# 2.Create and Manage Buckets

A bucket in MCS is a logical container for storing files and folders.

### 2.1 Create a new bucket

Use the `create_bucket` method to create a new bucket:

```python
from swan_mcs import APIClient, BucketAPI
mcs_api = APIClient("<API_KEY>")
bucket_client = BucketAPI(mcs_api)

bucket_client.create_bucket("<BUCKET_NAME>")
```

### 2.2 List existing buckets

List all existing buckets using `list_buckets`:

```python
from swan_mcs import APIClient, BucketAPI
mcs_api = APIClient("<API_KEY>")
bucket_client = BucketAPI(mcs_api)

for i in bucket_client.list_buckets():
    print(i.to_json())
```

### 2.3 Get bucket information

Use `get_bucket(bucket_name)`to get specific bucket info

```
from swan_mcs import APIClient, BucketAPI
mcs_api = APIClient("<API_KEY>")
bucket_client = BucketAPI(mcs_api)

print(bucket_client.get_bucket("<BUCKET_NAME>").to_json())
```

### 2.4 Create folder

`create_folder(bucket_name, folder_name, prefix='')`

The `create_folder` the method allows you to create a folder in the specified bucket. It accepts bucket names, folder names, and prefixes. The folder will be created in `bucket_name/prefix/folder_name`

```python
from swan_mcs import APIClient, BucketAPI
mcs_api = APIClient("<API_KEY>")
bucket_client = BucketAPI(mcs_api)

# If you want to place the folder directly in the root directory, you can leave the prefix field empty
bucket_client.create_folder("<BUCKET_NAME>","<FOLDER_NAME>","<PREFIX>")
```

**Parameters**

* **bucket\_name**: The name of the bucket
* **folder\_name:** The name of the folder to create
* **prefix:** The prefix for the folder's object name


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