What's the difference in GET operations in Google Cloud Storage?

Question

Google Cloud Storage has several types of GET operations:

Class A

• GET Service
• GET Bucket (when listing objects in a bucket)

Class B

• GET Bucket (when retrieving bucket configuration)
• GET Object

Can anyone explain in "newbie's term" their differences?

Answer 1

These are terms specific to the XML API. You can see a full list of XML API methods and their names and meanings here: https://developers.google.com/storage/docs/reference-methods

"GET Service" is the call to the XML API to list buckets owned by a project.

"GET Bucket (when listing objects)" is the call to list objects in a particular bucket.

"GET Bucket (when retrieving bucket configuration)" is the call to retrieve the metadata and configuratino of a particular bucket.

"GET Object" is the call to view an object's metadata or download its contents.