Swift Command Line Client
The swift client is the command-line interface (CLI) for the OpenStack Object Storage API and its extensions.
It is same as nova client and cinder client, you need to authenticate before you can use it. Please refer the getting started to see how to get authenticated.
Please also refer getting started for how to install the swift client.
| Shell Command | Action |
|---|---|
swift list | list all containers |
swift list <container> | list all objects in a container |
swift post <container> | create a container |
swift delete <container> [object/s] | delete a container, or objects within a container |
swift upload <container> <file/s_or_directory> | upload data to the container |
swift download <container> <object/s> | download objects from a container |
You can execute swift to see what commands are avaiable and run swift <command> -h find out more information about a command.
Client python API
You can also use swift python API to access and manage the object storage. Sample Python code:
from swiftclient import client swift = client.Connection(authurl=url, user=username, key=password, tenant_name=project_name, auth_version='2') container_name="" swift.get_container(container_name) container_name="first container" swift.put_container(container_name) swift.delete_container(container_name) container_name = "container" object_name = "object" swift.get_object(container_name, object_name) swift.put_object(container_name, object)
Please refer to above instruction about how to obtain authurl, user, password and tenant_name.
| Python Command | Action |
|---|---|
swift.get_container | list all containers |
swift.get_container(container_name) | list all objects in a container |
swift.post_container(container_name) | create a container |
swift.delete_container(container_name) | delete a container |
swift.put_object(container_name, file_name) | upload data to the container |
swift.get_object(container_name, object_name) | download objects from a container |
Please refer to the swift python client document for more information.
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