Set Bucket Lifecycle

By default, buckets do not have lifecycle management enabled. To set or modify lifecycle configuration for an existing bucket you make a PUT request that is scoped to the bucket and you use the lifecycle query string parameter. You must include an XML document in the request body that contains the lifecycle configuration. Notice that you cannot set lifecycle configuration on a new bucket that you are creating.

You must have FULL_CONTROL permission to set or modify lifecycle configuration for an existing bucket. Also, you must be authenticated to use the PUT Bucket method.

Query string parameters

Parameter	Description	Required
lifecycle	You use this to change the lifecycle configuration on an existing bucket. You must provide the LifecycleConfiguration document in the request body.	No

Request headers

See common request headers.

Request body elements

The following request body elements are applicable only if you use the lifecycle query string parameter to specify the lifecycle configuration for an existing bucket.

Element	Description
LifecycleConfiguration	Defines the lifecycle management policies for the bucket, which contains 0 or more (up to 100) rules. Use an empty element (for example, <LifecycleConfiguration/>) to disable lifecycle management 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. Required.
Delete	Action element to delete objects in the bucket.
SetStorageClass	Action element to change the storage class of an object.
Condition	Defines the condition under which the action will be taken, which must contain at least one specific condition element. Required.
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".
IsLive	Condition element relevant only for versioned objects. Matches live objects if the value is true, or archived objects if the value is false.
MatchesStorageClass	Condition element that matches objects of the specified storage class. This condition can be added multiple times to the same rule in order to cover more than one storage class.
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.

Request syntax

PUT /?lifecycle HTTP/1.1
Host: <bucket>.storage.googleapis.com
Date: <date and time of the request>
Content-Length: <request body length>
Content-Type: <MIME type of the body>
Authorization: <authentication string>

<xml_document_defining_lifecycle_configuration>

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 enables lifecycle management for a bucket named example.com. For more examples, see the Managing Lifecycles page.

Request

PUT /example.com?lifecycle HTTP/1.1
Host: storage.googleapis.com
Content-Length: 220
Authorization: Bearer ya29.AHES6ZRVmB7fkLtd1XTmq6mo0S1wqZZi3-Lh_s-6Uw7p8vtgSwg

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<LifecycleConfiguration>
    <Rule>
        <Action>
            <Delete/>
        </Action>
        <Condition>
            <Age>30</Age>
        </Condition>
    </Rule>
</LifecycleConfiguration>

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2012 03:38:42 GMT
Expires: Mon, 01 Jan 1990 00:00:00 GMT
Cache-Control: no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate
Content-Length: 0
Content-Type: text/html