List objects - Object Storage Service - Alibaba Cloud Documentation Center

This topic describes how to list all objects, a specific number of objects, and objects whose names contain a specific prefix in a bucket.

Usage notes

In this topic, the public endpoint of the China (Hangzhou) region is used. If you want to access OSS from other Alibaba Cloud services in the same region as OSS, use an internal endpoint. For more information about OSS regions and endpoints, see Regions and endpoints.
In this topic, an OSSClient instance is created by using an OSS endpoint. If you want to create an OSSClient instance by using custom domain names or Security Token Service (STS), see Initialization.
To list objects, you must have the oss:ListObjects permission. For more information, see Attach a custom policy to a RAM user.

List objects by using simple list

The following sample code provides an example on how to list 100 objects in a specified bucket:

using Aliyun.OSS;
// Specify the endpoint of the region in which the bucket is located. For example, if the bucket is located in the China (Hangzhou) region, set the endpoint to https://oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com. Specify your actual endpoint. 
var endpoint = "yourEndpoint";
// Obtain access credentials from environment variables. Before you run the sample code, make sure that the OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET environment variables are configured. 
var accessKeyId = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID");
var accessKeySecret = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET");
// Specify the name of the bucket. Example: examplebucket. 
var bucketName = "examplebucket";
// Specify the region in which the bucket is located. For example, if the bucket is located in the China (Hangzhou) region, set the region to cn-hangzhou.
const string region = "cn-hangzhou";

// Create a ClientConfiguration instance and modify the default parameters based on your requirements.
var conf = new ClientConfiguration();

// Use the signature algorithm V4.
conf.SignatureVersion = SignatureVersion.V4;

// Create an OSSClient instance.
var client = new OssClient(endpoint, accessKeyId, accessKeySecret, conf);
c.SetRegion(region);
try
{
    var listObjectsRequest = new ListObjectsRequest(bucketName);
    // List objects in the bucket by using simple list. By default, 100 objects are returned. 
    var result = client.ListObjects(listObjectsRequest);
    Console.WriteLine("List objects succeeded");
    foreach (var summary in result.ObjectSummaries)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("File name:{0}", summary.Key);
    }
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
    Console.WriteLine("List objects failed. {0}", ex.Message);
}

List a specific number of objects

The following sample code provides an example on how to list a specific number of objects:

using Aliyun.OSS;
// Specify the endpoint of the region in which the bucket is located. For example, if the bucket is located in the China (Hangzhou) region, set the endpoint to https://oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com. Specify your actual endpoint. 
var endpoint = "yourEndpoint";
// Obtain access credentials from environment variables. Before you run the sample code, make sure that the OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET environment variables are configured. 
var accessKeyId = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID");
var accessKeySecret = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET");
// Specify the name of the bucket. Example: examplebucket. 
var bucketName = "examplebucket";
// Specify the region in which the bucket is located. For example, if the bucket is located in the China (Hangzhou) region, set the region to cn-hangzhou.
const string region = "cn-hangzhou";

// Create a ClientConfiguration instance and modify the default parameters based on your requirements.
var conf = new ClientConfiguration();

// Use the signature algorithm V4.
conf.SignatureVersion = SignatureVersion.V4;

// Create an OSSClient instance.
var client = new OssClient(endpoint, accessKeyId, accessKeySecret, conf);
c.SetRegion(region);
try
{
    var listObjectsRequest = new ListObjectsRequest(bucketName)
    {
        // Specify MaxKeys to set the maximum number of listed objects to 200.  The default value of MaxKeys is 100. The maximum value of MaxKeys is 1000. 
        MaxKeys = 200,
    };
    var result = client.ListObjects(listObjectsRequest);
    Console.WriteLine("List objects succeeded");
    foreach (var summary in result.ObjectSummaries)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(summary.Key);
    }
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
    Console.WriteLine("List objects failed, {0}", ex.Message);
}

List objects whose names contain the specified prefix

The following sample code provides an example on how to list objects whose names contain a specific prefix in a bucket:

using Aliyun.OSS;
using Aliyun.OSS.Common;
// Specify the endpoint of the region in which the bucket is located. For example, if the bucket is located in the China (Hangzhou) region, set the endpoint to https://oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com. Specify your actual endpoint. 
var endpoint = "yourEndpoint";
// Obtain access credentials from environment variables. Before you run the sample code, make sure that the OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET environment variables are configured. 
var accessKeyId = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID");
var accessKeySecret = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET");
// Specify the name of the bucket. Example: examplebucket. 
var bucketName = "examplebucket";
// List objects whose names contain the "test" prefix. By default, a maximum of 100 objects are listed. 
var prefix = "test";
// Specify the region in which the bucket is located. For example, if the bucket is located in the China (Hangzhou) region, set the region to cn-hangzhou.
const string region = "cn-hangzhou";

// Create a ClientConfiguration instance and modify the default parameters based on your requirements.
var conf = new ClientConfiguration();

// Use the signature algorithm V4.
conf.SignatureVersion = SignatureVersion.V4;

// Create an OSSClient instance.
var client = new OssClient(endpoint, accessKeyId, accessKeySecret, conf);
c.SetRegion(region);
try
{
    var keys = new List<string>();
    ObjectListing result = null;
    string nextMarker = string.Empty;
    do
    {
        var listObjectsRequest = new ListObjectsRequest(bucketName)
        {
            Marker = nextMarker,
            MaxKeys = 100,
            Prefix = prefix,
        };
        result = client.ListObjects(listObjectsRequest);
        foreach (var summary in result.ObjectSummaries)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(summary.Key);
            keys.Add(summary.Key);
        }
        nextMarker = result.NextMarker;
    } while (result.IsTruncated);
    Console.WriteLine("List objects of bucket:{0} succeeded ", bucketName);
}
catch (OssException ex)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Failed with error code: {0}; Error info: {1}. \nRequestID:{2}\tHostID:{3}",
        ex.ErrorCode, ex.Message, ex.RequestId, ex.HostId);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Failed with error info: {0}", ex.Message);
}

List objects whose names are alphabetically after the value of marker

You can configure the marker parameter to specify the name of the object after which the list operation starts. The following sample code provides an example on how to list objects whose names are alphabetically after the value of the marker parameter:

using Aliyun.OSS;
using Aliyun.OSS.Common;
// Specify the endpoint of the region in which the bucket is located. For example, if the bucket is located in the China (Hangzhou) region, set the endpoint to https://oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com. Specify your actual endpoint. 
var endpoint = "yourEndpoint";
// Obtain access credentials from environment variables. Before you run the sample code, make sure that the OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET environment variables are configured. 
var accessKeyId = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID");
var accessKeySecret = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET");
// Specify the name of the bucket. Example: examplebucket. 
var bucketName = "examplebucket";
// Specify the marker parameter. Example: exampleobject.txt. 
var marker = "exampleobject.txt";
// Specify the region in which the bucket is located. For example, if the bucket is located in the China (Hangzhou) region, set the region to cn-hangzhou.
const string region = "cn-hangzhou";

// Create a ClientConfiguration instance and modify the default parameters based on your requirements.
var conf = new ClientConfiguration();

// Use the signature algorithm V4.
conf.SignatureVersion = SignatureVersion.V4;

// Create an OSSClient instance.
var client = new OssClient(endpoint, accessKeyId, accessKeySecret, conf);
c.SetRegion(region);
try
{
    var keys = new List<string>();
    ObjectListing result = null;
    string nextMarker = marker;
    do
    {
        var listObjectsRequest = new ListObjectsRequest(bucketName)
        // You can modify the value of MaxKeys to return more objects or list objects by page. 
        {
            Marker = nextMarker,
            MaxKeys = 100,
        };
        result = client.ListObjects(listObjectsRequest);
        foreach (var summary in result.ObjectSummaries)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(summary.Key);
            keys.Add(summary.Key);
        }
        nextMarker = result.NextMarker;
    // If the value of IsTruncated is true, the next read starts from NextMarker. 
    } while (result.IsTruncated);
    Console.WriteLine("List objects of bucket:{0} succeeded ", bucketName);
}
catch (OssException ex)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Failed with error code: {0}; Error info: {1}. \nRequestID:{2}\tHostID:{3}",
        ex.ErrorCode, ex.Message, ex.RequestId, ex.HostId);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Failed with error info: {0}", ex.Message);
}

List all objects in a bucket

The following sample code provides an example on how to list all objects in a specified bucket:

using Aliyun.OSS;
// Specify the endpoint of the region in which the bucket is located. For example, if the bucket is located in the China (Hangzhou) region, set the endpoint to https://oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com. Specify your actual endpoint. 
var endpoint = "yourEndpoint";
// Obtain access credentials from environment variables. Before you run the sample code, make sure that the OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET environment variables are configured. 
var accessKeyId = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID");
var accessKeySecret = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET");
// Specify the name of the bucket. Example: examplebucket. 
var bucketName = "examplebucket";
// Specify the region in which the bucket is located. For example, if the bucket is located in the China (Hangzhou) region, set the region to cn-hangzhou.
const string region = "cn-hangzhou";

// Create a ClientConfiguration instance and modify the default parameters based on your requirements.
var conf = new ClientConfiguration();

// Use the signature algorithm V4.
conf.SignatureVersion = SignatureVersion.V4;

// Create an OSSClient instance.
var client = new OssClient(endpoint, accessKeyId, accessKeySecret, conf);
c.SetRegion(region);
// List all objects in the bucket. 
public void ListObject(string bucketName)
{
    try
    {
        ObjectListing result = null; 
        string nextMarker = string.Empty;
        do
        {
            // You can configure the MaxKeys parameter to specify the maximum number of objects that can be listed on each page. If the number of returned objects exceeds the value of MaxKeys, the objects are listed by page. 
            var listObjectsRequest = new ListObjectsRequest(bucketName)
            {
                Marker = nextMarker,
                MaxKeys = 100
            };
            result = client.ListObjects(listObjectsRequest);  
            Console.WriteLine("File:");
            foreach (var summary in result.ObjectSummaries)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Name:{0}", summary.Key);
            }
            nextMarker = result.NextMarker;
        } while (result.IsTruncated);
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("List object failed. {0}", ex.Message);
    }
}

Asynchronously list objects in a bucket

The following sample code provides an example on how to asynchronously list objects in a specified bucket:

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Threading;
using Aliyun.OSS;
namespace AsyncListObjects
{
    class Program
    {   
        // Specify the endpoint of the region in which the bucket is located. For example, if the bucket is located in the China (Hangzhou) region, set the endpoint to https://oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com. Specify your actual endpoint. 
        static string endpoint = "yourEndpoint";
        // Obtain access credentials from environment variables. Before you run the sample code, make sure that the OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET environment variables are configured. 
        var accessKeyId = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID");
        var accessKeySecret = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET");
        // Specify the name of the bucket. Example: examplebucket. 
        static string bucketName = "yourBucketName";
        static AutoResetEvent _event = new AutoResetEvent(false);
        // Specify the region in which the bucket is located. For example, if the bucket is located in the China (Hangzhou) region, set the region to cn-hangzhou.
        const string region = "cn-hangzhou";
        
        // Create a ClientConfiguration instance and modify the default parameters based on your requirements.
        var conf = new ClientConfiguration();
        
        // Use the signature algorithm V4.
        conf.SignatureVersion = SignatureVersion.V4;
        
        // Create an OSSClient instance.
        var client = new OssClient(endpoint, accessKeyId, accessKeySecret, conf);
        c.SetRegion(region);
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Program.AsyncListObjects();
            Console.ReadKey();
        }
        public static void AsyncListObjects()
        {
            try
            {
                var listObjectsRequest = new ListObjectsRequest(bucketName);
                client.BeginListObjects(listObjectsRequest, ListObjectCallback, null);
                _event.WaitOne();
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Async list objects failed. {0}", ex.Message);
            }
        }
        // Call the ListObjectCallback method to implement callback after the objects are asynchronously listed. If you call asynchronous operations to list objects, the operations must implement callback in similar methods. 
        private static void ListObjectCallback(IAsyncResult ar)
        {
            try
            {
                var result = client.EndListObjects(ar);
                foreach (var summary in result.ObjectSummaries)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("Object name: {0}", summary.Key);
                }
                _event.Set();
                Console.WriteLine("Async list objects succeeded");
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Async list objects failed. {0}", ex.Message);
            }
        }
    }
}

References

For the complete sample code that is used to synchronously list objects, visit GitHub.
For the complete sample code that is used to asynchronously list objects, visit GitHub.
For more information about the API operation that you can call to list objects, see GetBucket (ListObjects).