How do I get started with Spaces using Python?

Hello @ironkyo my name is Sanjeev Mansotra. The error “Bucket already exists” occurs because bucket names must be globally unique across all users in the service, so another user may have already created a bucket with the same name. To resolve this, try using a more unique bucket name.

As for the empty response when listing buckets, ensure that:

Your access key and secret are correctly configured. You’re connecting to the correct region where the buckets are located (if applicable). The access policy attached to your keys allows bucket listing permissions.

You don’t necessarily need to create buckets from the UI; boto3 should handle this if set up correctly.

Heya,

You can examine the following article from our docs:

https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/spaces/how-to/use-aws-sdks/

There is an example code snippet when using Python with the boto3 module.

Specifying us-east-1 does not result in slower performance, regardless of your bucket’s location. The SDK checks the region for verification purposes but never sends the payload there. Instead, it sends the payload to the specified custom endpoint.

You can also refer to the official boto3 docs here:

https://boto3.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/reference/services/s3.html

Hope that this helps!