When creating a bucket, you can specify the geographic location for your bucket as well as the storage class of the bucket.
If you try to create a bucket with an invalid name you will get a 400 Bad Request status code and the
body of the error response will have InvalidBucketName in the
Code element.
You can only create a bucket in projects for which you have permission to do
so. For example, if you are the Editor, Owner, or Storage Admin of
a project, you have the required permission (storage.objects.create) to
create buckets.
Also, because the bucket namespace is global, your bucket name must be unique
across the entire Cloud Storage namespace. If your bucket name is in use,
you will get a 409 Conflict status
code and the bucket creation request will fail. The body of the error response
will contain BucketAlreadyExists in the Code element
if the bucket already exists in the namespace or it will contain a
BucketAlreadyOwnedByYou in the Code element if the
bucket is owned by you. For more information about bucket and object naming,
see Bucket and Object Naming
Guidelines.
Query string parameters
This request does not include query string parameters.
Request headers
In addition to common request headers, the following can be used.
| Header | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
x-goog-acl |
The predefined access control list (ACL) that you want to apply to the bucket. Do not use if you are using the acl query string parameter to apply ACLs. |
No |
x-goog-bucket-retention-period |
The time, in seconds, that objects in the bucket must be retained before they can be overwritten or deleted. | No |
x-goog-project-id |
The project ID of a project. Required unless you have set the default project for interoperable access. | No |
Request body elements
The following request body elements are applicable when creating a bucket. If
you do not specify a request body, Cloud Storage creates a bucket in the
US location with a STANDARD storage class.
| Element | Description |
|---|---|
CreateBucketConfiguration |
Container for create body request. |
LocationConstraint |
A location for the bucket. |
StorageClass |
The storage class of the
bucket, such as STANDARD, NEARLINE,
COLDLINE, or ARCHIVE. |
Request syntax
PUT / HTTP/1.1 Host: <bucket>.storage.googleapis.com Date: <date> Content-Length: <request body length> Authorization: <authentication string> x-goog-project-id: <project id> x-goog-acl: <predefined ACL> x-goog-bucket-retention-period: <time in seconds> <CreateBucketConfiguration> <LocationConstraint><location></LocationConstraint> <StorageClass><storage class></StorageClass> </CreateBucketConfiguration>
Response headers
The request can return a variety of response headers depending on the request headers you use.
Response body elements
The response does not include an XML document in the response body.
Example
The following sample creates a Standard Storage bucket named acme-pets in the US location and in the specified project (no request body specified).
Request
PUT / HTTP/1.1 Host: acme-pets.storage.googleapis.com Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2008 21:30:39 GMT Content-Length: 0 x-goog-project-id: 123456789123 Authorization: Bearer ya29.AHES6ZRVmB7fkLtd1XTmq6mo0S1wqZZi3-Lh_s-6Uw7p8vtgSwg <CreateBucketConfiguration> <StorageClass>STANDARD</StorageClass> </CreateBucketConfiguration>
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:30:40 GMT Content-Length: 0