# aws s3api > Create and delete Amazon S3 buckets and edit bucket properties. > More information: . - Create bucket in a specific region: `aws s3api create-bucket --bucket {{bucket_name}} --region {{region}} --create-bucket-configuration LocationConstraint={{region}}` - Delete a bucket: `aws s3api delete-bucket --bucket {{bucket_name}}` - List buckets: `aws s3api list-buckets` - List the objects inside of a bucket and only show each object's key and size: `aws s3api list-objects --bucket {{bucket_name}} --query '{{Contents[].{Key: Key, Size: Size}}}'` - Add an object to a bucket: `aws s3api put-object --bucket {{bucket_name}} --key {{object_key}} --body {{path/to/file}}` - Download object from a bucket (The output file is always the last argument): `aws s3api get-object --bucket {{bucket_name}} --key {{object_key}} {{path/to/output_file}}` - Apply an Amazon S3 bucket policy to a specified bucket: `aws s3api put-bucket-policy --bucket {{bucket_name}} --policy file://{{path/to/bucket_policy.json}}` - Download the Amazon S3 bucket policy from a specified bucket: `aws s3api get-bucket-policy --bucket {{bucket_name}} --query Policy --output {{json|table|text|yaml|yaml-stream}} > {{path/to/bucket_policy}}`