How do I test if a bucket exists on AWS S3
You can use the following code:
// import or require aws-sdk as AWS
// const AWS = require('aws-sdk');
const checkBucketExists = async bucket => {
const s3 = new AWS.S3();
const options = {
Bucket: bucket,
};
try {
await s3.headBucket(options).promise();
return true;
} catch (error) {
if (error.statusCode === 404) {
return false;
}
throw error;
}
};
The important thing is to realize that the error statusCode
will be 404
if the bucket does not exist.
To test if a bucket exists, you check the statusCode attribute from your createBucket callback method. If it is 409, then it has been created before. I hope this is clear enough?
const ID = ''//Your access key id
const SECRET = ''//Your AWS secret access key
const BUCKET_NAME = ''//Put your bucket name here
const s3 = new AWS.S3({
accessKeyId: ID,
secretAccessKey: SECRET
})
const params = {
Bucket: BUCKET_NAME,
CreateBucketConfiguration: {
// Set your region here
LocationConstraint: "eu-west-1"
}
}
s3.createBucket(params, function(err, data) {
if (err && err.statusCode == 409){
console.log("Bucket has been created already");
}else{
console.log('Bucket Created Successfully', data.Location)
}
})
Looks like after this change from aws-sdk v2 to v3 you can't do it with headBucket().
For those who are using v3 you could give this a shot:
const { S3Client, HeadBucketCommand } = require('@aws-sdk/client-s3');
const checkBucketExists = async (bucket) => {
const client = new S3Client();
const options = {
Bucket: bucket,
};
try {
await client.send(new HeadBucketCommand(options));
return true;
} catch (error) {
if (error["$metadata"].httpStatusCode === 404) {
return false;
}
throw error;
}
}