Amazon S3 boto - how to create a folder?

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