AWS SDK for Go

Written by

Vadim Adamlyuk

Improved by

Dima F.

Updated at February 17, 2025

Getting started
Installation
Setup
Code snippets

The AWS SDK for Go is a software development kit for integration with AWS services in Go.

Getting started

Create a service account.
Assign to the service account the roles required for your project, e.g, storage.editor. For more information about roles, see Access management with Yandex Identity and Access Management.
Create a static access key.

Note

A service account is only allowed to view a list of buckets in the folder it was created in.

A service account can perform actions with objects in buckets that are created in folders different from the service account folder. To enable this, assign the service account roles for the appropriate folder or its bucket.

Installation

To install the AWS SDK for Go, follow the instructions on the vendor's website.

Setup

Create a directory to store the authentication data in and navigate to it:

For macOS and Linux:
```
mkdir ~/.aws/
```
For Windows:
```
mkdir C:\Users\<username>\.aws\
```
In the .aws directory, create a file named credentials with credentials for Object Storage and copy the following data into it:
```
[default]
aws_access_key_id = <static_key_ID>
aws_secret_access_key = <secret_key>
```
Create a file named config with the default region settings and copy the following information to it:
```
[default]
region = ru-central1
endpoint_url = https://storage.yandexcloud.net
```
Note

Some apps designed to work with Amazon S3 do not allow you to specify the region; this is why Object Storage may also accept the us-east-1 value.

To access Object Storage, use the https://storage.yandexcloud.net endpoint.

Code snippets

Development of AWS SDK v.1 for Go ended in July 2024. We recommend using the current AWS SDK v.2 development kit.

Getting a list of bucket names

AWS SDK v.2

AWS SDK v.1

package main

import (
    "context"
    "log"

    "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws"
    "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config"
    "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/s3"
)

func main() {

    // Loading configuration from ~/.aws/*
    cfg, err := config.LoadDefaultConfig(context.TODO())
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }

    // Creating a client to access S3 storage
    client := s3.NewFromConfig(cfg)

    // Requesting a list of buckets
    result, err := client.ListBuckets(context.TODO(), &s3.ListBucketsInput{})
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }

    for _, bucket := range result.Buckets {
        log.Printf("bucket=%s creation time=%s", aws.ToString(bucket.Name), bucket.CreationDate.Local().Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05 Monday"))
    }
}

package main

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"
    "log"

    "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws"
    "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config"
    "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/s3"
)

func main() {

    // Creating a custom endpoint listener that will return the correct URL for the S3 service and the ru-central1 region
    customResolver := aws.EndpointResolverWithOptionsFunc(func(service, region string, options ...interface{}) (aws.Endpoint, error) {
        if service == s3.ServiceID && region == "ru-central1" {
            return aws.Endpoint{
                PartitionID:   "yc",
                URL:           "https://storage.yandexcloud.net",
                SigningRegion: "ru-central1",
            }, nil
        }
        return aws.Endpoint{}, fmt.Errorf("unknown endpoint requested")
    })

    // Loading configuration from ~/.aws/*
    cfg, err := config.LoadDefaultConfig(context.TODO(), config.WithEndpointResolverWithOptions(customResolver))
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }

    // Creating a client to access S3 storage
    client := s3.NewFromConfig(cfg)

    // Requesting a list of buckets
    result, err := client.ListBuckets(context.TODO(), &s3.ListBucketsInput{})
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }

    for _, bucket := range result.Buckets {
        log.Printf("bucket=%s creation time=%s", aws.ToString(bucket.Name), bucket.CreationDate.Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05 Monday"))
    }
}

Getting a list of bucket objects

To get a list of objects in the bucket, provide its name in the -b command line parameter.

AWS SDK v.2

AWS SDK v.1

package main

import (
    "context"
    "flag"
    "fmt"
    "log"

    "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws"
    "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config"
    "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/s3"
)

func main() {
    // Getting the name of the bucket from the command line argument
    bucketName := flag.String("b", "", "The name of the bucket")
    flag.Parse()

    if *bucketName == "" {
        fmt.Println("You must supply the name of a bucket (-b BUCKET)")
        return
    }

    // Loading configuration from ~/.aws/*
    cfg, err := config.LoadDefaultConfig(context.TODO())
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }

    // Creating a client to access S3 storage
    client := s3.NewFromConfig(cfg)

    // Requesting a list of all files in the bucket
    result, err := client.ListObjectsV2(context.TODO(), &s3.ListObjectsV2Input{
        Bucket: aws.String(*bucketName),
    })
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }

    for _, object := range result.Contents {
        log.Printf("object=%s size=%d Bytes last modified=%s", aws.ToString(object.Key), aws.ToInt64(object.Size), object.LastModified.Local().Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05 Monday"))
    }
}

package main

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"
    "log"
    "flag"

    "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws"
    "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config"
    "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/s3"
)

func main() {
    // Getting the name of the bucket from the command line argument
    bucketName := flag.String("b", "", "The name of the bucket")
    flag.Parse()

    if *bucketName == "" {
        fmt.Println("You must supply the name of a bucket (-b BUCKET)")
        return
    }

    // Creating a custom endpoint listener that will return the correct URL for the S3 service and the ru-central1 region
    customResolver := aws.EndpointResolverWithOptionsFunc(func(service, region string, options ...interface{}) (aws.Endpoint, error) {
        if service == s3.ServiceID && region == "ru-central1" {
            return aws.Endpoint{
                PartitionID:   "yc",
                URL:           "https://storage.yandexcloud.net",
                SigningRegion: "ru-central1",
            }, nil
        }
        return aws.Endpoint{}, fmt.Errorf("unknown endpoint requested")
    })

    // Loading configuration from ~/.aws/*
    cfg, err := config.LoadDefaultConfig(context.TODO(), config.WithEndpointResolverWithOptions(customResolver))
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }

    // Creating a client to access S3 storage
    client := s3.NewFromConfig(cfg)

    // Requesting a list of all files in the bucket
    result, err := client.ListObjectsV2(context.TODO(), &s3.ListObjectsV2Input{
        Bucket: aws.String(*bucketName),
    })
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }

    for _, object := range result.Contents {
        log.Printf("object=%s size=%d Bytes last modified=%s", aws.ToString(object.Key), object.Size, object.LastModified.Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05 Monday"))
    }
}

See also the code samples and Go SDK API Reference Guide.

AWS SDK for Go

Getting startedGetting started

InstallationInstallation

SetupSetup

Code snippetsCode snippets

Getting a list of bucket namesGetting a list of bucket names

Getting a list of bucket objectsGetting a list of bucket objects