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Neon CLI command: buckets

Summary: The Neon CLI neon buckets command manages branch object-storage buckets and their contents: create, list, and delete buckets, and use the neon buckets object subcommands to list, download, upload, and delete objects. Object listing supports prefixes, a --delimiter to collapse keys into folders, and cursor-based pagination; buckets object delete --recursive removes every object under a prefix.

Neon CLI command: buckets

Section titled “Neon CLI command: buckets”

Manage branch object-storage buckets and their objects

The buckets command manages branch object-storage buckets and their objects. Buckets belong to a branch; the object subcommands work with the objects inside a bucket.

Subcommands: create, delete, list, object

neon buckets create

Section titled “neon buckets create”

Creates a bucket on a branch.

Bash
neon bucket create <name> [options]
Option Description Type Default Required
--access-level The visibility of the bucket Possible values: private, public_read string private No
--branch Branch ID or name string — No
--project-id Project ID string — No

Create a private bucket on a branch:

Bash
neon buckets create my-bucket --access-level private

neon buckets list

Section titled “neon buckets list”

Lists the buckets on a branch.

Bash
neon bucket list [options]
Option Description Type Default Required
--branch Branch ID or name string — No
--project-id Project ID string — No

List the buckets on a branch with json output:

Bash
neon buckets list --output json

neon buckets delete

Section titled “neon buckets delete”

Deletes a bucket from a branch.

Bash
neon bucket delete <name> [options]
Option Description Type Default Required
--branch Branch ID or name string — No
--project-id Project ID string — No
Bash
neon buckets delete my-bucket

Bucket objects

Section titled “Bucket objects”

Lists, downloads, uploads, or deletes objects in a bucket.

Subcommands: delete, get, list, put

neon buckets object list

Section titled “neon buckets object list”

Lists objects in a bucket.

Bash
neon bucket object list <bucket>[/<prefix>] [options]
Option Description Type Default Required
--branch Branch ID or name string — No
--cursor Pagination cursor returned as next_cursor by a previous call string — No
--delimiter Collapse keys sharing this prefix separator into folders. Defaults to "/" (folder view); ignored when --recursive is set string — No
--limit Maximum number of items (objects + folders) to return number — No
--project-id Project ID string — No
--recursive List every key flat, descending into nested folders (no delimiter). Mutually exclusive with --delimiter. Mirrors "aws s3 ls --recursive" boolean false No

List the objects under a prefix, collapsing keys into folders:

Bash
neon buckets object list my-bucket/images --delimiter /

neon buckets object get

Section titled “neon buckets object get”

Downloads an object from a bucket to a local file.

Bash
neon bucket object get <bucket>/<key> [options]
Option Description Type Default Required
--branch Branch ID or name string — No
--file Path to write the downloaded object to (defaults to the object filename in the current directory) string — No
--project-id Project ID string — No
Bash
neon buckets object get my-bucket/images/logo.png --file ./logo.png

neon buckets object put

Section titled “neon buckets object put”

Uploads a local file to a bucket as an object.

Bash
neon bucket object put <bucket>/<key> [options]
Option Description Type Default Required
--branch Branch ID or name string — No
--content-type Content-Type to store the object with (e.g. text/plain) string — No
--file Path to the local file to upload string — Yes
--project-id Project ID string — No

Upload a file, optionally setting the Content-Type to store it with:

Bash
neon buckets object put my-bucket/images/logo.png --file ./logo.png
neon buckets object put my-bucket/notes/readme.txt --file ./readme.txt --content-type text/plain

neon buckets object delete

Section titled “neon buckets object delete”

Deletes an object, or every object under a prefix.

Bash
neon bucket object delete <bucket>/<key> [options]
Option Description Type Default Required
--branch Branch ID or name string — No
--project-id Project ID string — No
--recursive Delete every object under the given prefix. The prefix must end with "/" boolean false No

With --recursive, the target is treated as a prefix, which must end with /.

Delete a single object, or every object under a prefix:

Bash
neon buckets object delete my-bucket/images/logo.png
neon buckets object delete my-bucket/images/ --recursive
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