# ionoscloud\_s3\_objects

The **Objects data source** can be used to search for and return existing objects.

## Example Usage

```hcl

data "ionoscloud_s3_objects" "example" {
  bucket = "example"
  prefix    = "prefix1/"
  delimiter = "/"
  max_keys  = 100
  fetch_owner = true
}

```

## Argument Reference

The following arguments are supported:

* `bucket` - (Required)\[string] The name of the bucket where the objects are stored.
* `encoding_type` - (Optional)\[string] Specifies the encoding method used to encode the object keys in the response. Default is url.
* `prefix` - (Optional)\[string] Limits the response to keys that begin with the specified prefix.
* `delimiter` - (Optional)\[string] A character used to group keys.
* `max_keys` - (Optional)\[int] Sets the maximum number of keys returned in the response body.Default is 1000.
* `fetch_owner` - (Optional)\[bool] If set to true, the response includes the owner field in the metadata.
* `start_after` - (Optional)\[string] Specifies the key to start after when listing objects in a bucket.

## Attributes Reference

The following attributes are returned by the datasource:

* `keys` - A list of objects in the bucket.
* `common_prefixes` - A list of keys that act as a delimiter for grouping keys.
* `owner` - The owner of the bucket.


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