Call GetBucketLocation to query the location of a bucket - Object Storage Service

Queries the region of an Object Storage Service (OSS) bucket. Only the bucket owner can query the region of a bucket.

Request syntax

GET /?location HTTP/1.1
Host: BucketName.oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com
Date: GMT Date
Authorization: SignatureValue

Request headers

All headers in a DescribeRegions request are common request headers. For more information, see Common request headers.

Response headers

All headers in the response to a DescribeRegions request are common response headers. For more information, see Common response headers.

Response elements

Element	Type	Example	Description
LocationConstraint	String	oss-cn-hangzhou	The OSS region ID, which specifies the region in which the bucket is located.

Examples

Sample requests

Get /?location HTTP/1.1
Host: examplebucket.oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com
Date: Fri, 04 May 2012 05:31:04 GMT  
Authorization: OSS qn6q**************:77Dv****************

Sample success responses

HTTP/1.1 200
x-oss-request-id: 534B371674E88A4D8906****
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 05:31:04 GMT
Connection: keep-alive
Content-Length: 90 
Server: AliyunOSS

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<LocationConstraint>oss-cn-hangzhou</LocationConstraint >

SDK

You can use OSS SDKs for the following programming languages to call the GetBucketLocation operation:

Error codes

Error code	HTTP status code	Description
AccessDenied	403	You do not have the permissions to query the region of the bucket. Only the owner of a bucket can query the region in which the bucket is located.