Google Storage bucket name is not available. Please try a different one

Today in this article, we will cover below aspects,

Issue Description

Google storage bucket create method produces error,

Such error could exist for any language like C# or Python or any other language.

409 POST https://storage.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b?project=test1-303520&prettyPrint=false: You already own this bucket. Please select another name.

OR

409 POST https://storage.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b?project=test1-303520&prettyPrint=false: Sorry, that name is not available. Please try a different one.

Resolution

As per google storage bucket guidelines, every bucket name must be unique across the entire Google Cloud Storage namespace.

This error means the bucket name already exists and you may try with another new name.

After trying with new name, i was able to create Bucket successfully.

For more details , please refer below article,

• Create Google Cloud Storage Bucket using Python
• Create Google Cloud Storage Bucket using C#

Sample code

def create_bucket(bucket_name):
    storage_client = storage.Client()
    bucket = storage_client.bucket(bucket_name)
    bucket.storage_class = "NEARLINE"
    new_bucket = storage_client.create_bucket(bucket, location="us")

    print(
        "Created bucket {} in {} with storage class {}".format(
            new_bucket.name, new_bucket.location, new_bucket.storage_class
        )
    )
    return new_bucket

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