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Object Storage Service:List vector buckets using OSS SDK for Python 2.0

Last Updated:Jun 03, 2026

This topic explains how to use OSS SDK for Python 2.0 to list all vector buckets in your Alibaba Cloud account. This operation supports paging.

Permissions

By default, an Alibaba Cloud account has full permissions on its resources. RAM users and RAM roles have no permissions by default. To allow a RAM user or RAM role to call this operation, an Alibaba Cloud account or a RAM administrator must grant the required permissions to the RAM user or RAM role using a RAM policy or a bucket policy.

API

Action

Description

ListVectorBuckets

oss:ListVectorBuckets

Lists vector buckets.

Method definition

OSS SDK for Python 2.0 provides two methods to list vector buckets:

  • list_vector_buckets(): Calls the operation directly. You must handle paging manually.

  • list_vector_buckets_paginator(): Uses a paginator. The SDK automatically handles the paging logic. This method is recommended.

# Direct call
list_vector_buckets(request: ListVectorBucketsRequest, **kwargs) → ListVectorBucketsResult

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

request

ListVectorBucketsRequest

The request parameters. For more information, see ListVectorBucketsRequest

Return values

Type

Description

ListVectorBucketsResult

The return value. For more information, see ListVectorBucketsResult

For the complete method definition, see list_vector_buckets.

# Use a paginator
list_vector_buckets_paginator(**kwargs) → ListVectorBucketsPaginator[source]

Return values

Type

Description

ListVectorBucketsPaginator

The return value. For more information, see ListVectorBucketsPaginator

For the complete definition of the method that uses a paginator, see list_vector_buckets_paginator.

Sample code

The following sample code uses a paginator to list all vector buckets. The SDK automatically handles paging requests, which simplifies the code.

import argparse
import alibabacloud_oss_v2 as oss
import alibabacloud_oss_v2.vectors as oss_vectors

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="list vector buckets sample")

parser.add_argument('--region', help='The region in which the bucket is located.', required=True)
parser.add_argument('--endpoint', help='The domain names that other services can use to access OSS')
parser.add_argument('--account_id', help='The account id.', required=True)

def main():

    args = parser.parse_args()

    # Loading credentials values from the environment variables
    credentials_provider = oss.credentials.EnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider()

    # Using the SDK's default configuration
    cfg = oss.config.load_default()
    cfg.credentials_provider = credentials_provider
    cfg.region = args.region
    cfg.account_id = args.account_id
    cfg.use_internal_endpoint = True  # To access OSS over the public network, set this parameter to False or delete this line.
    if args.endpoint is not None:
        cfg.endpoint = args.endpoint

    client = oss_vectors.Client(cfg)

    # Create the Paginator for the ListVectorBuckets operation
    paginator = client.list_vector_buckets_paginator()

    # Iterate through the vector bucket pages
    for page in paginator.iter_page(oss_vectors.models.ListVectorBucketsRequest(
        )
    ):
        for o in page.buckets:
            print(f'Bucket: {o.name}, {o.location}')

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

References

For the complete sample code for listing vector buckets, see list_vector_buckets.py.