Python Swift Examples

Create a Connection

This creates a connection so that you can interact with the server:

import swiftclient
user = 'account_name:username'
key = 'your_api_key'
conn = swiftclient.Connection(
        user=user,
        key=key,
        authurl='https://objects.dreamhost.com/auth',
)

Create a Container

This creates a new container called my-new-container:

container_name = 'my-new-container'
conn.put_container(container_name)

Create an Object

This creates a file hello.txt from the file named my_hello.txt:

with open('hello.txt', 'r') as hello_file:
        conn.put_object(container_name, 'hello.txt',
                                        contents= hello_file.read(),
                                        content_type='text/plain')

List Owned Containers

This gets a list of containers that you own, and prints out the container name:

for container in conn.get_account()[1]:
        print container['name']

The output will look something like this:

mahbuckat1
mahbuckat2
mahbuckat3

List a Container’s Content

This gets a list of objects in the container, and prints out each object’s name, the file size, and last modified date:

for data in conn.get_container(container_name)[1]:
        print '{0}\t{1}\t{2}'.format(data['name'], data['bytes'], data['last_modified'])

The output will look something like this:

myphoto1.jpg 251262  2011-08-08T21:35:48.000Z
myphoto2.jpg 262518  2011-08-08T21:38:01.000Z

Retrieve an Object

This downloads the object hello.txt and saves it in ./my_hello.txt:

obj_tuple = conn.get_object(container_name, 'hello.txt')
with open('my_hello.txt', 'w') as my_hello:
        my_hello.write(obj_tuple[1])

Delete an Object

This deletes the object hello.txt:

conn.delete_object(container_name, 'hello.txt')

Delete a Container

Note

The container must be empty! Otherwise the request won’t work!

conn.delete_container(container_name)