GetBucketInfo - API Reference| Alibaba Cloud Documentation Center

The Get Bucket Info operation is used to view the bucket information. The information includes the following:

Create time
Internet access endpoint
Intranet access endpoint
Bucket owner information
Bucket ACL (AccessControlList)

Request syntax

GET /?bucketInfo HTTP/1.1
Host: BucketName.oss.aliyuncs.com
Date: GMT Date
Authorization: SignatureValue

Response elements

Name	Description
BucketInfo	The container that saves the bucket information content Type: container Sub-node: Bucket node Parent node: none
Bucket	The container that saves the bucket specific information Type: container Parent node: BucketInfo node
CreationDate	The creation time of the bucket. Time format: 2013-07-31T10:56:21.000Z Type: time Parent node: BucketInfo.Bucket
ExtranetEndpoint	The Internet domain name that the bucket accesses Type: string Parent node: BucketInfo.Bucket
IntranetEndpoint	The intranet domain name for accessing the bucket from ECS in the same region Type: string Parent node: BucketInfo.Bucket
Location	The region of the data center that the bucket is located in Type: string Parent node: BucketInfo.Bucket
Name	The bucket name Type: string Parent node: BucketInfo.Bucket
Owner	Container used for saving the information about the bucket owner. Type: container Parent node: BucketInfo.Bucket
ID	User ID of the bucket owner. Type: string Parent node: BucketInfo.Bucket.Owner
DisplayName	Name of the bucket owner (the same as the ID currently). Type: string Parent node: BucketInfo.Bucket.Owner
AccessControlList	Container used for storing the ACL information Type: container Parent node: BucketInfo.Bucket
Grant	ACL permissions of the bucket. Type: enumerative string Valid values: private, public-read, public-read-write Parent node: BucketInfo.Bucket.AccessControlList

Detail analysis

If the bucket does not exist, error 404 is returned. Error code: NoSuchBucket.
Only the owner of a bucket can view the information of the bucket. If other users attempt to access the location information, the error 403 Forbidden with the error code: AccessDenied is returned.
The request can be initiated from any OSS endpoint.

Example

Request example:

Get /?bucketInfo HTTP/1.1
Host: oss-example.oss.aliyuncs.com  
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2015 07:51:28 GMT
Authorization: OSS qn6qrrqxo2oawuk53otfjbyc: BuG4rRK+zNhH1AcF51NNHD39zXw=

Return example after the bucket information is obtained successfully:


HTTP/1.1 200
x-oss-request-id: 534B371674E88A4D8906008B
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2015 07:51:28 GMT
Connection: keep-alive
Content-Length: 531  
Server: AliyunOSS
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<BucketInfo>
  <Bucket>
    <CreationDate>2013-07-31T10:56:21.000Z</CreationDate>
    <ExtranetEndpoint>oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com</ExtranetEndpoint>
    <IntranetEndpoint>oss-cn-hangzhou-internal.aliyuncs.com</IntranetEndpoint>
    <Location>oss-cn-hangzhou</Location>
    <Name>oss-example</Name>
    <Owner>
      <DisplayName>username</DisplayName>
      <ID>271834739143143</ID>
    </Owner>
    <AccessControlList>
      <Grant>private</Grant>
    </AccessControlList>
  </Bucket>
</BucketInfo>

Return example if the requested bucket information does not exist:

HTTP/1.1 404 
x-oss-request-id: 534B371674E88A4D8906009B
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2015 07:51:28 GMT
Connection: keep-alive
Content-Length: 308  
Server: AliyunOSS
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Error>
  <Code>NoSuchBucket</Code>
  <Message>The specified bucket does not exist.</Message>
  <RequestId>568D547F31243C673BA14274</RequestId>
  <HostId>nosuchbucket.oss.aliyuncs.com</HostId>
  <BucketName>nosuchbucket</BucketName>
</Error>

Return example if the requester has no access permission to the bucket information:

HTTP/1.1 403
x-oss-request-id: 534B371674E88A4D8906008C
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2015 07:51:28 GMT
Connection: keep-alive
Content-Length: 209  
Server: AliyunOSS
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Error>
  <Code>AccessDenied</Code>
  <Message>AccessDenied</Message>
  <RequestId>568D5566F2D0F89F5C0EB66E</RequestId>
  <HostId>test.oss.aliyuncs.com</HostId>
</Error>