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Getting information about an object

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Updated at September 26, 2025
Management console
Yandex Cloud CLI
API
  1. In the management console, select Object Storage from the list of services and go to the bucket you need.
  2. In the left-hand panel, select Objects.
  3. Click the name of the object you need.

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud CLI installed yet, install and initialize it.

By default, the CLI uses the folder specified when creating the profile. To change the default folder, use the yc config set folder-id <folder_ID> command. You can also set a different folder for any specific command using the --folder-name or --folder-id parameter.

  1. See the description of the CLI command for getting information about an object:

    yc storage s3api head-object --help
    
  2. Get a list of buckets in the default folder:

    yc storage bucket list
    

    Result:

    +------------------+----------------------+-------------+-----------------------+---------------------+
    |       NAME       |      FOLDER ID       |  MAX SIZE   | DEFAULT STORAGE CLASS |     CREATED AT      |
    +------------------+----------------------+-------------+-----------------------+---------------------+
    | first-bucket     | b1gmit33ngp6******** | 53687091200 | STANDARD              | 2022-12-16 13:58:18 |
    +------------------+----------------------+-------------+-----------------------+---------------------+
    
  3. Run this command:

    yc storage s3api head-object \
      --bucket <bucket_name> \
      --key <object_key>
    

    Where:

    • --bucket: Name of your bucket.
    • --key: Object key.

    Result:

    etag: '"d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998********"'
    request_id: 6428ce25********
    accept_ranges: bytes
    content_type: application/octet-stream
    last_modified_at: "2024-10-08T12:36:36Z"
    server_side_encryption: aws:kms
    sse_kms_key_id: abj497vtg3h0********
    

To get information about an object, use the getObjectMeta S3 API method.

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