Retrieve Account Metadata

HEAD operations against an account are performed to retrieve the number of containers and the total bytes stored in OpenStack Object Storage for the account. This information is returned in two custom headers, X-Account-Container-Count and X-Account-Bytes-Used. Since the storage system is designed to store large amounts of data, care should be taken when representing the total bytes response as an integer; when possible, convert it to a 64-bit unsigned integer if your platform supports that primitive type.

Example 3.9. Account Metadata Request 

  HEAD /<api version>/<account> HTTP/1.1
  Host: storage.swiftdrive.com
  X-Auth-Token: eaaafd18-0fed-4b3a-81b4-663c99ec1cbb

The HTTP return code will be 204 (No Content) if the request succeeds. A 401 (Unauthorized) will be returned for an invalid account or access key.

Example 3.10. Account Metadata Response

  HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
  Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2010 18:57:07 GMT
  Server: Apache
  X-Account-Container-Count: 3
  X-Account-Bytes-Used: 323479

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