List the objects in a bucket using a prefix filter

List the objects in a Cloud Storage bucket using a prefix.

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C++

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  namespace 
  
 gcs 
  
 = 
  
 :: 
 google 
 :: 
 cloud 
 :: 
 storage 
 ; 
 []( 
 gcs 
 :: 
 Client 
  
 client 
 , 
  
 std 
 :: 
 string 
  
 const 
&  
 bucket_name 
 , 
  
 std 
 :: 
 string 
  
 const 
&  
 bucket_prefix 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 for 
  
 ( 
 auto 
&&  
 object_metadata 
  
 : 
  
 client 
 . 
 ListObjects 
 ( 
 bucket_name 
 , 
  
 gcs 
 :: 
 Prefix 
 ( 
 bucket_prefix 
 ))) 
  
 { 
  
 if 
  
 ( 
 ! 
 object_metadata 
 ) 
  
 throw 
  
 std 
 :: 
 move 
 ( 
 object_metadata 
 ). 
 status 
 (); 
  
 std 
 :: 
 cout 
 << 
 "bucket_name=" 
 << 
 object_metadata 
 - 
> bucket 
 () 
 << 
 ", object_name=" 
 << 
 object_metadata 
 - 
> name 
 () 
 << 
 " 
 \n 
 " 
 ; 
  
 } 
 } 
 

C#

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  using 
  
  Google.Cloud.Storage.V1 
 
 ; 
 using 
  
 System 
 ; 
 using 
  
 System.Collections.Generic 
 ; 
 public 
  
 class 
  
 ListFilesWithPrefixSample 
 { 
  
 /// <summary> 
  
 /// Prefixes and delimiters can be used to emulate directory listings. 
  
 /// Prefixes can be used to filter objects starting with prefix. 
  
 /// The delimiter argument can be used to restrict the results to only the 
  
 /// objects in the given "directory". Without the delimiter, the entire  tree 
  
 /// under the prefix is returned. 
  
 /// For example, given these objects: 
  
 ///   a/1.txt 
  
 ///   a/b/2.txt 
  
 /// 
  
 /// If you just specify prefix="a/", you'll get back: 
  
 ///   a/1.txt 
  
 ///   a/b/2.txt 
  
 /// 
  
 /// However, if you specify prefix="a/" and delimiter="/", you'll get back: 
  
 ///   a/1.txt 
  
 /// </summary> 
  
 /// <param name="bucketName">The bucket to list the objects from.</param> 
  
 /// <param name="prefix">The prefix to match. Only objects with names that start with this string will 
  
 /// be returned. This parameter may be null or empty, in which case no filtering 
  
 /// is performed.</param> 
  
 /// <param name="delimiter">Used to list in "directory mode". Only objects whose names (aside from the prefix) 
  
 /// do not contain the delimiter will be returned.</param> 
  
 public 
  
 IEnumerable<Google 
 . 
 Apis 
 . 
 Storage 
 . 
 v1 
 . 
 Data 
 . 
 Object 
>  
 ListFilesWithPrefix 
 ( 
  
 string 
  
 bucketName 
  
 = 
  
 "your-unique-bucket-name" 
 , 
  
 string 
  
 prefix 
  
 = 
  
 "your-prefix" 
 , 
  
 string 
  
 delimiter 
  
 = 
  
 "your-delimiter" 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 var 
  
 storage 
  
 = 
  
  StorageClient 
 
 . 
  Create 
 
 (); 
  
 var 
  
 options 
  
 = 
  
 new 
  
  ListObjectsOptions 
 
  
 { 
  
 Delimiter 
  
 = 
  
 delimiter 
  
 }; 
  
 var 
  
 storageObjects 
  
 = 
  
 storage 
 . 
 ListObjects 
 ( 
 bucketName 
 , 
  
 prefix 
 , 
  
 options 
 ); 
  
 Console 
 . 
 WriteLine 
 ( 
 $"Objects in bucket {bucketName} with prefix {prefix}:" 
 ); 
  
 foreach 
  
 ( 
 var 
  
 storageObject 
  
 in 
  
 storageObjects 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 Console 
 . 
 WriteLine 
 ( 
 storageObject 
 . 
 Name 
 ); 
  
 } 
  
 return 
  
 storageObjects 
 ; 
  
 } 
 } 
 

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" 
  
 "google.golang.org/api/iterator" 
 ) 
 // listFilesWithPrefix lists objects using prefix and delimeter. 
 func 
  
 listFilesWithPrefix 
 ( 
 w 
  
 io 
 . 
  Writer 
 
 , 
  
 bucket 
 , 
  
 prefix 
 , 
  
 delim 
  
 string 
 ) 
  
 error 
  
 { 
  
 // bucket := "bucket-name" 
  
 // prefix := "/foo" 
  
 // delim := "_" 
  
 ctx 
  
 := 
  
 context 
 . 
 Background 
 () 
  
 client 
 , 
  
 err 
  
 := 
  
 storage 
 . 
 NewClient 
 ( 
 ctx 
 ) 
  
 if 
  
 err 
  
 != 
  
 nil 
  
 { 
  
 return 
  
 fmt 
 . 
 Errorf 
 ( 
 "storage.NewClient: %w" 
 , 
  
 err 
 ) 
  
 } 
  
 defer 
  
 client 
 . 
 Close 
 () 
  
 // Prefixes and delimiters can be used to emulate directory listings. 
  
 // Prefixes can be used to filter objects starting with prefix. 
  
 // The delimiter argument can be used to restrict the results to only the 
  
 // objects in the given "directory". Without the delimiter, the entire tree 
  
 // under the prefix is returned. 
  
 // 
  
 // For example, given these blobs: 
  
 //   /a/1.txt 
  
 //   /a/b/2.txt 
  
 // 
  
 // If you just specify prefix="a/", you'll get back: 
  
 //   /a/1.txt 
  
 //   /a/b/2.txt 
  
 // 
  
 // However, if you specify prefix="a/" and delim="/", you'll get back: 
  
 //   /a/1.txt 
  
 ctx 
 , 
  
 cancel 
  
 := 
  
 context 
 . 
 WithTimeout 
 ( 
 ctx 
 , 
  
 time 
 . 
 Second 
 * 
 10 
 ) 
  
 defer 
  
 cancel 
 () 
  
 it 
  
 := 
  
 client 
 . 
  Bucket 
 
 ( 
 bucket 
 ). 
  Objects 
 
 ( 
 ctx 
 , 
  
& storage 
 . 
  Query 
 
 { 
  
 Prefix 
 : 
  
 prefix 
 , 
  
 Delimiter 
 : 
  
 delim 
 , 
  
 }) 
  
 for 
  
 { 
  
 attrs 
 , 
  
 err 
  
 := 
  
 it 
 . 
 Next 
 () 
  
 if 
  
 err 
  
 == 
  
 iterator 
 . 
 Done 
  
 { 
  
 break 
  
 } 
  
 if 
  
 err 
  
 != 
  
 nil 
  
 { 
  
 return 
  
 fmt 
 . 
 Errorf 
 ( 
 "Bucket(%q).Objects(): %w" 
 , 
  
 bucket 
 , 
  
 err 
 ) 
  
 } 
  
 fmt 
 . 
 Fprintln 
 ( 
 w 
 , 
  
 attrs 
 . 
 Name 
 ) 
  
 } 
  
 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 
  
 com.google.api.gax.paging. Page 
 
 ; 
 import 
  
 com.google.cloud.storage. Blob 
 
 ; 
 import 
  
 com.google.cloud.storage. Storage 
 
 ; 
 import 
  
 com.google.cloud.storage. StorageOptions 
 
 ; 
 public 
  
 class 
 ListObjectsWithPrefix 
  
 { 
  
 public 
  
 static 
  
 void 
  
 listObjectsWithPrefix 
 ( 
  
 String 
  
 projectId 
 , 
  
 String 
  
 bucketName 
 , 
  
 String 
  
 directoryPrefix 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 // The ID of your GCP project 
  
 // String projectId = "your-project-id"; 
  
 // The ID of your GCS bucket 
  
 // String bucketName = "your-unique-bucket-name"; 
  
 // The directory prefix to search for 
  
 // String directoryPrefix = "myDirectory/" 
  
  Storage 
 
  
 storage 
  
 = 
  
  StorageOptions 
 
 . 
 newBuilder 
 (). 
 setProjectId 
 ( 
 projectId 
 ). 
 build 
 (). 
  getService 
 
 (); 
  
 /** 
 * Using the Storage.BlobListOption.currentDirectory() option here causes the results to display 
 * in a "directory-like" mode, showing what objects are in the directory you've specified, as 
 * well as what other directories exist in that directory. For example, given these blobs: 
 * 
 * <p>a/1.txt a/b/2.txt a/b/3.txt 
 * 
 * <p>If you specify prefix = "a/" and don't use Storage.BlobListOption.currentDirectory(), 
 * you'll get back: 
 * 
 * <p>a/1.txt a/b/2.txt a/b/3.txt 
 * 
 * <p>However, if you specify prefix = "a/" and do use 
 * Storage.BlobListOption.currentDirectory(), you'll get back: 
 * 
 * <p>a/1.txt a/b/ 
 * 
 * <p>Because a/1.txt is the only file in the a/ directory and a/b/ is a directory inside the 
 * /a/ directory. 
 */ 
  
 Page<Blob> 
  
 blobs 
  
 = 
  
 storage 
 . 
  list 
 
 ( 
  
 bucketName 
 , 
  
 Storage 
 . 
 BlobListOption 
 . 
 prefix 
 ( 
 directoryPrefix 
 ), 
  
 Storage 
 . 
 BlobListOption 
 . 
 currentDirectory 
 ()); 
  
 for 
  
 ( 
  Blob 
 
  
 blob 
  
 : 
  
 blobs 
 . 
 iterateAll 
 ()) 
  
 { 
  
 System 
 . 
 out 
 . 
 println 
 ( 
 blob 
 . 
 getName 
 ()); 
  
 } 
  
 } 
 } 
 

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'; 
 // The directory prefix to search for 
 // const prefix = 'myDirectory/'; 
 // The delimiter to use 
 // const delimiter = '/'; 
 // Imports the Google Cloud client library 
 const 
  
 { 
 Storage 
 } 
  
 = 
  
 require 
 ( 
 ' @google-cloud/storage 
' 
 ); 
 // Creates a client 
 const 
  
 storage 
  
 = 
  
 new 
  
 Storage 
 (); 
 async 
  
 function 
  
 listFilesByPrefix 
 () 
  
 { 
  
 /** 
 * This can be used to list all blobs in a "folder", e.g. "public/". 
 * 
 * The delimiter argument can be used to restrict the results to only the 
 * "files" in the given "folder". Without the delimiter, the entire tree under 
 * the prefix is returned. For example, given these blobs: 
 * 
 *   /a/1.txt 
 *   /a/b/2.txt 
 * 
 * If you just specify prefix = 'a/', you'll get back: 
 * 
 *   /a/1.txt 
 *   /a/b/2.txt 
 * 
 * However, if you specify prefix='a/' and delimiter='/', you'll get back: 
 * 
 *   /a/1.txt 
 */ 
  
 const 
  
 options 
  
 = 
  
 { 
  
 prefix 
 : 
  
 prefix 
 , 
  
 }; 
  
 if 
  
 ( 
 delimiter 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 options 
 . 
 delimiter 
  
 = 
  
 delimiter 
 ; 
  
 } 
  
 // Lists files in the bucket, filtered by a prefix 
  
 const 
  
 [ 
 files 
 ] 
  
 = 
  
 await 
  
 storage 
 . 
 bucket 
 ( 
 bucketName 
 ). 
  getFiles 
 
 ( 
 options 
 ); 
  
 console 
 . 
 log 
 ( 
 'Files:' 
 ); 
  
 files 
 . 
 forEach 
 ( 
 file 
  
 = 
>  
 { 
  
 console 
 . 
 log 
 ( 
 file 
 . 
 name 
 ); 
  
 }); 
 } 
 listFilesByPrefix 
 (). 
 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; 
 /** 
 * List Cloud Storage bucket objects with specified prefix. 
 * 
 * @param string $bucketName The name of your Cloud Storage bucket. 
 *        (e.g. 'my-bucket') 
 * @param string $directoryPrefix the prefix to use in the list objects API call. 
 *        (e.g. 'myDirectory/') 
 */ 
 function list_objects_with_prefix(string $bucketName, string $directoryPrefix): void 
 { 
 $storage = new StorageClient(); 
 $bucket = $storage->bucket($bucketName); 
 $options = ['prefix' => $directoryPrefix]; 
 foreach ($bucket->objects($options) as $object) { 
 printf('Object: %s' . PHP_EOL, $object->name()); 
 } 
 } 
 

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 
  
 list_blobs_with_prefix 
 ( 
 bucket_name 
 , 
 prefix 
 , 
 delimiter 
 = 
 None 
 ): 
  
 """Lists all the blobs in the bucket that begin with the prefix. 
 This can be used to list all blobs in a "folder", e.g. "public/". 
 The delimiter argument can be used to restrict the results to only the 
 "files" in the given "folder". Without the delimiter, the entire tree under 
 the prefix is returned. For example, given these blobs: 
 a/1.txt 
 a/b/2.txt 
 If you specify prefix ='a/', without a delimiter, you'll get back: 
 a/1.txt 
 a/b/2.txt 
 However, if you specify prefix='a/' and delimiter='/', you'll get back 
 only the file directly under 'a/': 
 a/1.txt 
 As part of the response, you'll also get back a blobs.prefixes entity 
 that lists the "subfolders" under `a/`: 
 a/b/ 
 Note: If you only want to list prefixes a/b/ and don't want to iterate over 
 blobs, you can do 
 ``` 
 for page in blobs.pages: 
 print(page.prefixes) 
 ``` 
 """ 
 storage_client 
 = 
  storage 
 
 . 
  Client 
 
 () 
 # Note: Client.list_blobs requires at least package version 1.17.0. 
 blobs 
 = 
 storage_client 
 . 
  list_blobs 
 
 ( 
 bucket_name 
 , 
 prefix 
 = 
 prefix 
 , 
 delimiter 
 = 
 delimiter 
 ) 
 # Note: The call returns a response only when the iterator is consumed. 
 print 
 ( 
 "Blobs:" 
 ) 
 for 
 blob 
 in 
 blobs 
 : 
 print 
 ( 
 blob 
 . 
 name 
 ) 
 if 
 delimiter 
 : 
 print 
 ( 
 "Prefixes:" 
 ) 
 for 
 prefix 
 in 
 blobs 
 . 
 prefixes 
 : 
 print 
 ( 
 prefix 
 ) 
 

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 
  
 list_files_with_prefix 
  
 bucket_name 
 :, 
  
 prefix 
 :, 
  
 delimiter 
 : 
  
 nil 
  
 # Lists all the files in the bucket that begin with the prefix. 
  
 # 
  
 # This can be used to list all files in a "folder", e.g. "public/". 
  
 # 
  
 # The delimiter argument can be used to restrict the results to only the 
  
 # "files" in the given "folder". Without the delimiter, the entire tree under 
  
 # the prefix is returned. For example, given these files: 
  
 # 
  
 #     a/1.txt 
  
 #     a/b/2.txt 
  
 # 
  
 # If you just specify `prefix: "a"`, you will get back: 
  
 # 
  
 #     a/1.txt 
  
 #     a/b/2.txt 
  
 # 
  
 # However, if you specify `prefix: "a"` and `delimiter: "/"`, you will get back: 
  
 # 
  
 #     a/1.txt 
  
 # The ID of your GCS bucket 
  
 # bucket_name = "your-unique-bucket-name" 
  
 # The directory prefix to search for 
  
 # prefix = "a" 
  
 # The delimiter to be used to restrict the results 
  
 # delimiter = "/" 
  
 require 
  
 "google/cloud/storage" 
  
 storage 
  
 = 
  
 Google 
 :: 
 Cloud 
 :: 
  Storage 
 
 . 
  new 
 
  
 bucket 
  
 = 
  
 storage 
 . 
 bucket 
  
 bucket_name 
  
 files 
  
 = 
  
 bucket 
 . 
  files 
 
  
 prefix 
 : 
  
 prefix 
 , 
  
 delimiter 
 : 
  
 delimiter 
  
 files 
 . 
  each 
 
  
 do 
  
 | 
 file 
 | 
  
 puts 
  
 file 
 . 
 name 
  
 end 
 end 
 

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