Use HeadBucket with an AWS SDK - AWS SDK Code Examples

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Use HeadBucket with an AWS SDK

The following code example shows how to use HeadBucket.

Java
SDK for Java 2.x
Note

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Checks if the specified S3 directory bucket exists and is accessible.

import org.slf4j.Logger; import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory; import software.amazon.awssdk.regions.Region; import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.S3Client; import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.model.HeadBucketRequest; import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.model.S3Exception; import static com.example.s3.util.S3DirectoryBucketUtils.createDirectoryBucket; import static com.example.s3.util.S3DirectoryBucketUtils.createS3Client; import static com.example.s3.util.S3DirectoryBucketUtils.deleteDirectoryBucket; /** * Checks if the specified S3 directory bucket exists and is accessible. * * @param s3Client The S3 client used to interact with S3 * @param bucketName The name of the directory bucket to check * @return True if the bucket exists and is accessible, false otherwise */ public static boolean headDirectoryBucket(S3Client s3Client, String bucketName) { logger.info("Checking if bucket exists: {}", bucketName); try { // Create a HeadBucketRequest HeadBucketRequest headBucketRequest = HeadBucketRequest.builder() .bucket(bucketName) .build(); // If the bucket doesn't exist, the following statement throws NoSuchBucketException, // which is a subclass of S3Exception. s3Client.headBucket(headBucketRequest); logger.info("Amazon S3 directory bucket: \"{}\" found.", bucketName); return true; } catch (S3Exception e) { logger.error("Failed to access bucket: {} - Error code: {}", e.awsErrorDetails().errorMessage(), e.awsErrorDetails().errorCode(), e); throw e; } }
  • For API details, see HeadBucket in AWS SDK for Java 2.x API Reference.