check if a key exists in a bucket in s3 using boto3

Question

I would like to know if a key exists in boto3. I can loop the bucket contents and check the key if it matches.

But that seems longer and an overkill. Boto3 official

Answer 1

Assuming you just want to check if a key exists (instead of quietly over-writing it), do this check first:

import boto3

def key_exists(mykey, mybucket):
  s3_client = boto3.client('s3')
  response = s3_client.list_objects_v2(Bucket=mybucket, Prefix=mykey)
  if response:
      for obj in response['Contents']:
          if mykey == obj['Key']:
              return True
  return False

if key_exists('someprefix/myfile-abc123', 'my-bucket-name'):
    print("key exists")
else:
    print("safe to put new bucket object")
    # try:
    #     resp = s3_client.put_object(Body="Your string or file-like object",
    #                                 Bucket=mybucket,Key=mykey)
    # ...check resp success and ClientError exception for errors...