Using bucket labels

This page shows you how to modify and view the labels set on a bucket in Cloud Storage.

Prerequisites

Prerequisites can vary based on the tool used:

Console

In order to complete this guide using the Google Cloud console, you must have the proper IAM permissions. If the bucket you want to access exists in a project that you did not create, you might need the project owner to give you a role that contains the necessary permissions.

For a list of permissions required for specific actions, see IAM permissions for the Google Cloud console.

For a list of relevant roles, see Cloud Storage roles. Alternatively, you can create a custom role that has specific, limited permissions.

Command line

In order to complete this guide using a command-line utility, you must have the proper IAM permissions. If the bucket you want to access exists in a project that you did not create, you might need the project owner to give you a role that contains the necessary permissions.

For a list of permissions required for specific actions, see IAM permissions for gsutil commands.

For a list of relevant roles, see Cloud Storage roles. Alternatively, you can create a custom role that has specific, limited permissions.

Code samples

In order to complete this guide using the Cloud Storage client libraries, you must have the proper IAM permissions. If the bucket you want to access exists in a project that you did not create, you might need the project owner to give you a role that contains the necessary permissions. Unless otherwise noted, client library requests are made through the JSON API.

For a list of permissions required for specific actions, see IAM permissions for JSON methods.

For a list of relevant roles, see Cloud Storage roles. Alternatively, you can create a custom role that has specific, limited permissions.

REST APIs

JSON API

In order to complete this guide using the JSON API, you must have the proper IAM permissions. If the bucket you want to access exists in a project that you did not create, you might need the project owner to give you a role that contains the necessary permissions.

For a list of permissions required for specific actions, see IAM permissions for JSON methods.

For a list of relevant roles, see Cloud Storage roles. Alternatively, you can create a custom role that has specific, limited permissions.

Modify a bucket's labels

Console

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Cloud Storage Buckets page.
   

   Go to Buckets

2. In the bucket list, find the bucket whose labels you want to change, and click its Bucket overflow menu ().

3. Click Edit labels.

   The label editor panel appears.

   1. To add a label, click the + Add label button, and specify a key and a value for your label.

   2. To modify an existing label, click on its Value and a enter a new value.

   3. To remove a label, click the Trash icon associated with the label you want to remove.

4. Click Save.

To learn how to get detailed error information about failed Cloud Storage operations in the Google Cloud console, see Troubleshooting.

Command line

To add a new label or update an existing label, use the -l flag in the label ch command. For example:

gsutil label ch -l KEY_1:VALUE_1 gs://BUCKET_NAME

Where

• KEY_1 is the key name for your label. For example, pet.
• VALUE_1 is the value for your label. For example, dog.
• BUCKET_NAME is the name of the bucket that the label applies to. For example, my-bucket.

To delete an existing label, use the -d flag. For example:

gsutil label ch -d KEY_1 gs://BUCKET_NAME

You can use multiple -l and -d flags to modify multiple key:value pairs for a bucket in a single command. Use the label set command to replace all existing labels with new ones.

Code samples

C++

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

The following sample adds the specified label to a bucket, or modifies the label if it already exists for the bucket:

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namespace gcs = ::google::cloud::storage;
using ::google::cloud::StatusOr;
[](gcs::Client client, std::string const& bucket_name,
   std::string const& label_key, std::string const& label_value) {
  StatusOr<gcs::BucketMetadata> updated_metadata = client.PatchBucket(
      bucket_name,
      gcs::BucketMetadataPatchBuilder().SetLabel(label_key, label_value));

  if (!updated_metadata) {
    throw std::runtime_error(updated_metadata.status().message());
  }

  std::cout << "Successfully set label " << label_key << " to " << label_value
            << " on bucket  " << updated_metadata->name() << ".";
  std::cout << " The bucket labels are now:";
  for (auto const& kv : updated_metadata->labels()) {
    std::cout << "\n  " << kv.first << ": " << kv.second;
  }
  std::cout << "\n";
}

The following sample removes the specified label from a bucket:

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namespace gcs = ::google::cloud::storage;
using ::google::cloud::StatusOr;
[](gcs::Client client, std::string const& bucket_name,
   std::string const& label_key) {
  StatusOr<gcs::BucketMetadata> updated_metadata = client.PatchBucket(
      bucket_name, gcs::BucketMetadataPatchBuilder().ResetLabel(label_key));

  if (!updated_metadata) {
    throw std::runtime_error(updated_metadata.status().message());
  }

  std::cout << "Successfully reset label " << label_key << " on bucket  "
            << updated_metadata->name() << ".";
  if (updated_metadata->labels().empty()) {
    std::cout << " The bucket now has no labels.\n";
    return;
  }
  std::cout << " The bucket labels are now:";
  for (auto const& kv : updated_metadata->labels()) {
    std::cout << "\n  " << kv.first << ": " << kv.second;
  }
  std::cout << "\n";
}

C#

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

The following sample adds the specified label to a bucket, or modifies the label if it already exists for the bucket:

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

public class BucketAddLabelSample
{
    public Bucket BucketAddLabel(
        string bucketName = "your-bucket-name",
        string labelKey = "label-key-to-add",
        string labelValue = "label-value-to-add")
    {
        var storage = StorageClient.Create();
        var bucket = storage.GetBucket(bucketName);

        if (bucket.Labels == null)
        {
            bucket.Labels = new Dictionary<string, string>();
        }
        bucket.Labels.Add(labelKey, labelValue);

        bucket = storage.UpdateBucket(bucket);
        Console.WriteLine($"Added label {labelKey} with value {labelValue} to bucket {bucketName}.");
        return bucket;
    }
}

The following sample removes the specified label from a bucket:

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

public class BucketRemoveLabelSample
{
    public Bucket BucketRemoveLabel(string bucketName = "your-bucket-name", string labelKey = "label-key-to-remove")
    {
        var storage = StorageClient.Create();
        var bucket = storage.GetBucket(bucketName);

        if (bucket.Labels != null && bucket.Labels.Keys.Contains(labelKey))
        {
            bucket.Labels.Remove(labelKey);
            bucket = storage.UpdateBucket(bucket);
            Console.WriteLine($"Removed label {labelKey} from bucket {bucketName}.");
        }
        else
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"No such label available on {bucketName}.");
        }
        return bucket;
    }
}

Go

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

The following sample adds the specified label to a bucket, or modifies the label if it already exists for the bucket:

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

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

// addBucketLabel adds a label on a bucket.
func addBucketLabel(w io.Writer, bucketName, labelName, labelValue string) error {
	// bucketName := "bucket-name"
	// labelName := "label-name"
	// labelValue := "label-value"
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := storage.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("storage.NewClient: %v", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

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

	bucket := client.Bucket(bucketName)
	bucketAttrsToUpdate := storage.BucketAttrsToUpdate{}
	bucketAttrsToUpdate.SetLabel(labelName, labelValue)
	if _, err := bucket.Update(ctx, bucketAttrsToUpdate); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("Bucket(%q).Update: %v", bucketName, err)
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Added label %q with value %q to bucket %v\n", labelName, labelValue, bucketName)
	return nil
}

The following sample removes the specified label from a bucket:

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

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

// removeBucketLabel removes a label on a bucket.
func removeBucketLabel(w io.Writer, bucketName, labelName string) error {
	// bucketName := "bucket-name"
	// labelName := "label-name"
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := storage.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("storage.NewClient: %v", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

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

	bucket := client.Bucket(bucketName)
	bucketAttrsToUpdate := storage.BucketAttrsToUpdate{}
	bucketAttrsToUpdate.DeleteLabel(labelName)
	if _, err := bucket.Update(ctx, bucketAttrsToUpdate); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("Bucket(%q).Update: %v", bucketName, err)
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Removed label %q from bucket %v\n", labelName, bucketName)
	return nil
}

Java

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

The following sample adds the specified label to a bucket, or modifies the label if it already exists for the bucket:

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import com.google.cloud.storage.Bucket;
import com.google.cloud.storage.Storage;
import com.google.cloud.storage.StorageOptions;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

public class AddBucketLabel {
  public static void addBucketLabel(
      String projectId, String bucketName, String labelKey, String labelValue) {
    // The ID of your GCP project
    // String projectId = "your-project-id";

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

    // The key of the label to add
    // String labelKey = "label-key-to-add";

    // The value of the label to add
    // String labelValue = "label-value-to-add";

    Map<String, String> newLabels = new HashMap<>();
    newLabels.put(labelKey, labelValue);

    Storage storage = StorageOptions.newBuilder().setProjectId(projectId).build().getService();
    Bucket bucket = storage.get(bucketName);
    Map<String, String> labels = bucket.getLabels();
    if (labels != null) {
      newLabels.putAll(labels);
    }
    bucket.toBuilder().setLabels(newLabels).build().update();

    System.out.println(
        "Added label " + labelKey + " with value " + labelValue + " to bucket " + bucketName + ".");
  }
}

The following sample removes the specified label from a bucket:

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import com.google.cloud.storage.Bucket;
import com.google.cloud.storage.Storage;
import com.google.cloud.storage.StorageOptions;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

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

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

    // The key of the label to remove from the bucket
    // String labelKey = "label-key-to-remove";

    Storage storage = StorageOptions.newBuilder().setProjectId(projectId).build().getService();

    Map<String, String> labelsToRemove = new HashMap<>();
    labelsToRemove.put(labelKey, null);

    Bucket bucket = storage.get(bucketName);
    Map<String, String> labels;
    if (bucket.getLabels() == null) {
      labels = new HashMap<>();
    } else {
      labels = new HashMap(bucket.getLabels());
    }
    labels.putAll(labelsToRemove);
    bucket.toBuilder().setLabels(labels).build().update();

    System.out.println("Removed label " + labelKey + " from bucket " + bucketName);
  }
}

Node.js

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

The following sample adds the specified label to a bucket, or modifies the label if it already exists for the bucket:

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

// The key of the label to add
// const labelKey = 'label-key-to-add';

// The value of the label to add
// const labelValue = 'label-value-to-add';

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

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

const labels = {
  [labelKey]: labelValue,
};

async function addBucketLabel() {
  await storage.bucket(bucketName).setLabels(labels);
  console.log(`Added label to bucket ${bucketName}`);
}

addBucketLabel().catch(console.error);

The following sample removes the specified label from a bucket:

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

// The key of the label to remove from the bucket
// const labelKey = 'label-key-to-remove';

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

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

async function removeBucketLabel() {
  await storage.bucket(bucketName).deleteLabels(labelKey);
  console.log(`Removed labels from bucket ${bucketName}`);
}

removeBucketLabel().catch(console.error);

PHP

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

The following sample adds the specified label to a bucket, or modifies the label if it already exists for the bucket:

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use Google\Cloud\Storage\StorageClient;

/**
 * Adds or updates a bucket label.
 *
 * @param string $bucketName The name of your Cloud Storage bucket.
 * @param string $labelName The name of the label to add.
 * @param string $labelValue The value of the label to add.
 */
function add_bucket_label(string $bucketName, string $labelName, string $labelValue): void
{
    // $bucketName = 'my-bucket';
    // $labelName = 'label-key-to-add';
    // $labelValue = 'label-value-to-add';

    $storage = new StorageClient();
    $bucket = $storage->bucket($bucketName);
    $newLabels = [$labelName => $labelValue];
    $bucket->update(['labels' => $newLabels]);
    printf('Added label %s (%s) to %s' . PHP_EOL, $labelName, $labelValue, $bucketName);
}

The following sample removes the specified label from a bucket:

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use Google\Cloud\Storage\StorageClient;

/**
 * Removes a label from a bucket.
 *
 * @param string $bucketName The name of your Cloud Storage bucket.
 * @param string $labelName The name of the label to remove.
 */
function remove_bucket_label(string $bucketName, string $labelName): void
{
    // $bucketName = 'my-bucket';
    // $labelName = 'label-key-to-remove';

    $storage = new StorageClient();
    $bucket = $storage->bucket($bucketName);
    $labels = [$labelName => null];
    $bucket->update(['labels' => $labels]);
    printf('Removed label %s from %s' . PHP_EOL, $labelName, $bucketName);
}

Python

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

The following sample adds the specified label to a bucket, or modifies the label if it already exists for the bucket:

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import pprint

from google.cloud import storage


def add_bucket_label(bucket_name):
    """Add a label to a bucket."""
    # bucket_name = "your-bucket-name"

    storage_client = storage.Client()

    bucket = storage_client.get_bucket(bucket_name)
    labels = bucket.labels
    labels["example"] = "label"
    bucket.labels = labels
    bucket.patch()

    print(f"Updated labels on {bucket.name}.")
    pprint.pprint(bucket.labels)

The following sample removes the specified label from a bucket:

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import pprint

from google.cloud import storage


def remove_bucket_label(bucket_name):
    """Remove a label from a bucket."""
    # bucket_name = "your-bucket-name"

    storage_client = storage.Client()
    bucket = storage_client.get_bucket(bucket_name)

    labels = bucket.labels

    if "example" in labels:
        del labels["example"]

    bucket.labels = labels
    bucket.patch()

    print(f"Removed labels on {bucket.name}.")
    pprint.pprint(bucket.labels)

Ruby

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

The following sample adds the specified label to a bucket, or modifies the label if it already exists for the bucket:

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def add_bucket_label bucket_name:, label_key:, label_value:
  # The ID of your GCS bucket
  # bucket_name = "your-unique-bucket-name"

  # The key of the label to add
  # label_key = "label-key-to-add"

  # The value of the label to add
  # label_value = "label-value-to-add"

  require "google/cloud/storage"

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

  bucket.update do |bucket|
    bucket.labels[label_key] = label_value
  end

  puts "Added label #{label_key} with value #{label_value} to #{bucket_name}"
end

The following sample removes the specified label from a bucket:

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def remove_bucket_label bucket_name:, label_key:
  # The ID of your GCS bucket
  # bucket_name = "your-unique-bucket-name"

  # The key of the label to remove from the bucket
  # label_key = "label-key-to-remove"

  require "google/cloud/storage"

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

  bucket.update do |bucket|
    bucket.labels[label_key] = nil
  end

  puts "Deleted label #{label_key} from #{bucket_name}"
end

REST APIs

JSON API

1. Get an authorization access token from the OAuth 2.0 Playground. Configure the playground to use your own OAuth credentials. For instructions, see API authentication.

2. Create a JSON file that contains the following information:

   {
     "labels": {
       "KEY_1": "VALUE_1"
     }
   }

   Where

   • KEY_1 is the key name for your label. For example, pet.
   • VALUE_1 is the value for your label. For example, dog. If you want to remove a key, use null in place of "<var>VALUE_1</var>".

3. Use cURL to call the JSON API with a PATCH Bucket request:

   curl -X PATCH --data-binary @JSON_FILE_NAME \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer OAUTH2_TOKEN" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     "https://storage.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/BUCKET_NAME?fields=labels"

   Where:

   • JSON_FILE_NAME is the path for the JSON file that you created in Step 2.
   • OAUTH2_TOKEN is the access token you generated in Step 1.
   • BUCKET_NAME is the name of the bucket that the label applies to. For example, my-bucket.

You can add, edit, or remove multiple key:value pairs in a request.

XML API

Note: A label setting request using the XML API replaces all existing labels applied to the specified bucket with the labels included in the request. If there are labels currently applied to the bucket that you want to keep, specify them in your request.

1. Get an authorization access token from the OAuth 2.0 Playground. Configure the playground to use your own OAuth credentials. For instructions, see API authentication.

2. Create an XML file that contains the following information:

   <Tagging>
     <TagSet>
       <Tag>
         <Key>KEY_1</Key>
         <Value>VALUE_1</Value>
       </Tag>
     </TagSet>
   </Tagging>

   Where:

   • KEY_1 is the key name for your label. For example, pet.
   • VALUE_1 is the value for your label. For example, dog.

   Note that you can add multiple <Tag> elements in a request. If you want to remove all labels on a bucket, use a single, empty <Tag> element in the file:

   <Tagging>
     <TagSet>
       <Tag>
       </Tag>
     </TagSet>
   </Tagging>

3. Use cURL to call the XML API with a PUT Bucket request and tagging query string parameter:

   curl -X PUT --data-binary @XML_FILE_NAME \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer OAUTH2_TOKEN" \
     "https://storage.googleapis.com/BUCKET_NAME?tagging"

   Where:

   • XML_FILE_NAME is the path for the XML file that you created in Step 2.
   • OAUTH2_TOKEN is the access token you generated in Step 1.
   • BUCKET_NAME is the name of the bucket that the label applies to. For example, my-bucket.

View bucket labels

Console

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Cloud Storage Buckets page.
   

   Go to Buckets

2. (Optional): You can limit the columns displayed in the Google Cloud console bucket list by clicking the Column display options menu ().

3. In the bucket list, find the bucket you want to verify, and check the entry for Label. You may need to scroll horizontally to view the Label column.

   If your bucket has multiple labels, some may be hidden. When labels are hidden, an expandable button appears. Clicking the button displays all labels for a bucket.

   

To learn how to get detailed error information about failed Cloud Storage operations in the Google Cloud console, see Troubleshooting.

Command line

Use the following gsutil ls command:

gsutil ls -L -b gs://BUCKET_NAME

Where:

• BUCKET_NAME is the bucket whose labels you want to view. For example, my-bucket.

The response looks like the following example:

gs://my-bucket/ :
  Storage class:         STANDARD
  ...
  ...
  Labels:
    {
      "your_label_key": "your_label_value"
    }
  ...

Code samples

C++

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

To view a bucket's labels, follow the instructions for displaying a bucket's metadata and look for the label field in the response.

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namespace gcs = ::google::cloud::storage;
using ::google::cloud::StatusOr;
[](gcs::Client client, std::string const& bucket_name) {
  StatusOr<gcs::BucketMetadata> bucket_metadata =
      client.GetBucketMetadata(bucket_name);

  if (!bucket_metadata) {
    throw std::runtime_error(bucket_metadata.status().message());
  }

  std::cout << "The metadata for bucket " << bucket_metadata->name() << " is "
            << *bucket_metadata << "\n";
}

C#

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

To view a bucket's labels, follow the instructions for displaying a bucket's metadata and look for the label field in the response.

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

public class GetBucketMetadataSample
{
    public Bucket GetBucketMetadata(string bucketName = "your-unique-bucket-name")
    {
        var storage = StorageClient.Create();
        var bucket = storage.GetBucket(bucketName, new GetBucketOptions { Projection = Projection.Full });
        Console.WriteLine($"Bucket:\t{bucket.Name}");
        Console.WriteLine($"Acl:\t{bucket.Acl}");
        Console.WriteLine($"Billing:\t{bucket.Billing}");
        Console.WriteLine($"Cors:\t{bucket.Cors}");
        Console.WriteLine($"DefaultEventBasedHold:\t{bucket.DefaultEventBasedHold}");
        Console.WriteLine($"DefaultObjectAcl:\t{bucket.DefaultObjectAcl}");
        Console.WriteLine($"Encryption:\t{bucket.Encryption}");
        if (bucket.Encryption != null)
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"KmsKeyName:\t{bucket.Encryption.DefaultKmsKeyName}");
        }
        Console.WriteLine($"Id:\t{bucket.Id}");
        Console.WriteLine($"Kind:\t{bucket.Kind}");
        Console.WriteLine($"Lifecycle:\t{bucket.Lifecycle}");
        Console.WriteLine($"Location:\t{bucket.Location}");
        Console.WriteLine($"LocationType:\t{bucket.LocationType}");
        Console.WriteLine($"Logging:\t{bucket.Logging}");
        Console.WriteLine($"Metageneration:\t{bucket.Metageneration}");
        Console.WriteLine($"Owner:\t{bucket.Owner}");
        Console.WriteLine($"ProjectNumber:\t{bucket.ProjectNumber}");
        Console.WriteLine($"RetentionPolicy:\t{bucket.RetentionPolicy}");
        Console.WriteLine($"SelfLink:\t{bucket.SelfLink}");
        Console.WriteLine($"StorageClass:\t{bucket.StorageClass}");
        Console.WriteLine($"TimeCreated:\t{bucket.TimeCreated}");
        Console.WriteLine($"Updated:\t{bucket.Updated}");
        Console.WriteLine($"Versioning:\t{bucket.Versioning}");
        Console.WriteLine($"Website:\t{bucket.Website}");
        Console.WriteLine($"TurboReplication:\t{bucket.Rpo}");
        if (bucket.Labels != null)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Labels:");
            foreach (var label in bucket.Labels)
            {
                Console.WriteLine($"{label.Key}:\t{label.Value}");
            }
        }
        return bucket;
    }
}

Go

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

To view a bucket's labels, follow the instructions for displaying a bucket's metadata and look for the label field in the response.

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

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

// getBucketMetadata gets the bucket metadata.
func getBucketMetadata(w io.Writer, bucketName string) (*storage.BucketAttrs, error) {
	// bucketName := "bucket-name"
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := storage.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("storage.NewClient: %v", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Second*10)
	defer cancel()
	attrs, err := client.Bucket(bucketName).Attrs(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Bucket(%q).Attrs: %v", bucketName, err)
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "BucketName: %v\n", attrs.Name)
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Location: %v\n", attrs.Location)
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "LocationType: %v\n", attrs.LocationType)
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "StorageClass: %v\n", attrs.StorageClass)
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Turbo replication (RPO): %v\n", attrs.RPO)
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "TimeCreated: %v\n", attrs.Created)
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Metageneration: %v\n", attrs.MetaGeneration)
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "PredefinedACL: %v\n", attrs.PredefinedACL)
	if attrs.Encryption != nil {
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "DefaultKmsKeyName: %v\n", attrs.Encryption.DefaultKMSKeyName)
	}
	if attrs.Website != nil {
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "IndexPage: %v\n", attrs.Website.MainPageSuffix)
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "NotFoundPage: %v\n", attrs.Website.NotFoundPage)
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "DefaultEventBasedHold: %v\n", attrs.DefaultEventBasedHold)
	if attrs.RetentionPolicy != nil {
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "RetentionEffectiveTime: %v\n", attrs.RetentionPolicy.EffectiveTime)
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "RetentionPeriod: %v\n", attrs.RetentionPolicy.RetentionPeriod)
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "RetentionPolicyIsLocked: %v\n", attrs.RetentionPolicy.IsLocked)
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "RequesterPays: %v\n", attrs.RequesterPays)
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "VersioningEnabled: %v\n", attrs.VersioningEnabled)
	if attrs.Logging != nil {
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "LogBucket: %v\n", attrs.Logging.LogBucket)
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "LogObjectPrefix: %v\n", attrs.Logging.LogObjectPrefix)
	}
	if attrs.CORS != nil {
		fmt.Fprintln(w, "CORS:")
		for _, v := range attrs.CORS {
			fmt.Fprintf(w, "\tMaxAge: %v\n", v.MaxAge)
			fmt.Fprintf(w, "\tMethods: %v\n", v.Methods)
			fmt.Fprintf(w, "\tOrigins: %v\n", v.Origins)
			fmt.Fprintf(w, "\tResponseHeaders: %v\n", v.ResponseHeaders)
		}
	}
	if attrs.Labels != nil {
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "\n\n\nLabels:")
		for key, value := range attrs.Labels {
			fmt.Fprintf(w, "\t%v = %v\n", key, value)
		}
	}
	return attrs, nil
}

Java

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

To view a bucket's labels, follow the instructions for displaying a bucket's metadata and look for the label field in the response.

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import com.google.cloud.storage.Bucket;
import com.google.cloud.storage.BucketInfo;
import com.google.cloud.storage.Storage;
import com.google.cloud.storage.StorageOptions;
import java.util.Map;

public class GetBucketMetadata {
  public static void getBucketMetadata(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();

    // Select all fields. Fields can be selected individually e.g. Storage.BucketField.NAME
    Bucket bucket =
        storage.get(bucketName, Storage.BucketGetOption.fields(Storage.BucketField.values()));

    // Print bucket metadata
    System.out.println("BucketName: " + bucket.getName());
    System.out.println("DefaultEventBasedHold: " + bucket.getDefaultEventBasedHold());
    System.out.println("DefaultKmsKeyName: " + bucket.getDefaultKmsKeyName());
    System.out.println("Id: " + bucket.getGeneratedId());
    System.out.println("IndexPage: " + bucket.getIndexPage());
    System.out.println("Location: " + bucket.getLocation());
    System.out.println("LocationType: " + bucket.getLocationType());
    System.out.println("Metageneration: " + bucket.getMetageneration());
    System.out.println("NotFoundPage: " + bucket.getNotFoundPage());
    System.out.println("RetentionEffectiveTime: " + bucket.getRetentionEffectiveTime());
    System.out.println("RetentionPeriod: " + bucket.getRetentionPeriod());
    System.out.println("RetentionPolicyIsLocked: " + bucket.retentionPolicyIsLocked());
    System.out.println("RequesterPays: " + bucket.requesterPays());
    System.out.println("SelfLink: " + bucket.getSelfLink());
    System.out.println("StorageClass: " + bucket.getStorageClass().name());
    System.out.println("TimeCreated: " + bucket.getCreateTime());
    System.out.println("VersioningEnabled: " + bucket.versioningEnabled());
    if (bucket.getLabels() != null) {
      System.out.println("\n\n\nLabels:");
      for (Map.Entry<String, String> label : bucket.getLabels().entrySet()) {
        System.out.println(label.getKey() + "=" + label.getValue());
      }
    }
    if (bucket.getLifecycleRules() != null) {
      System.out.println("\n\n\nLifecycle Rules:");
      for (BucketInfo.LifecycleRule rule : bucket.getLifecycleRules()) {
        System.out.println(rule);
      }
    }
  }
}

Node.js

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

To view a bucket's labels, follow the instructions for displaying a bucket's metadata and look for the label field in the response.

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

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

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

  // Get Bucket Metadata
  const [metadata] = await storage.bucket(bucketName).getMetadata();

  console.log(JSON.stringify(metadata, null, 2));
}

PHP

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

To view a bucket's labels, follow the instructions for displaying a bucket's metadata and look for the label field in the response.

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use Google\Cloud\Storage\StorageClient;

/**
 * Get bucket metadata.
 *
 * @param string $bucketName The name of your Cloud Storage bucket.
 */
function get_bucket_metadata(string $bucketName): void
{
    // $bucketName = 'my-bucket';

    $storage = new StorageClient();
    $bucket = $storage->bucket($bucketName);
    $info = $bucket->info();

    printf('Bucket Metadata: %s' . PHP_EOL, print_r($info));
}

Python

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

To view a bucket's labels, follow the instructions for displaying a bucket's metadata and look for the label field in the response.

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from google.cloud import storage


def bucket_metadata(bucket_name):
    """Prints out a bucket's metadata."""
    # bucket_name = 'your-bucket-name'

    storage_client = storage.Client()
    bucket = storage_client.get_bucket(bucket_name)

    print(f"ID: {bucket.id}")
    print(f"Name: {bucket.name}")
    print(f"Storage Class: {bucket.storage_class}")
    print(f"Location: {bucket.location}")
    print(f"Location Type: {bucket.location_type}")
    print(f"Cors: {bucket.cors}")
    print(f"Default Event Based Hold: {bucket.default_event_based_hold}")
    print(f"Default KMS Key Name: {bucket.default_kms_key_name}")
    print(f"Metageneration: {bucket.metageneration}")
    print(
        f"Public Access Prevention: {bucket.iam_configuration.public_access_prevention}"
    )
    print(f"Retention Effective Time: {bucket.retention_policy_effective_time}")
    print(f"Retention Period: {bucket.retention_period}")
    print(f"Retention Policy Locked: {bucket.retention_policy_locked}")
    print(f"Requester Pays: {bucket.requester_pays}")
    print(f"Self Link: {bucket.self_link}")
    print(f"Time Created: {bucket.time_created}")
    print(f"Versioning Enabled: {bucket.versioning_enabled}")
    print(f"Labels: {bucket.labels}")

Ruby

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

To view a bucket's labels, follow the instructions for displaying a bucket's metadata and look for the label field in the response.

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def get_bucket_metadata bucket_name:
  # 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

  puts "ID:                       #{bucket.id}"
  puts "Name:                     #{bucket.name}"
  puts "Storage Class:            #{bucket.storage_class}"
  puts "Location:                 #{bucket.location}"
  puts "Location Type:            #{bucket.location_type}"
  puts "Cors:                     #{bucket.cors}"
  puts "Default Event Based Hold: #{bucket.default_event_based_hold?}"
  puts "Default KMS Key Name:     #{bucket.default_kms_key}"
  puts "Logging Bucket:           #{bucket.logging_bucket}"
  puts "Logging Prefix:           #{bucket.logging_prefix}"
  puts "Metageneration:           #{bucket.metageneration}"
  puts "Retention Effective Time: #{bucket.retention_effective_at}"
  puts "Retention Period:         #{bucket.retention_period}"
  puts "Retention Policy Locked:  #{bucket.retention_policy_locked?}"
  puts "Requester Pays:           #{bucket.requester_pays}"
  puts "Self Link:                #{bucket.api_url}"
  puts "Time Created:             #{bucket.created_at}"
  puts "Versioning Enabled:       #{bucket.versioning?}"
  puts "Index Page:               #{bucket.website_main}"
  puts "Not Found Page:           #{bucket.website_404}"
  puts "Labels:"
  bucket.labels.each do |key, value|
    puts " - #{key} = #{value}"
  end
  puts "Lifecycle Rules:"
  bucket.lifecycle.each do |rule|
    puts "#{rule.action} - #{rule.storage_class} - #{rule.age} - #{rule.matches_storage_class}"
  end
end

REST APIs

JSON API

1. Get an authorization access token from the OAuth 2.0 Playground. Configure the playground to use your own OAuth credentials. For instructions, see API authentication.

2. Use cURL to call the JSON API with a GET Bucket request that includes the fields=labels query string parameter:

   curl -X GET \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer OAUTH2_TOKEN" \
     "https://storage.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/BUCKET_NAME?fields=labels"

   Where:

   • OAUTH2_TOKEN is the access token you generated in Step 1.
   • BUCKET_NAME is the name of the bucket whose labels you want to view. For example, my-bucket.

The response looks like the following example:

{
  "labels" : {
     (your_label_key): your_label_value
   },
}

XML API

1. Get an authorization access token from the OAuth 2.0 Playground. Configure the playground to use your own OAuth credentials. For instructions, see API authentication.

2. Use cURL to call the XML API with a GET Bucket request and tagging query string parameter:

   curl -X GET \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer OAUTH2_TOKEN" \
     "https://storage.googleapis.com/BUCKET_NAME?tagging"

   Where:

   • OAUTH2_TOKEN is the access token you generated in Step 1.
   • BUCKET_NAME is the name of the bucket whose labels you want to view. For example, my-bucket.

The response looks like the following example:

<Tagging>
  <TagSet>
    <Tag>
      <Key>your_label_key</Key>
      <Value>your_label_value</Value>
    </Tag>
  </TagSet>
  [14]: /storage/docs/cloud-console
</Tagging>

What's next

• Learn about bucket tags.
• Get information about a bucket.