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Boris Burkov
Boris Burkov

Reputation: 14436

How to check, if S3 prefix corresponds to a file or folder?

I have an S3 prefix. I want to find out, if it's a file or a whole folder. How do I do this with boto3?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1921

Answers (1)

Chathan Driehuys
Chathan Driehuys

Reputation: 1213

As was stated in a comment, there is no notion of directories in S3. You can find out if the object is a file by attempting to retrieve it, but in order to determine if it is a "directory", you would have to list all the objects in the bucket and determine if the provided value is a prefix to any of them. This may not be feasible for you depending on how many items exist (or can exist) in the bucket.

Upvotes: 1

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