View the folders within a bucket with hierarchical namespace enabled.
The authenticated user must have the storage.folders.list
IAM permission to use this method.
GET https://storage.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/bucket/folders
In addition to standard query parameters, the following parameters apply to this method.
To see an example of how to include query parameters in a request, see the JSON API Overview page.
bucketstringprefixstring/.
maxResultsunsigned integermaxResults so the presence of nextPageToken should always be checked.
pageTokenstringA previously-returned page token representing part of the larger set of results to view.
The pageToken is an encoded field containing the name of the last item (a folder)
in the returned list. In a subsequent request using the pageToken, items that
come after the pageToken are shown (up to maxResults).
If you start a listing and then create a folder before using a
pageToken to continue listing, you will not see the new folder in
subsequent listing results if it is in part of the folder namespace already listed.
delimiterstringReturns results in a directory-like mode, with / being the only supported value
for the delimiter. If set, the method returns folders that exactly match the prefix
or are one level below the given prefix. The folder matching the prefix is also returned
as part of the response.
startOffsetstringstartOffset. If endOffset is also set, the folders listed have
names between startOffset (inclusive) and endOffset (exclusive).
endOffsetstringendOffset.
If startOffset is also set, the folders listed have names between
startOffset (inclusive) and endOffset (exclusive).
Don't supply a request body with this method.
If successful, this method returns a response body with the following structure, where the list
of folders are included in the items attribute and sorted alphabetically by
order:
{ "kind": "storage#folders" "nextPageToken": string, "items": [ Folder resources ] }
| Property name | Value | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
kind |
string |
The kind of item this is. For lists of folders, this is always
storage#folders. |
|
nextPageToken |
string |
The continuation token. Provide this value as the pageToken of a subsequent
request in order to return the next page of results. Note that the next page may be empty.
If this is the last page of results, then no continuation token is returned. The presence
of this parameter in the response should always be checked to ensure a complete listing of
all the results.
The nextPageToken is the name of the last folder in the returned
list. In a subsequent list request using the pageToken, items that come after
the token are shown (up to maxResults). |
|
items[] |
list |
The list of folders. |
For information about status and error codes returned by this API, see the reference page.
Use the APIs Explorer below to call this method on live data and see the response.
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Last updated 2026-06-09 UTC.