Buckets: insert
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Creates a new bucket.

You can't create a bucket with a name that is already in use by another live bucket, because Cloud Storage uses a single, global namespace for bucket names. For more information, see the bucket naming guidelines.

Required permissions

To use this method,the authenticated user must have the storage.buckets.create IAM permission. Additionally, to enable specific bucket features, the authenticated user must have the following permissions:

To enable object retention using the enableObjectRetention query parameter: storage.buckets.enableObjectRetention
To set the bucket IP filtering rules: storage.buckets.setIpFilter

Request

HTTP request

POST https://storage.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b

In addition to standard query parameters, the following query parameters apply to this method.

To see an example of how to include query parameters in a request, see the JSON API Overview page.

Parameters

Parameter name	Value	Description
Required query parameters
`project`	`string`	A valid API project identifier.
Optional query parameters
`enableObjectRetention`	`boolean`	When set to `true`, permanently enable object retention for this bucket.
`predefinedAcl`	`string`	Apply a predefined set of access controls to this bucket. Acceptable values are: `authenticatedRead`: Project team owners get `OWNER` access, and `allAuthenticatedUsers` get `READER` access. `private`: Project team owners get `OWNER` access. `projectPrivate`: Project team members get access according to their roles. `publicRead`: Project team owners get `OWNER` access, and `allUsers` get `READER` access. `publicReadWrite`: Project team owners get `OWNER` access, and `allUsers` get `WRITER` access. If `iamConfiguration.uniformBucketLevelAccess.enabled` is set to `true`, requests that include this parameter fail with a `400 Bad Request` response.
`predefinedDefaultObjectAcl`	`string`	Apply a predefined set of default object access controls to this bucket. Acceptable values are: `authenticatedRead`: Object owner gets `OWNER` access, and `allAuthenticatedUsers` get `READER` access. `bucketOwnerFullControl`: Object owner gets `OWNER` access, and project team owners get `OWNER` access. `bucketOwnerRead`: Object owner gets `OWNER` access, and project team owners get `READER` access. `private`: Object owner gets `OWNER` access. `projectPrivate`: Object owner gets `OWNER` access, and project team members get access according to their roles. `publicRead`: Object owner gets `OWNER` access, and `allUsers` get `READER` access. If `iamConfiguration.uniformBucketLevelAccess.enabled` is set to `true`, requests that include this parameter fail with a `400 Bad Request` response.
`projection`	`string`	Set of properties to return. Defaults to `noAcl`, unless the bucket resource specifies `acl` or `defaultObjectAcl` properties, when it defaults to `full`. Acceptable values are: `full`: Include all properties. `noAcl`: Omit `owner`, `acl`, and `defaultObjectAcl` properties.

Request body

In the request body, supply a bucket resource with the following properties:

Property name	Value	Description	Notes
Required Properties
`name`	`string`	The name of the bucket. See the bucket naming guidelines for more information.
Optional Properties
`acl[]`	`list`	Access controls on the bucket, containing one or more bucketAccessControls Resources. If `iamConfiguration.uniformBucketLevelAccess.enabled` is set to `true`, this field is omitted in responses, and requests that specify this field fail with a `400 Bad Request` response.	writable
`autoclass`	`object`	The bucket's Autoclass configuration, which, when enabled, controls the storage class of objects based on how and when the objects are accessed. For more information, see Autoclass.	writable
`billing`	`object`	The bucket's billing configuration, used to control the Requester Pays feature.	writable
`cors[]`	`list`	The bucket's CORS configuration. For more information, see Cross-Origin Resource Sharing.	writable
`customPlacementConfig`	`object`	Applicable only if a bucket is located in a configurable dual-region. The bucket's custom location configuration.	writable
`defaultEventBasedHold`	`boolean`	Whether or not to automatically apply an `eventBasedHold` to new objects added to the bucket.	writable
`defaultObjectAcl[]`	`list`	Default access controls to apply to new objects when no ACL is provided. This list defines an `entity` and `role` for one or more defaultObjectAccessControls Resources. If `iamConfiguration.uniformBucketLevelAccess.enabled` is set to `true`, this field is omitted in responses, and requests that specify this field fail with a `400 Bad Request` response.	writable
`encryption`	`object`	The bucket's encryption configuration.	writable
`hierarchicalNamespace.enabled`	`boolean`	Whether or not hierarchical namespace is enabled for this bucket.	writeable
`iamConfiguration`	`object`	The bucket's IAM configuration.	writable
`ipFilter` (preview)	`object`	The bucket IP filtering configuration . For more information about bucket IP filtering, see Bucket IP filtering.	writable
`labels`	`object`	User-provided bucket labels, in key/value pairs.	writable
`labels.(key)`	`string`	An individual label entry.	writable
`lifecycle`	`object`	The bucket's lifecycle configuration. See lifecycle management for more information.	writable
`location`	`string`	The location of the bucket. Object data for objects in the bucket resides in physical storage within this location. Defaults to `"US"`. See Cloud Storage bucket locations for the authoritative list.	writable
`logging`	`object`	The bucket's logging configuration. For more information, see usage logs and storage logs.	writable
`retentionPolicy`	`object`	The bucket's retention policy configuration. For more information, see Bucket Lock.	writable
`rpo`	`string`	The recovery point objective for cross-region replication of the bucket. Applicable only for dual- and multi-region buckets. `"DEFAULT"` uses default replication. `"ASYNC_TURBO"` enables turbo replication, valid for dual-region buckets only. If `rpo` is not specified when the bucket is created, it defaults to `"DEFAULT"`. For more information, see redundancy across regions.	writable
`softDeletePolicy`	`object`	The bucket's soft delete policy configuration. For more information, see Soft Delete.	writeable
`storageClass`	`string`	The bucket's default storage class, used whenever no `storageClass` is specified for a newly-created object. If `storageClass` is not specified when the bucket is created, it defaults to `"STANDARD"`. For available storage classes, see Storage classes.	writable
`versioning`	`object`	The bucket's versioning configuration. For more information, see Object Versioning.	writable
`website`	`object`	The bucket's website configuration, controlling how the service behaves when accessing bucket contents as a web site. See the Static Website Examples for more information.	writable

Response

If successful, this method returns a bucket resource in the response body.

For information about status and error codes returned by this API, see the reference page.

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