Set a retention policy

An example of how to set a retention policy on a bucket.

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C++

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  namespace 
  
 gcs 
  
 = 
  
 :: 
 google 
 :: 
 cloud 
 :: 
 storage 
 ; 
 using 
  
 :: 
 google 
 :: 
 cloud 
 :: 
 StatusOr 
 ; 
 []( 
 gcs 
 :: 
 Client 
  
 client 
 , 
  
 std 
 :: 
 string 
  
 const 
&  
 bucket_name 
 , 
  
 std 
 :: 
 chrono 
 :: 
 seconds 
  
 period 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 StatusOr<gcs 
 :: 
 BucketMetadata 
>  
 original 
  
 = 
  
 client 
 . 
 GetBucketMetadata 
 ( 
 bucket_name 
 ); 
  
 if 
  
 ( 
 ! 
 original 
 ) 
  
 throw 
  
 std 
 :: 
 move 
 ( 
 original 
 ). 
 status 
 (); 
  
 StatusOr<gcs 
 :: 
 BucketMetadata 
>  
 patched 
  
 = 
  
 client 
 . 
 PatchBucket 
 ( 
  
 bucket_name 
 , 
  
 gcs 
 :: 
 BucketMetadataPatchBuilder 
 (). 
 SetRetentionPolicy 
 ( 
 period 
 ), 
  
 gcs 
 :: 
 IfMetagenerationMatch 
 ( 
 original 
 - 
> metageneration 
 ())); 
  
 if 
  
 ( 
 ! 
 patched 
 ) 
  
 throw 
  
 std 
 :: 
 move 
 ( 
 patched 
 ). 
 status 
 (); 
  
 if 
  
 ( 
 ! 
 patched 
 - 
> has_retention_policy 
 ()) 
  
 { 
  
 std 
 :: 
 cout 
 << 
 "The bucket " 
 << 
 patched 
 - 
> name 
 () 
 << 
 " does not have a retention policy set. 
 \n 
 " 
 ; 
  
 return 
 ; 
  
 } 
  
 std 
 :: 
 cout 
 << 
 "The bucket " 
 << 
 patched 
 - 
> name 
 () 
 << 
 " retention policy is set to " 
 << 
 patched 
 - 
> retention_policy 
 () 
 << 
 " 
 \n 
 " 
 ; 
 } 
 

C#

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  using 
  
  Google.Cloud.Storage.V1 
 
 ; 
 using 
  
 System 
 ; 
 using 
  
 static 
  
 Google 
 . 
 Apis 
 . 
 Storage 
 . 
 v1 
 . 
 Data 
 . 
 Bucket 
 ; 
 public 
  
 class 
  
 SetRetentionPolicySample 
 { 
  
 /// <summary> 
  
 /// Sets the bucket's retention policy. 
  
 /// </summary> 
  
 /// <param name="bucketName">The name of the bucket.</param> 
  
 /// <param name="retentionPeriod">The duration in seconds that objects need to be retained. The retention policy enforces a minimum retention 
  
 /// time for all objects contained in the bucket, based on their creation time. Any 
  
 /// attempt to overwrite or delete objects younger than the retention period will 
  
 /// result in a PERMISSION_DENIED error. An unlocked retention policy can be modified 
  
 /// or removed from the bucket via a storage.buckets.update operation. A locked retention 
  
 /// policy cannot be removed or shortened in duration for the lifetime of the bucket. 
  
 /// Attempting to remove or decrease the period of a locked retention policy will result 
  
 /// in a PERMISSION_DENIED error.</param> 
  
 public 
  
 RetentionPolicyData 
  
 SetRetentionPolicy 
 ( 
  
 string 
  
 bucketName 
  
 = 
  
 "your-unique-bucket-name" 
 , 
  
 long 
  
 retentionPeriod 
  
 = 
  
 10 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 var 
  
 storage 
  
 = 
  
  StorageClient 
 
 . 
  Create 
 
 (); 
  
 var 
  
 bucket 
  
 = 
  
 storage 
 . 
 GetBucket 
 ( 
 bucketName 
 ); 
  
 bucket 
 . 
 RetentionPolicy 
  
 = 
  
 new 
  
 RetentionPolicyData 
  
 { 
  
 RetentionPeriod 
  
 = 
  
 retentionPeriod 
  
 }; 
  
 bucket 
  
 = 
  
 storage 
 . 
 UpdateBucket 
 ( 
 bucket 
 ); 
  
 Console 
 . 
 WriteLine 
 ( 
 $"Retention policy for {bucketName} was set to {retentionPeriod}" 
 ); 
  
 return 
  
 bucket 
 . 
 RetentionPolicy 
 ; 
  
 } 
 } 
 

Go

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  import 
  
 ( 
  
 "context" 
  
 "fmt" 
  
 "io" 
  
 "time" 
  
 "cloud.google.com/go/storage" 
 ) 
 // setRetentionPolicy sets the bucket retention period. 
 func 
  
 setRetentionPolicy 
 ( 
 w 
  
 io 
 . 
  Writer 
 
 , 
  
 bucketName 
  
 string 
 , 
  
 retentionPeriod 
  
 time 
 . 
 Duration 
 ) 
  
 error 
  
 { 
  
 // bucketName := "bucket-name" 
  
 // retentionPeriod := time.Second 
  
 ctx 
  
 := 
  
 context 
 . 
 Background 
 () 
  
 client 
 , 
  
 err 
  
 := 
  
 storage 
 . 
 NewClient 
 ( 
 ctx 
 ) 
  
 if 
  
 err 
  
 != 
  
 nil 
  
 { 
  
 return 
  
 fmt 
 . 
 Errorf 
 ( 
 "storage.NewClient: %w" 
 , 
  
 err 
 ) 
  
 } 
  
 defer 
  
 client 
 . 
 Close 
 () 
  
 ctx 
 , 
  
 cancel 
  
 := 
  
 context 
 . 
 WithTimeout 
 ( 
 ctx 
 , 
  
 time 
 . 
 Second 
 * 
 10 
 ) 
  
 defer 
  
 cancel 
 () 
  
 bucket 
  
 := 
  
 client 
 . 
  Bucket 
 
 ( 
 bucketName 
 ) 
  
 bucketAttrsToUpdate 
  
 := 
  
 storage 
 . 
  BucketAttrsToUpdate 
 
 { 
  
 RetentionPolicy 
 : 
  
& storage 
 . 
  RetentionPolicy 
 
 { 
  
 RetentionPeriod 
 : 
  
 retentionPeriod 
 , 
  
 }, 
  
 } 
  
 if 
  
 _ 
 , 
  
 err 
  
 := 
  
 bucket 
 . 
 Update 
 ( 
 ctx 
 , 
  
 bucketAttrsToUpdate 
 ); 
  
 err 
  
 != 
  
 nil 
  
 { 
  
 return 
  
 fmt 
 . 
 Errorf 
 ( 
 "Bucket(%q).Update: %w" 
 , 
  
 bucketName 
 , 
  
 err 
 ) 
  
 } 
  
 fmt 
 . 
 Fprintf 
 ( 
 w 
 , 
  
 "Retention policy for %v was set to %v\n" 
 , 
  
 bucketName 
 , 
  
 bucketAttrsToUpdate 
 . 
  RetentionPolicy 
 
 . 
 RetentionPeriod 
 ) 
  
 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.cloud.storage. Bucket 
 
 ; 
 import 
  
 com.google.cloud.storage. Storage 
 
 ; 
 import 
  
 com.google.cloud.storage. Storage 
. BucketTargetOption 
 
 ; 
 import 
  
 com.google.cloud.storage. StorageException 
 
 ; 
 import 
  
 com.google.cloud.storage. StorageOptions 
 
 ; 
 import 
  
 java.time.Duration 
 ; 
 public 
  
 class 
 SetRetentionPolicy 
  
 { 
  
 public 
  
 static 
  
 void 
  
 setRetentionPolicy 
 ( 
  
 String 
  
 projectId 
 , 
  
 String 
  
 bucketName 
 , 
  
 Long 
  
 retentionPeriodSeconds 
 ) 
  
 throws 
  
  StorageException 
 
  
 { 
  
 // The ID of your GCP project 
  
 // String projectId = "your-project-id"; 
  
 // The ID of your GCS bucket 
  
 // String bucketName = "your-unique-bucket-name"; 
  
 // The retention period for objects in bucket 
  
 // Long retentionPeriodSeconds = 3600L; // 1 hour in seconds 
  
  Storage 
 
  
 storage 
  
 = 
  
  StorageOptions 
 
 . 
 newBuilder 
 (). 
 setProjectId 
 ( 
 projectId 
 ). 
 build 
 (). 
  getService 
 
 (); 
  
 // first look up the bucket so we will have its metageneration 
  
  Bucket 
 
  
 bucket 
  
 = 
  
 storage 
 . 
  get 
 
 ( 
 bucketName 
 ); 
  
  Bucket 
 
  
 bucketWithRetentionPolicy 
  
 = 
  
 storage 
 . 
  update 
 
 ( 
  
 bucket 
 . 
 toBuilder 
 () 
  
 . 
 setRetentionPeriodDuration 
 ( 
 Duration 
 . 
 ofSeconds 
 ( 
 retentionPeriodSeconds 
 )) 
  
 . 
 build 
 (), 
  
 BucketTargetOption 
 . 
 metagenerationMatch 
 ()); 
  
 System 
 . 
 out 
 . 
 println 
 ( 
  
 "Retention period for " 
  
 + 
  
 bucketName 
  
 + 
  
 " is now " 
  
 + 
  
 bucketWithRetentionPolicy 
 . 
  getRetentionPeriodDuration 
 
 ()); 
  
 } 
 } 
 

Node.js

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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 retention period for objects in bucket 
 // const retentionPeriod = 3600; // 1 hour in seconds 
 // Imports the Google Cloud client library 
 const 
  
 { 
 Storage 
 } 
  
 = 
  
 require 
 ( 
 ' @google-cloud/storage 
' 
 ); 
 // Creates a client 
 const 
  
 storage 
  
 = 
  
 new 
  
 Storage 
 (); 
 async 
  
 function 
  
 setRetentionPolicy 
 () 
  
 { 
  
 const 
  
 [ 
 metadata 
 ] 
  
 = 
  
 await 
  
 storage 
  
 . 
 bucket 
 ( 
 bucketName 
 ) 
  
 . 
  setRetentionPeriod 
 
 ( 
 retentionPeriod 
 ); 
  
 console 
 . 
 log 
 ( 
  
 `Bucket 
 ${ 
 bucketName 
 } 
 retention period set for 
 ${ 
 metadata 
 . 
  retentionPolicy 
 
 . 
 retentionPeriod 
 } 
 seconds.` 
  
 ); 
 } 
 setRetentionPolicy 
 (). 
 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; 
 /** 
 * Sets a bucket's retention policy. 
 * 
 * @param string $bucketName The name of your Cloud Storage bucket. 
 *        (e.g. 'my-bucket') 
 * @param int $retentionPeriod The retention period for objects in bucket, in seconds. 
 *        (e.g. 3600) 
 */ 
 function set_retention_policy(string $bucketName, int $retentionPeriod): void 
 { 
 $storage = new StorageClient(); 
 $bucket = $storage->bucket($bucketName); 
 $bucket->update([ 
 'retentionPolicy' => [ 
 'retentionPeriod' => $retentionPeriod 
 ]]); 
 printf('Bucket %s retention period set to %s seconds' . PHP_EOL, $bucketName, 
 $retentionPeriod); 
 } 
 

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 
  
 set_retention_policy 
 ( 
 bucket_name 
 , 
 retention_period 
 ): 
  
 """Defines a retention policy on a given bucket""" 
 # bucket_name = "my-bucket" 
 # retention_period = 10 
 storage_client 
 = 
  storage 
 
 . 
  Client 
 
 () 
 bucket 
 = 
 storage_client 
 . 
  bucket 
 
 ( 
 bucket_name 
 ) 
 bucket 
 . 
  retention_period 
 
 = 
 retention_period 
 bucket 
 . 
 patch 
 () 
 print 
 ( 
 "Bucket 
 {} 
 retention period set for 
 {} 
 seconds" 
 . 
 format 
 ( 
 bucket 
 . 
 name 
 , 
 bucket 
 . 
  retention_period 
 
 ) 
 ) 
 

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 
  
 set_retention_policy 
  
 bucket_name 
 :, 
  
 retention_period 
 : 
  
 # The ID of your GCS bucket 
  
 # bucket_name = "your-unique-bucket-name" 
  
 # The retention period for objects in bucket 
  
 # retention_period = 3600 # 1 hour in seconds 
  
 require 
  
 "google/cloud/storage" 
  
 storage 
  
 = 
  
 Google 
 :: 
 Cloud 
 :: 
  Storage 
 
 . 
  new 
 
  
 bucket 
  
 = 
  
 storage 
 . 
 bucket 
  
 bucket_name 
  
 bucket 
 . 
  retention_period 
 
  
 = 
  
 retention_period 
  
 puts 
  
 "Retention period for 
 #{ 
 bucket_name 
 } 
 is now 
 #{ 
 bucket 
 . 
  retention_period 
 
 } 
 seconds." 
 end 
 

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