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Object Storage Service:Get bucket information (C++ SDK)

Last Updated:Nov 29, 2025

A bucket is a container used to store objects in Object Storage Service (OSS). This topic describes how to query information about a bucket.

Usage notes

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

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

  • To query information about a bucket, you must have the oss:GetBucketInfo permission. For more information, see Attach a custom policy to a RAM user.

Sample code

The following code provides an example on how to query information about a bucket, including the region and creation date of the bucket:

#include <alibabacloud/oss/OssClient.h>
using namespace AlibabaCloud::OSS;

int main(void)
{
    /* Initialize the OSS account information. */
            
    /* Set yourEndpoint to the endpoint of the region where the bucket is located. For example, if the bucket is in the China (Hangzhou) region, set the endpoint to https://oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com. */
    std::string Endpoint = "yourEndpoint";
    
    /* Set yourRegion to the region where the bucket is located. For example, if the bucket is in the China (Hangzhou) region, set the region to cn-hangzhou. */
    std::string Region = "yourRegion";
    
    /* Specify the bucket name. For example, examplebucket. */
    std::string BucketName = "examplebucket";

    /* Initialize network resources. */
    InitializeSdk();

    ClientConfiguration conf;
    conf.signatureVersion = SignatureVersionType::V4;
    /* 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. */
    auto credentialsProvider = std::make_shared<EnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider>();
    OssClient client(Endpoint, credentialsProvider, conf);
    client.SetRegion(Region);

    /* Get bucket information. */
    GetBucketInfoRequest request(BucketName);
    auto outcome = client.GetBucketInfo(request);

    /* Check the data redundancy type of the bucket. */
    if (outcome.isSuccess()) {
        std::cout << "GetBucketInfo success, DataRedundancyType:" << static_cast<int>(outcome.result().DataRedundancyType()) << std::endl;
    }
    else {
        /* Handle the exception. */
        std::cout << "GetBucketInfo fail" <<
        ",code:" << outcome.error().Code() <<
        ",message:" << outcome.error().Message() <<
        ",requestId:" << outcome.error().RequestId() << std::endl;
        return -1;
    }

    /* Release network resources. */
    ShutdownSdk();
    return 0;
}

References

For more information about the GetBucketInfo API operation, see GetBucketInfo.