Queries the lifecycle rules configured for a bucket.
Usage notes
You must have the oss:GetBucketLifecycle permission. Grant a custom policy.
Request syntax
GET /?lifecycle HTTP/1.1
Host: BucketName.oss.aliyuncs.com
Date: GMT Date
Authorization: SignatureValue
Examples
Sample requests
Get /?lifecycle HTTP/1.1
Host: oss-example.oss.aliyuncs.com
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 01:17:29 GMT
Authorization: OSS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=LTAI********************/20250417/cn-hangzhou/oss/aliyun_v4_request,AdditionalHeaders=host,Signature=a7c3554c729d71929e0b84489addee6b2e8d5cb48595adfc51868c299c0c218e
Sample responses
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Lifecycle rules based on last modification time
HTTP/1.1 200 x-oss-request-id: 534B371674E88A4D8906**** Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 01:17:29 GMT Connection: keep-alive Content-Length: 255 Server: AliyunOSS <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <LifecycleConfiguration> <Rule> <ID>delete after one day</ID> <Prefix>logs1/</Prefix> <Status>Enabled</Status> <Expiration> <Days>1</Days> </Expiration> </Rule> <Rule> <ID>mtime transition1</ID> <Prefix>logs2/</Prefix> <Status>Enabled</Status> <Transition> <Days>30</Days> <StorageClass>IA</StorageClass> </Transition> </Rule> <Rule> <ID>mtime transition2</ID> <Prefix>logs3/</Prefix> <Status>Enabled</Status> <Transition> <Days>30</Days> <StorageClass>IA</StorageClass> <IsAccessTime>false</IsAccessTime> </Transition> </Rule> </LifecycleConfiguration> -
Lifecycle rules based on last access time
NoteWhen a lifecycle rule uses the last access time, the response includes the AtimeBase element. AtimeBase is a Unix timestamp (seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC) indicating when access tracking was enabled for the bucket.
HTTP/1.1 200 x-oss-request-id: **** Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2021 01:17:29 GMT Connection: keep-alive Content-Length: length Server: AliyunOSS <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <LifecycleConfiguration> <Rule> <ID>atime transition1</ID> <Prefix>logs1/</Prefix> <Status>Enabled</Status> <Transition> <Days>30</Days> <StorageClass>IA</StorageClass> <IsAccessTime>true</IsAccessTime> <ReturnToStdWhenVisit>false</ReturnToStdWhenVisit> </Transition> <AtimeBase>1631698332</AtimeBase> </Rule> <Rule> <ID>atime transition2</ID> <Prefix>logs2/</Prefix> <Status>Enabled</Status> <NoncurrentVersionTransition> <NoncurrentDays>10</NoncurrentDays> <StorageClass>IA</StorageClass> <IsAccessTime>true</IsAccessTime> <ReturnToStdWhenVisit>false</ReturnToStdWhenVisit> </NoncurrentVersionTransition> <AtimeBase>1631698332</AtimeBase> </Rule> </LifecycleConfiguration> -
No lifecycle rules configured
HTTP/1.1 404 x-oss-request-id: 534B371674E88A4D8906**** Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 01:17:29 GMT Connection: keep-alive Content-Length: 278 Server: AliyunOSS <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Error> <BucketName>oss-example</BucketName> <Code>NoSuchLifecycle</Code> <Message>No Row found in Lifecycle Table.</Message> <RequestId>534B372974E88A4D8906****</RequestId> <HostId> BucketName.oss.example.com</HostId> </Error>
OSS SDKs
OSS SDKs that support the GetBucketLifecycle operation:
ossutil
The ossutil command for GetBucketLifecycle: get-bucket-lifecycle.
Error codes
|
Error code |
HTTP status code |
Description |
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AccessDenied |
403 Forbidden |
You do not have permission to query the lifecycle rules of this bucket. Only the bucket owner can perform this operation. |
|
NoSuchBucket or NoSuchLifecycle |
404 Not Found |
The bucket does not exist, or no lifecycle rules are configured for it. |