Enable lifecycle management for a bucket

Enable lifecycle management for a Cloud Storage bucket.

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For detailed documentation that includes this code sample, see the following:

• Manage object lifecycles

Code sample

C++

For more information, see the Cloud Storage C++ API reference documentation.

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namespace gcs = ::google::cloud::storage;
using ::google::cloud::StatusOr;
[](gcs::Client client, std::string const& bucket_name) {
  gcs::BucketLifecycle bucket_lifecycle_rules = gcs::BucketLifecycle{
      {gcs::LifecycleRule(gcs::LifecycleRule::ConditionConjunction(
                              gcs::LifecycleRule::MaxAge(30),
                              gcs::LifecycleRule::IsLive(true)),
                          gcs::LifecycleRule::Delete())}};

  StatusOr<gcs::BucketMetadata> updated_metadata = client.PatchBucket(
      bucket_name,
      gcs::BucketMetadataPatchBuilder().SetLifecycle(bucket_lifecycle_rules));
  if (!updated_metadata) throw std::move(updated_metadata).status();

  if (!updated_metadata->has_lifecycle() ||
      updated_metadata->lifecycle().rule.empty()) {
    std::cout << "Bucket lifecycle management is not enabled for bucket "
              << updated_metadata->name() << ".\n";
    return;
  }
  std::cout << "Successfully enabled bucket lifecycle management for bucket "
            << updated_metadata->name() << ".\n";
  std::cout << "The bucket lifecycle rules are";
  for (auto const& kv : updated_metadata->lifecycle().rule) {
    std::cout << "\n " << kv.condition() << ", " << kv.action();
  }
  std::cout << "\n";
}

C#

For more information, see the Cloud Storage C# API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for client libraries.

using Google.Apis.Storage.v1.Data;
using Google.Cloud.Storage.V1;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

public class EnableBucketLifecycleManagementSample
{
    public Bucket EnableBucketLifecycleManagement(string bucketName = "your-unique-bucket-name")
    {
        var storage = StorageClient.Create();
        var bucket = storage.GetBucket(bucketName);
        bucket.Lifecycle = new Bucket.LifecycleData
        {
            Rule = new List<Bucket.LifecycleData.RuleData>
            {
                new Bucket.LifecycleData.RuleData
                {
                    Condition = new Bucket.LifecycleData.RuleData.ConditionData { Age = 100 },
                    Action = new Bucket.LifecycleData.RuleData.ActionData { Type = "Delete" }
                }
            }
        };
        bucket = storage.UpdateBucket(bucket);

        Console.WriteLine($"Lifecycle management is enabled for bucket {bucketName} and the rules are:");
        foreach (var rule in bucket.Lifecycle.Rule)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Action:");
            Console.WriteLine($"Type: {rule.Action.Type}");
            Console.WriteLine($"Storage Class: {rule.Action.StorageClass}");

            Console.WriteLine("Condition:");
            Console.WriteLine($"Age: \t{rule.Condition.Age}");
            Console.WriteLine($"Created Before: \t{rule.Condition.CreatedBefore}");
            Console.WriteLine($"Time Before: \t{rule.Condition.CustomTimeBefore}");
            Console.WriteLine($"Days Since Custom Time: \t{rule.Condition.DaysSinceCustomTime}");
            Console.WriteLine($"Days Since Non-current Time: \t{rule.Condition.DaysSinceNoncurrentTime}");
            Console.WriteLine($"IsLive: \t{rule.Condition.IsLive}");
            Console.WriteLine($"Storage Class: \t{rule.Condition.MatchesStorageClass}");
            Console.WriteLine($"Noncurrent Time Before: \t{rule.Condition.NoncurrentTimeBefore}");
            Console.WriteLine($"Newer Versions: \t{rule.Condition.NumNewerVersions}");
        }
        return bucket;
    }
}

Go

For more information, see the Cloud Storage Go API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for client libraries.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"time"

	"cloud.google.com/go/storage"
)

// enableBucketLifecycleManagement adds a lifecycle delete rule with the
// condition that the object is 100 days old.
func enableBucketLifecycleManagement(w io.Writer, bucketName string) error {
	// bucketName := "bucket-name"
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := storage.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("storage.NewClient: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Second*10)
	defer cancel()

	bucket := client.Bucket(bucketName)
	bucketAttrsToUpdate := storage.BucketAttrsToUpdate{
		Lifecycle: &storage.Lifecycle{
			Rules: []storage.LifecycleRule{
				{
					Action: storage.LifecycleAction{Type: "Delete"},
					Condition: storage.LifecycleCondition{
						AgeInDays: 100,
					},
				},
			},
		},
	}

	attrs, err := bucket.Update(ctx, bucketAttrsToUpdate)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("Bucket(%q).Update: %w", bucketName, err)
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Lifecycle management is enabled for bucket %v\n and the rules are:\n", bucketName)
	for _, rule := range attrs.Lifecycle.Rules {
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Action: %v\n", rule.Action)
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Condition: %v\n", rule.Condition)
	}

	return nil
}

Java

For more information, see the Cloud Storage Java API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for client libraries.

import static com.google.cloud.storage.BucketInfo.LifecycleRule.LifecycleAction;
import static com.google.cloud.storage.BucketInfo.LifecycleRule.LifecycleCondition;

import com.google.cloud.storage.Bucket;
import com.google.cloud.storage.BucketInfo.LifecycleRule;
import com.google.cloud.storage.Storage;
import com.google.cloud.storage.StorageOptions;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;

public class EnableLifecycleManagement {
  public static void enableLifecycleManagement(String projectId, String bucketName) {
    // The ID of your GCP project
    // String projectId = "your-project-id";

    // The ID of your GCS bucket
    // String bucketName = "your-unique-bucket-name";

    Storage storage = StorageOptions.newBuilder().setProjectId(projectId).build().getService();
    Bucket bucket = storage.get(bucketName);

    // See the LifecycleRule documentation for additional info on what you can do with lifecycle
    // management rules. This one deletes objects that are over 100 days old.
    // https://googleapis.dev/java/google-cloud-clients/latest/com/google/cloud/storage/BucketInfo.LifecycleRule.html
    bucket
        .toBuilder()
        .setLifecycleRules(
            ImmutableList.of(
                new LifecycleRule(
                    LifecycleAction.newDeleteAction(),
                    LifecycleCondition.newBuilder().setAge(100).build())))
        .build()
        .update();

    System.out.println("Lifecycle management was enabled and configured for bucket " + bucketName);
  }
}

Node.js

For more information, see the Cloud Storage Node.js API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for client libraries.

/**
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment the following lines before running the sample.
 */
// The ID of your GCS bucket
// const bucketName = 'your-unique-bucket-name';

// Imports the Google Cloud client library
const {Storage} = require('@google-cloud/storage');

// Creates a client
const storage = new Storage();

async function enableBucketLifecycleManagement() {
  const [metadata] = await storage.bucket(bucketName).addLifecycleRule({
    action: {
      type: 'Delete',
    },
    condition: {age: 100},
  });

  console.log(
    `Lifecycle management is enabled for bucket ${bucketName} and the rules are:`
  );

  console.log(metadata.lifecycle.rule);
}

enableBucketLifecycleManagement().catch(console.error);

PHP

For more information, see the Cloud Storage PHP API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for client libraries.

use Google\Cloud\Storage\StorageClient;
use Google\Cloud\Storage\Bucket;

/**
 * Enable bucket lifecycle management.
 *
 * @param string $bucketName The name of your Cloud Storage bucket.
 *        (e.g. 'my-bucket')
 */
function enable_bucket_lifecycle_management(string $bucketName): void
{
    $storage = new StorageClient();
    $bucket = $storage->bucket($bucketName);

    $lifecycle = Bucket::lifecycle()
        ->addDeleteRule([
            'age' => 100
        ]);

    $bucket->update([
        'lifecycle' => $lifecycle
    ]);

    $lifecycle = $bucket->currentLifecycle();

    printf('Lifecycle management is enabled for bucket %s and the rules are:' . PHP_EOL, $bucketName);
    foreach ($lifecycle as $rule) {
        print_r($rule);
        print(PHP_EOL);
    }
}

Python

For more information, see the Cloud Storage Python API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for client libraries.

from google.cloud import storage


def enable_bucket_lifecycle_management(bucket_name):
    """Enable lifecycle management for a bucket"""
    # bucket_name = "my-bucket"

    storage_client = storage.Client()

    bucket = storage_client.get_bucket(bucket_name)
    rules = bucket.lifecycle_rules

    print(f"Lifecycle management rules for bucket {bucket_name} are {list(rules)}")
    bucket.add_lifecycle_delete_rule(age=2)
    bucket.patch()

    rules = bucket.lifecycle_rules
    print(f"Lifecycle management is enable for bucket {bucket_name} and the rules are {list(rules)}")

    return bucket

Ruby

For more information, see the Cloud Storage Ruby API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for client libraries.

def enable_bucket_lifecycle_management bucket_name:
  # Enable lifecycle management for a bucket
  # The ID of your GCS bucket
  # bucket_name = "your-unique-bucket-name"

  require "google/cloud/storage"

  storage = Google::Cloud::Storage.new
  bucket = storage.bucket bucket_name

  rules = bucket.lifecycle do |l|
    l.add_delete_rule age: 2
  end

  puts "Lifecycle management is enabled for bucket #{bucket_name} and the rules are #{rules}"
end

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