AWS CLI advanced commands

General commands syntax

This section is designed to explain the low-level 's3api' commands for the CLI

aws s3api <Command> [<Arg> ...]

Syntax

aws s3api --profile=impossiblecloud --endpoint-url=https://eu-central-2.storage.impossibleapi.net <ACTION> <FILE SOURCE> <FILE DESTINATION>

Supported low-level commands

Bucket-level

Action	Command
CreateBucket	aws s3api create-bucket
DeleteBucket	aws s3api delete-bucket
HeadBucket	aws s3api head-bucket
GetBucketLocation	aws s3api get-bucket-location
GetBucketCORS	aws s3api get-bucket-cors
PutBucketCORS	aws s3api put-bucket-cors
DeleteBucketCORS	aws s3api delete-bucket-cors
GetBucketEncryption (GetEncryptionConfiguration)	aws s3api get-bucket-encryption
PutBucketEncryption (PutEncryptionConfiguration)	aws s3api put-bucket-encryption
DeleteBucketEncryption	aws s3api delete-bucket-encryption
GetBucketTagging	aws s3api get-bucket-tagging
PutBucketTagging	aws s3api put-bucket-tagging
DeleteBucketTagging	aws s3api delete-bucket-tagging
GetBucketVersioning	aws s3api get-bucket-versioning
PutBucketVersioning	aws s3api put-bucket-versioning
GetObjectLockConfiguration (bucket)	aws s3api get-object-lock-configuration
PutObjectLockConfiguration (bucket)	aws s3api put-object-lock-configuration
ListBucket (ListObjects)	aws s3api list-objects
ListBucketVersions	aws s3api list-object-versions
ListBucketMultipartUploads	aws s3api list-multipart-uploads
ListBuckets	aws s3api list-buckets

Object-level

Action	Command
HeadObject	aws s3api head-object
GetObject	aws s3api get-object
GetObjectVersion	aws s3api get-object
GetObjectAttributes	aws s3api get-object-attributes
GetObjectVersionAttributes	aws s3api get-object-attributes
GetObjectTagging	aws s3api get-object-tagging
GetObjectVersionTagging	aws s3api get-object-tagging
PutObject	aws s3api put-object
PutObjectTagging	aws s3api put-object-tagging
PutObjectVersionTagging	aws s3api put-object-tagging
DeleteObject	aws s3api delete-object
DeleteObjectVersion	aws s3api delete-object
DeleteObjectTagging	aws s3api delete-object-tagging
DeleteObjectVersionTagging	aws s3api delete-object-tagging
PutObjectRetention	aws s3api put-object-retention
GetObjectRetention	aws s3api get-object-retention
PutObjectLegalHold	aws s3api put-object-legal-hold
GetObjectLegalHold	aws s3api get-object-legal-hold
CopyObject	aws s3api copy-object
ListObjects	aws s3api list-objects
ListObjectsV2	aws s3api list-objects-v2

Multipart & Batch

Action	Command
CreateMultipartUpload	aws s3api create-multipart-upload
UploadPart	aws s3api upload-part
UploadPartCopy	aws s3api upload-part-copy
ListParts	aws s3api list-parts
CompleteMultipartUpload	aws s3api complete-multipart-upload
AbortMultipartUpload	aws s3api abort-multipart-upload
DeleteObjects (batch)	aws s3api delete-objects
BypassGovernanceRetention (flag)	(use with delete-object / delete-objects; e.g., add --bypass-governance-retention after the bucket)

Examples

You can find examples of some most useful commands here.

Links and references

You can find more information in the AWS CLI user guide and developers guide.