Get a bucket's storage layout

Command line

Use the gcloud alpha storage buckets describe command with the --format flag:

gcloud alpha storage buckets describe gs://BUCKET_NAME --raw --format="default(hierarchicalNamespace)"

Where:

• BUCKET_NAME is the name of the relevant bucket. For example, my-bucket.

If successful and hierarchical namespace is enabled, the response looks similar to the following example:

 hierarchicalNamespace:
 enabled: true

JSON API

1. Have gcloud CLI installed and initialized, which lets you generate an access token for the Authorization header.

2. Use cURL to call the JSON API with a getStorageLayout request:

   curl -X GET \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" \
    "https://storage.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/BUCKET_NAME/storageLayout"

   Where BUCKET_NAME is the name of the relevant bucket. For example, my-bucket.

   If successful, the response looks like the following example:

   {
   "kind":"storage#storageLayout",
   "bucket":"my-bucket",
   "location":"us-central1",
   "locationType":"region",
   "hierarchicalNamespace":{enabled:true},
   }