Service Operations
To retrieve data about our Swift-compatible service, you may execute GET
requests using the X-Storage-Url
value retrieved during authentication.
List Containers
A GET
request that specifies the API version and the account will return a list of containers for a particular user account. Since the request returns a particular user’s containers, the request requires an authentication token. The request cannot be made anonymously.
Syntax
GET /{api version}/{account} HTTP/1.1
Host: {fqdn}
X-Auth-Token: {auth-token}
Request Parameters
limit
Description
Limits the number of results to the specified value.
Type
Integer
Required
No
format
Description
Defines the format of the result.
Type
String
Valid Values
json
| xml
Required
No
marker
Description
Returns a list of results greater than the marker value.
Type
String
Required
No
Response Entities
The response contains a list of containers, or returns with an HTTP 204 response code
account
Description
A list for account information.
Type
Container
container
Description
The list of containers.
Type
Container
name
Description
The name of a container.
Type
String
bytes
Description
The size of the container.
Type
Integer