Amazon S3 boto - how to create a folder?

Question

There is no concept of folders or directories in S3. You can create file names like "abc/xys/uvw/123.jpg", which many S3 access tools like S3Fox show like a directory structure, but it's actually just a single file in a bucket.

Assume you wanna create folder abc/123/ in your bucket, it's a piece of cake with Boto

k = bucket.new_key('abc/123/')
k.set_contents_from_string('')

Or use the console

With AWS SDK .Net works perfectly, just add "/" at the end of the folder name string:

var folderKey =  folderName + "/"; //end the folder name with "/"
AmazonS3 client = Amazon.AWSClientFactory.CreateAmazonS3Client(AWSAccessKey, AWSSecretKey);
var request = new PutObjectRequest();
request.WithBucketName(AWSBucket);
request.WithKey(folderKey);
request.WithContentBody(string.Empty);
S3Response response = client.PutObject(request);

Then refresh your AWS console, and you will see the folder

Use this:

import boto3
s3 = boto3.client('s3')
bucket_name = "YOUR-BUCKET-NAME"
directory_name = "DIRECTORY/THAT/YOU/WANT/TO/CREATE" #it's name of your folders
s3.put_object(Bucket=bucket_name, Key=(directory_name+'/'))

Append "_$folder$" to your folder name and call put.

    String extension = "_$folder$";
    s3.putObject("MyBucket", "MyFolder"+ extension, new ByteArrayInputStream(new byte[0]), null);

see: http://www.snowgiraffe.com/tech/147/creating-folders-programmatically-with-amazon-s3s-api-putting-babies-in-buckets/

Tried many method above and adding forward slash / to the end of key name, to create directory didn't work for me:

client.put_object(Bucket="foo-bucket", Key="test-folder/")

You have to supply Body parameter in order to create directory:

client.put_object(Bucket='foo-bucket',Body='', Key='test-folder/')

Source: ryantuck in boto3 issue