Create directories in Amazon S3 using python, boto3

Adding forward slash / to the end of key name, to create directory didn't work for me:

client.put_object(Bucket="foo-bucket", Key="test-folder/")

You have to supply Body parameter in order to create directory:

client.put_object(Bucket='foo-bucket',Body='', Key='test-folder/')

Source: ryantuck in boto3 issue


Just a little modification in key name is required. self.client.put_object(Bucket=bucketname,Key=filename)

this should be changed to

self.client.put_object(Bucket=bucketname,Key=directoryname/filename)

Thats all.


If you read the API documentation You should be able to do this.

import boto3 
s3 = boto3.client("s3") 
BucketName = "mybucket"
myfilename = "myfile.dat"
KeyFileName = "/a/b/c/d/{fname}".format(fname=myfilename) 
with open(myfilename) as f : 
  object_data = f.read()
  client.put_object(Body=object_data, Bucket=BucketName, Key=KeyFileName)

Honestly, it is not a "real directory", but preformat string structure for organisation.