This python example searches for the oldest file in a bucket and prints same.
Ensure to pip install boto3
import boto3
# Specify the bucket name
bucket_name = 'my-bucket'
s3 = boto3.resource('s3')
bucket = s3.Bucket(bucket_name)
# Initialize oldest_file and oldest_date to None
oldest_file = None
oldest_date = None
# Iterate through all files in the bucket
for obj in bucket.objects.all():
# If oldest_file is None, or this file was modified before the oldest file
# then update oldest_file and oldest_date to this file's name and last_modified date
if oldest_file is None or obj.last_modified < oldest_date:
oldest_file = obj.key
oldest_date = obj.last_modified
# Print the oldest file's name and its last_modified date
if oldest_file is not None:
print('The oldest file is {0} and was last modified on {1}'.format(oldest_file, oldest_date))
else:
print('No files in bucket')