Method: locations.buckets.create

Creates a log bucket that can be used to store log entries. After a bucket has been created, the bucket's location cannot be changed.

HTTP request

POST https://logging.googleapis.com/v2/{parent=*/*/locations/*}/buckets

The URL usesgRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
parent

string

Required. The resource in which to create the log bucket:

"projects/[PROJECT_ID]/locations/[LOCATION_ID]"

For example:

"projects/my-project/locations/global"

Authorization requires the followingIAM permission on the specified resourceparent:

  • logging.buckets.create

Query parameters

Parameters
bucketId

string

Required. A client-assigned identifier such as"my-bucket". Identifiers are limited to 100 characters and can include only letters, digits, underscores, hyphens, and periods. Bucket identifiers must start with an alphanumeric character.

Request body

The request body contains an instance ofLogBucket.

Response body

If successful, the response body contains a newly created instance ofLogBucket.

Authorization scopes

Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/logging.admin
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform

For more information, see theAuthentication Overview.

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Last updated 2025-07-21 UTC.