you run the sample code, make sure that the OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET environment variables are configured. 
        EnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider credentialsProvider = CredentialsProviderFactory.newEnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider();
        // Specify the name of the bucket. Example: examplebucket. 
        String bucketName = "examplebucket";

        // Create an OSSClient instance. 
        OSS ossClient = new OSSClientBuilder().build(endpoint, credentialsProvider);

        try {
            // Specify that the object names in the response are URL-encoded. 
            String nextKeyMarker = null;
            String nextVersionMarker = null;
            VersionListing versionListing = null;
            do {
                ListVersionsRequest listVersionsRequest = new ListVersionsRequest()
                        .withBucketName(bucketName)
                        .withKeyMarker(nextKeyMarker)
                        .withVersionIdMarker(nextVersionMarker)
                        .withEncodingType(OSSConstants.URL_ENCODING);

                versionListing = ossClient.listVersions(listVersionsRequest);
                // Display the version IDs of the objects. 
                for (OSSVersionSummary ossVersion : versionListing.getVersionSummaries()) {
                    System.out.println("key name: " + ossVersion.getKey());
                    System.out.println("versionid: " + ossVersion.getVersionId());
                    System.out.println("Is latest: " + ossVersion.isLatest());
                    System.out.println("Is delete marker: " + ossVersion.isDeleteMarker());
                }

                nextKeyMarker = versionListing.getNextKeyMarker();
                nextVersionMarker = versionListing.getNextVersionIdMarker();
            } while (versionListing.isTruncated());
        } catch (OSSException oe) {
            System.out.println("Caught an OSSException, which means your request made it to OSS, "
                    + "but was rejected with an error response for some reason.");
            System.out.println("Error Message:" + oe.getErrorMessage());
            System.out.println("Error Code:" + oe.getErrorCode());
            System.out.println("Request ID:" + oe.getRequestId());
            System.out.println("Host ID:" + oe.getHostId());
        } catch (ClientException ce) {
            System.out.println("Caught an ClientException, which means the client encountered "
                    + "a serious internal problem while trying to communicate with OSS, "
                    + "such as not being able to access the network.");
            System.out.println("Error Message:" + ce.getMessage());
        } finally {
            if (ossClient != null) {
                ossClient.shutdown();
            }
        }
    }
}

List objects in a directory

OSS uses a flat structure to store objects. A directory is a zero-byte object whose name ends with a forward slash (/). You can upload and download this object. By default, objects whose names end with a forward slash (/) are displayed as folders in the OSS console.

You can specify the delimiter and prefix parameters in the request to list objects by directory.

  • If you set prefix to a directory name in the request, objects and subdirectories whose names contain the prefix are listed.

  • If you specify a prefix and set delimiter to a forward slash (/) in the request, objects and subdirectories whose names start with the specified prefix in the directory are listed. Each subdirectory is listed as a single result element in CommonPrefixes. The objects and directories in these subdirectories are not listed.

For example, the following four objects are stored in a bucket: oss.jpg, fun/test.jpg, fun/movie/001.avi, and fun/movie/007.avi. The forward slash (/) is specified as the directory delimiter. The following examples describe how to list objects in simulated directories.

  • List the versions of objects in the root directory of a bucket

    The following sample code provides an example on how to list the versions of objects in the root directory of a bucket:

    import com.aliyun.oss.ClientException;
    import com.aliyun.oss.OSS;
    import com.aliyun.oss.common.auth.*;
    import com.aliyun.oss.OSSClientBuilder;
    import com.aliyun.oss.OSSException;
    import com.aliyun.oss.internal.OSSConstants;
    import com.aliyun.oss.model.*;
    
    public class Demo {
        public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
            // In this example, the endpoint of the China (Hangzhou) region is used. Specify your actual endpoint. 
            String endpoint = "https://oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com";
            // Obtain access credentials from environment variables. Before you run the sample code, make sure that the OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET environment variables are configured. 
            EnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider credentialsProvider = CredentialsProviderFactory.newEnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider();
            // Specify the name of the bucket. Example: examplebucket. 
            String bucketName = "examplebucket";
    
            // Create an OSSClient instance. 
            OSS ossClient = new OSSClientBuilder().build(endpoint, credentialsProvider);
    
            try {
                // Set the delimiter parameter to a forward slash (/) to list the versions of objects and the names of subdirectories in the root directory. 
                String delimiter = "/";
                String nextKeyMarker = null;
                String nextVersionMarker = null;
                VersionListing versionListing = null;
                do {
                    ListVersionsRequest listVersionsRequest = new ListVersionsRequest()
                            .withBucketName(bucketName)
                            .withKeyMarker(nextKeyMarker)
                            .withVersionIdMarker(nextVersionMarker)
                            .withEncodingType(OSSConstants.URL_ENCODING)
                            .withDelimiter(delimiter);
    
                    versionListing = ossClient.listVersions(listVersionsRequest);
                    // Display the version IDs of the objects. 
                    for (OSSVersionSummary ossVersion : versionListing.getVersionSummaries()) {
                        System.out.println("key name: " + ossVersion.getKey());
                        System.out.println("versionid: " + ossVersion.getVersionId());
                        System.out.println("Is latest: " + ossVersion.isLatest());
                        System.out.println("Is delete marker: " + ossVersion.isDeleteMarker());
                    }
                    // Display the names of subdirectories whose names end with a forward slash (/) in the root directory. 
                    for (String commonPrefix : versionListing.getCommonPrefixes()) {
                        System.out.println("commonPrefix: " + commonPrefix);
                    }
    
                    nextKeyMarker = versionListing.getNextKeyMarker();
                    nextVersionMarker = versionListing.getNextVersionIdMarker();
                } while (versionListing.isTruncated());
            } catch (OSSException oe) {
                System.out.println("Caught an OSSException, which means your request made it to OSS, "
                        + "but was rejected with an error response for some reason.");
                System.out.println("Error Message:" + oe.getErrorMessage());
                System.out.println("Error Code:" + oe.getErrorCode());
                System.out.println("Request ID:" + oe.getRequestId());
                System.out.println("Host ID:" + oe.getHostId());
            } catch (ClientException ce) {
                System.out.println("Caught an ClientException, which means the client encountered "
                        + "a serious internal problem while trying to communicate with OSS, "
                        + "such as not being able to access the network.");
                System.out.println("Error Message:" + ce.getMessage());
            } finally {
                if (ossClient != null) {
                    ossClient.shutdown();
                }
            }
        }
    }

    Sample response

    key name: oss.jpg
    versionid: CAEQEhiBgMCw8Y7FqBciIGIzMDE3MTEzOWRiMDRmZmFhMmRlMjljZWI0MWU4****
    Is latest: true
    Is delete marker: false
    
    commonPrefix: fun/
  • List objects and subdirectories in a specific directory

    The following sample code provides an example on how to list the objects and subdirectories in a specific directory:

    import com.aliyun.oss.ClientException;
    import com.aliyun.oss.OSS;
    import com.aliyun.oss.common.auth.*;
    import com.aliyun.oss.OSSClientBuilder;
    import com.aliyun.oss.OSSException;
    import com.aliyun.oss.internal.OSSConstants;
    import com.aliyun.oss.model.*;
    
    public class Demo {
        public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
            // In this example, the endpoint of the China (Hangzhou) region is used. Specify your actual endpoint. 
            String endpoint = "https://oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com";
            // Obtain access credentials from environment variables. Before you run the sample code, make sure that the OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET environment variables are configured. 
            EnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider credentialsProvider = CredentialsProviderFactory.newEnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider();
            // Specify the name of the bucket. Example: examplebucket. 
            String bucketName = "examplebucket";
    
            // Create an OSSClient instance. 
            OSS ossClient = new OSSClientBuilder().build(endpoint, credentialsProvider);
    
            try {
                // Configure the prefix parameter to list all objects and subdirectories in the fun directory. Set the delimiter parameter to a forward slash (/). 
                String prefix = "fun/";
                String delimiter = "/";
                String nextKeyMarker = null;
                String nextVersionMarker = null;
                VersionListing versionListing = null;
                do {
                    ListVersionsRequest listVersionsRequest = new ListVersionsRequest()
                            .withBucketName(bucketName)
                            .withKeyMarker(nextKeyMarker)
                            .withVersionIdMarker(nextVersionMarker)
                            .withEncodingType(OSSConstants.URL_ENCODING)
                            .withDelimiter(delimiter)
                            .withPrefix(prefix);
    
                    versionListing = ossClient.listVersions(listVersionsRequest);
                    // Display the version IDs of the objects. 
                    for (OSSVersionSummary ossVersion : versionListing.getVersionSummaries()) {
                        System.out.println("key name: " + ossVersion.getKey());
                        System.out.println("versionid: " + ossVersion.getVersionId());
                        System.out.println("Is latest: " + ossVersion.isLatest());
                        System.out.println("Is delete marker: " + ossVersion.isDeleteMarker());
                    }
                    // Display the names of the subdirectories in the fun directory. 
                    for (String commonPrefix : versionListing.getCommonPrefixes()) {
                        System.out.println("commonPrefix: " + commonPrefix);
                    }
    
                    nextKeyMarker = versionListing.getNextKeyMarker();
                    nextVersionMarker = versionListing.getNextVersionIdMarker();
                } while (versionListing.isTruncated());
            } catch (OSSException oe) {
                System.out.println("Caught an OSSException, which means your request made it to OSS, "
                        + "but was rejected with an error response for some reason.");
                System.out.println("Error Message:" + oe.getErrorMessage());
                System.out.println("Error Code:" + oe.getErrorCode());
                System.out.println("Request ID:" + oe.getRequestId());
                System.out.println("Host ID:" + oe.getHostId());
            } catch (ClientException ce) {
                System.out.println("Caught an ClientException, which means the client encountered "
                        + "a serious internal problem while trying to communicate with OSS, "
                        + "such as not being able to access the network.");
                System.out.println("Error Message:" + ce.getMessage());
            } finally {
                if (ossClient != null) {
                    ossClient.shutdown();
                }
            }
        }
    }

    Sample response

    key name: fun/test.jpg
    versionid: CAEQEhiBgIC48Y7FqBciIDU4NjAzMjczMTY5NDRjYmVhNGY4NTM2YTdjY2Ji****
    Is latest: true
    Is delete marker: false
    
    commonPrefix: fun/movie/