Method: backendBuckets.list

Retrieves the list of BackendBucket resources available to the specified project.

HTTP request

GET https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/beta/projects/{project}/global/backendBuckets

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
project

string

Project ID for this request.

Query parameters

Parameters
maxResults

integer (uint32 format)

The maximum number of results per page that should be returned. If the number of available results is larger than maxResults, Compute Engine returns a nextPageToken that can be used to get the next page of results in subsequent list requests. Acceptable values are 0 to 500, inclusive. (Default: 500)
pageToken

string

Specifies a page token to use. Set pageToken to the nextPageToken returned by a previous list request to get the next page of results.
filter

string

A filter expression that filters resources listed in the response. Most Compute resources support two types of filter expressions: expressions that support regular expressions and expressions that follow API improvement proposal AIP-160. These two types of filter expressions cannot be mixed in one request.

If you want to use AIP-160, your expression must specify the field name, an operator, and the value that you want to use for filtering. The value must be a string, a number, or a boolean. The operator must be either =, !=, >, <, <=, >= or :.

For example, if you are filtering Compute Engine instances, you can exclude instances named example-instance by specifying name != example-instance.

The :* comparison can be used to test whether a key has been defined. For example, to find all objects with owner label use:

labels.owner:*

You can also filter nested fields. For example, you could specify scheduling.automaticRestart = false to include instances only if they are not scheduled for automatic restarts. You can use filtering on nested fields to filter based on resource labels.

To filter on multiple expressions, provide each separate expression within parentheses. For example:

(scheduling.automaticRestart = true)
(cpuPlatform = "Intel Skylake")

By default, each expression is an AND expression. However, you can include AND and OR expressions explicitly. For example:

(cpuPlatform = "Intel Skylake") OR
(cpuPlatform = "Intel Broadwell") AND
(scheduling.automaticRestart = true)

If you want to use a regular expression, use the eq (equal) or ne (not equal) operator against a single un-parenthesized expression with or without quotes or against multiple parenthesized expressions. Examples:

fieldname eq unquoted literal fieldname eq 'single quoted literal' fieldname eq "double quoted literal" (fieldname1 eq literal) (fieldname2 ne "literal")

The literal value is interpreted as a regular expression using Google RE2 library syntax. The literal value must match the entire field.

For example, to filter for instances that do not end with name "instance", you would use name ne .*instance.

You cannot combine constraints on multiple fields using regular expressions.
orderBy

string

Sorts list results by a certain order. By default, results are returned in alphanumerical order based on the resource name.

You can also sort results in descending order based on the creation timestamp using orderBy="creationTimestamp desc". This sorts results based on the creationTimestamp field in reverse chronological order (newest result first). Use this to sort resources like operations so that the newest operation is returned first.

Currently, only sorting by name or creationTimestamp desc is supported.
returnPartialSuccess

boolean

Opt-in for partial success behavior which provides partial results in case of failure. The default value is false.

For example, when partial success behavior is enabled, aggregatedList for a single zone scope either returns all resources in the zone or no resources, with an error code.

Request body

The request body must be empty.

Response body

Contains a list of BackendBucket resources.

If successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:

JSON representation 
{
  "kind": string,
  "id": string,
  "items": [
    {
      "kind": string,
      "id": string,
      "creationTimestamp": string,
      "name": string,
      "description": string,
      "selfLink": string,
      "bucketName": string,
      "enableCdn": boolean,
      "cdnPolicy": {
        "signedUrlKeyNames": [
          string
        ],
        "signedUrlCacheMaxAgeSec": string,
        "requestCoalescing": boolean,
        "cacheMode": enum,
        "defaultTtl": integer,
        "maxTtl": integer,
        "clientTtl": integer,
        "negativeCaching": boolean,
        "negativeCachingPolicy": [
          {
            "code": integer,
            "ttl": integer
          }
        ],
        "bypassCacheOnRequestHeaders": [
          {
            "headerName": string
          }
        ],
        "serveWhileStale": integer,
        "cacheKeyPolicy": {
          "queryStringWhitelist": [
            string
          ],
          "includeHttpHeaders": [
            string
          ]
        }
      },
      "customResponseHeaders": [
        string
      ],
      "edgeSecurityPolicy": string,
      "compressionMode": enum,
      "loadBalancingScheme": enum,
      "usedBy": [
        {
          "reference": string
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "nextPageToken": string,
  "selfLink": string,
  "warning": {
    "code": enum,
    "message": string,
    "data": [
      {
        "key": string,
        "value": string
      }
    ]
  }
}
Fields
kind

string

Type of resource.
id

string

[Output Only] Unique identifier for the resource; defined by the server.
items[]

object

A list of BackendBucket resources.
items[].kind

string

Type of the resource.
items[].id

string (uint64 format)

[Output Only] Unique identifier for the resource; defined by the server.
items[].creationTimestamp

string

[Output Only] Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
items[].name

string

Name of the resource. Provided by the client when the resource is created. The name must be 1-63 characters long, and comply with RFC1035. Specifically, the name must be 1-63 characters long and match the regular expression [a-z]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])? which means the first character must be a lowercase letter, and all following characters must be a dash, lowercase letter, or digit, except the last character, which cannot be a dash.
items[].description

string

An optional textual description of the resource; provided by the client when the resource is created.
items[].selfLink

string

[Output Only] Server-defined URL for the resource.
items[].bucketName

string

Cloud Storage bucket name.
items[].enableCdn

boolean

If true, enable Cloud CDN for this BackendBucket.
items[].cdnPolicy

object

Cloud CDN configuration for this BackendBucket.
items[].cdnPolicy.signedUrlKeyNames[]

string

[Output Only] Names of the keys for signing request URLs.
items[].cdnPolicy.signedUrlCacheMaxAgeSec

string (int64 format)

Maximum number of seconds the response to a signed URL request will be considered fresh. After this time period, the response will be revalidated before being served. Defaults to 1hr (3600s). When serving responses to signed URL requests, Cloud CDN will internally behave as though all responses from this backend had a "Cache-Control: public, max-age=[TTL]" header, regardless of any existing Cache-Control header. The actual headers served in responses will not be altered.
items[].cdnPolicy.requestCoalescing

boolean

If true then Cloud CDN will combine multiple concurrent cache fill requests into a small number of requests to the origin.
items[].cdnPolicy.cacheMode

enum

Specifies the cache setting for all responses from this backend. The possible values are: USE_ORIGIN_HEADERS Requires the origin to set valid caching headers to cache content. Responses without these headers will not be cached at Google's edge, and will require a full trip to the origin on every request, potentially impacting performance and increasing load on the origin server. FORCE_CACHE_ALL Cache all content, ignoring any "private", "no-store" or "no-cache" directives in Cache-Control response headers. Warning: this may result in Cloud CDN caching private, per-user (user identifiable) content. CACHE_ALL_STATIC Automatically cache static content, including common image formats, media (video and audio), and web assets (JavaScript and CSS). Requests and responses that are marked as uncacheable, as well as dynamic content (including HTML), will not be cached.

If no value is provided for cdnPolicy.cacheMode, it defaults to CACHE_ALL_STATIC.
items[].cdnPolicy.defaultTtl

integer

Specifies the default TTL for cached content served by this origin for responses that do not have an existing valid TTL (max-age or s-max-age). Setting a TTL of "0" means "always revalidate". The value of defaultTTL cannot be set to a value greater than that of maxTTL, but can be equal. When the cacheMode is set to FORCE_CACHE_ALL, the defaultTTL will overwrite the TTL set in all responses. The maximum allowed value is 31,622,400s (1 year), noting that infrequently accessed objects may be evicted from the cache before the defined TTL.
items[].cdnPolicy.maxTtl

integer

Specifies the maximum allowed TTL for cached content served by this origin. Cache directives that attempt to set a max-age or s-maxage higher than this, or an Expires header more than maxTTL seconds in the future will be capped at the value of maxTTL, as if it were the value of an s-maxage Cache-Control directive. Headers sent to the client will not be modified. Setting a TTL of "0" means "always revalidate". The maximum allowed value is 31,622,400s (1 year), noting that infrequently accessed objects may be evicted from the cache before the defined TTL.
items[].cdnPolicy.clientTtl

integer

Specifies a separate client (e.g. browser client) maximum TTL. This is used to clamp the max-age (or Expires) value sent to the client. With FORCE_CACHE_ALL, the lesser of clientTtl and defaultTtl is used for the response max-age directive, along with a "public" directive. For cacheable content in CACHE_ALL_STATIC mode, clientTtl clamps the max-age from the origin (if specified), or else sets the response max-age directive to the lesser of the clientTtl and defaultTtl, and also ensures a "public" cache-control directive is present. If a client TTL is not specified, a default value (1 hour) will be used. The maximum allowed value is 31,622,400s (1 year).
items[].cdnPolicy.negativeCaching

boolean

Negative caching allows per-status code TTLs to be set, in order to apply fine-grained caching for common errors or redirects. This can reduce the load on your origin and improve end-user experience by reducing response latency. When the cache mode is set to CACHE_ALL_STATIC or USE_ORIGIN_HEADERS, negative caching applies to responses with the specified response code that lack any Cache-Control, Expires, or Pragma: no-cache directives. When the cache mode is set to FORCE_CACHE_ALL, negative caching applies to all responses with the specified response code, and override any caching headers. By default, Cloud CDN will apply the following default TTLs to these status codes: HTTP 300 (Multiple Choice), 301, 308 (Permanent Redirects): 10m HTTP 404 (Not Found), 410 (Gone), 451 (Unavailable For Legal Reasons): 120s HTTP 405 (Method Not Found), 421 (Misdirected Request), 501 (Not Implemented): 60s. These defaults can be overridden in negativeCachingPolicy.
items[].cdnPolicy.negativeCachingPolicy[]

object

Sets a cache TTL for the specified HTTP status code. negativeCaching must be enabled to configure negativeCachingPolicy. Omitting the policy and leaving negativeCaching enabled will use Cloud CDN's default cache TTLs. Note that when specifying an explicit negativeCachingPolicy, you should take care to specify a cache TTL for all response codes that you wish to cache. Cloud CDN will not apply any default negative caching when a policy exists.
items[].cdnPolicy.negativeCachingPolicy[].code

integer

The HTTP status code to define a TTL against. Only HTTP status codes 300, 301, 302, 307, 308, 404, 405, 410, 421, 451 and 501 are can be specified as values, and you cannot specify a status code more than once.
items[].cdnPolicy.negativeCachingPolicy[].ttl

integer

The TTL (in seconds) for which to cache responses with the corresponding status code. The maximum allowed value is 1800s (30 minutes), noting that infrequently accessed objects may be evicted from the cache before the defined TTL.
items[].cdnPolicy.bypassCacheOnRequestHeaders[]

object

Bypass the cache when the specified request headers are matched - e.g. Pragma or Authorization headers. Up to 5 headers can be specified. The cache is bypassed for all cdnPolicy.cacheMode settings.
items[].cdnPolicy.bypassCacheOnRequestHeaders[].headerName

string

The header field name to match on when bypassing cache. Values are case-insensitive.
items[].cdnPolicy.serveWhileStale

integer

Serve existing content from the cache (if available) when revalidating content with the origin, or when an error is encountered when refreshing the cache. This setting defines the default "max-stale" duration for any cached responses that do not specify a max-stale directive. Stale responses that exceed the TTL configured here will not be served. The default limit (max-stale) is 86400s (1 day), which will allow stale content to be served up to this limit beyond the max-age (or s-max-age) of a cached response. The maximum allowed value is 604800 (1 week). Set this to zero (0) to disable serve-while-stale.
items[].cdnPolicy.cacheKeyPolicy

object

The CacheKeyPolicy for this CdnPolicy.
items[].cdnPolicy.cacheKeyPolicy.queryStringWhitelist[]

string

Names of query string parameters to include in cache keys. Default parameters are always included. '&' and '=' will be percent encoded and not treated as delimiters.
items[].cdnPolicy.cacheKeyPolicy.includeHttpHeaders[]

string

Allows HTTP request headers (by name) to be used in the cache key.
items[].customResponseHeaders[]

string

Headers that the Application Load Balancer should add to proxied responses.
items[].edgeSecurityPolicy

string

[Output Only] The resource URL for the edge security policy associated with this backend bucket.
items[].compressionMode

enum

Compress text responses using Brotli or gzip compression, based on the client's Accept-Encoding header.
items[].loadBalancingScheme

enum

The value can only be INTERNAL_MANAGED for cross-region internal layer 7 load balancer.

If loadBalancingScheme is not specified, the backend bucket can be used by classic global external load balancers, or global application external load balancers, or both.
items[].usedBy[]

object

[Output Only] backendBuckets.list of resources referencing that backend bucket.
items[].usedBy[].reference

string

[Output Only] Server-defined URL for UrlMaps referencing that BackendBucket.
nextPageToken

string

[Output Only] This token allows you to get the next page of results for list requests. If the number of results is larger than maxResults, use the nextPageToken as a value for the query parameter pageToken in the next list request. Subsequent list requests will have their own nextPageToken to continue paging through the results.
warning

object

[Output Only] Informational warning message.
warning.code

enum

[Output Only] A warning code, if applicable. For example, Compute Engine returns NO_RESULTS_ON_PAGE if there are no results in the response.
warning.message

string

[Output Only] A human-readable description of the warning code.
warning.data[]

object

[Output Only] Metadata about this warning in key: value format. For example: 

"data": [  {  "key": "scope",  "value": "zones/us-east1-d"  }
warning.data[].key

string

[Output Only] A key that provides more detail on the warning being returned. For example, for warnings where there are no results in a list request for a particular zone, this key might be scope and the key value might be the zone name. Other examples might be a key indicating a deprecated resource and a suggested replacement, or a warning about invalid network settings (for example, if an instance attempts to perform IP forwarding but is not enabled for IP forwarding).
warning.data[].value

string

[Output Only] A warning data value corresponding to the key.

Authorization scopes

Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute.readonly
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform

For more information, see the Authentication Overview.

IAM Permissions

In addition to any permissions specified on the fields above, authorization requires one or more of the following IAM permissions:

  • compute.backendBuckets.list

To find predefined roles that contain those permissions, see Compute Engine IAM Roles.