Get bucket lifecycle

To list a bucket's lifecycle configuration you make a GET request that is scoped to a bucket and you use the lifecycle query string parameter. The lifecycle configuration is returned in an XML document in the response body.

Query string parameters

Parameter	Description	Required
lifecycle	You can use this to display the lifecycle configuration of an existing bucket.	No

Request headers

See common request headers.

Request body elements

This request does not include an XML document in the request body.

Request syntax

The following syntax applies to GET Bucket requests that use the lifecycle query string parameter.

GET /?lifecycle HTTP/1.1
Host: <bucket>.storage.googleapis.com
Date: <date>
Content-Length: <request body length>
Authorization: <authentication string>

Response headers

The request can return a variety of response headers depending on the request headers you use.

Response body elements

The following response body elements are applicable only if you use the lifecycle query string parameter to display the bucket's lifecycle configuration.

Element	Description
LifecycleConfiguration	Defines the lifecycle management policies for the bucket, which contains 0 or more (up to 100) rules. An empty element (for example <LifecycleConfiguration/>) means lifecycle management is not enabled for the bucket.
Rule	Defines a lifecycle management rule, which is made of an action and the condition under which the action will be taken.
Action	Defines the action to be taken, which must contain one and only one specific action element.
Delete	Action element to delete objects in the bucket.
Condition	Defines the condition under which the action will be taken, which must contain at least one specific condition element.
Age	Condition element that matches objects over the specified age (in days).
CreatedBefore	Condition element that matches objects created before midnight of the specified date in UTC. The value is an ISO date string without a time zone, e.g. "2013-01-15".
NumberOfNewerVersions	Condition element relevant only for versioned objects. If the value is N, the condition is satisfied when there are at least N versions (including the live version) newer than this version of the object.
IsLive	Condition element relevant only for versioned objects. Matches live objects if the value is true, or archived objects if the value is false.