--- title: "Versions: Downloading All Versions of All Files Within a Bucket" slug: "how-to-download-all-versions-of-all-files-within-a-bucket" updated: 2026-02-05T19:53:38Z published: 2026-02-05T19:53:38Z --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.wasabi.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Versions: Downloading All Versions of All Files Within a Bucket Some S3 applications and tools recognize the versioning feature and either allow you to download one versioned object at a time or download all current revisions of all objects inside your bucket. ## Using the AWS CLI to Download Versioned Objects 1. When you use the [AWS CLI](https://docs.wasabi.com/docs/how-do-i-use-aws-cli-with-wasabi) using the [CLI command](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/s3api/list-object-versions.html), you can list all objects along with their version IDs. For example: ```powershell aws s3api list-object-versions --bucket --endpoint-url https://s3.us-east-1.wasabisys.com ``` Example output: ```powershell aws s3api list-object-versions --bucket download-versions-bucket --endpoint-url https://s3.us-east-1.wasabisys.com                {                "VersionId": "001595000443450881443-klYCL1RDCV",                "IsLatest": true,                "ETag": "\"4bd22a5ff53e7cd0160e3f51917b9393\"",                "LastModified": "2020-07-17T15:40:43.000Z",                "Owner": {                "DisplayName": "sahani.p",                "ID": "EE5775E47FC856DD908EFBCE0E69EBD91CA400F4A86B6445F2F74A7A389C7840"                },                "StorageClass": "STANDARD",                "Size": 3855,                "Key": "Wasabi-read-write-1MB.xml"                },                ... ``` 2. Use the [get-object](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/s3api/get-object.html) command while specifying the version ID to download that particular object: ```powershell aws s3api get-object --bucket --key --version-id --endpoint-url=https://s3.us-east-1.wasabisys.com ``` Example output: ```powershell aws s3api get-object --bucket download-versions-bucket --key Wasabi-read-write-1MB.xml --version-id 001595000443450881443-klYCL1RDCV new-name.xml --endpoint-url=https://s3.us-east-1.wasabisys.com                {                "Metadata": {},                "VersionId": "001595000443450881443-klYCL1RDCV",                "ETag": "\"4bd22a5ff53e7cd0160e3f51917b9393\"",                "ContentType": "text/xml",                "ContentLength": 3855,                "AcceptRanges": "bytes",                "LastModified": "Fri, 17 Jul 2020 15:40:43 GMT"                } ``` ## Using S3 Browser to Download Versioned Objects When you use applications like S3 Browser, you can download all current versions of all objects, as shown below. For more information, review [S3 Browser With Wasabi](https://docs.wasabi.com/docs/how-do-i-use-s3-browser-with-wasabi). 1. Select the bucket. 2. Right-click on the **Versions**menu. 3. Download. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/image-AWDVZXR6.png) ![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/image-ZECQ4SO0.png) If your requirement is to download ALL versions (current + old versions) of all objects inside your bucket, you may use the scripted approach. The following script is tested with Wasabi to achieve this use case. Make sure you have installed [AWS SDK boto3](https://aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-python/) and the [Click package](https://click.palletsprojects.com/en/7.x/) for python on your CLI before running the script. > This code example discusses the use of Wasabi's us-east-1 storage region. To use other Wasabi storage regions, use the appropriate Wasabi service URL as described in [Service URLs for Wasabi's Storage Regions.](https://docs.wasabi.com/docs/what-are-the-service-urls-for-wasabis-different-storage-regions) ```powershell #!/usr/bin/env python3        import boto3        import click        import re        import shutil        import sys        @click.command(help = 'List S3 versions, optionally download all versions as well')        @click.option('--bucket', required = True, help = 'The s3 bucket to scan')        @click.option('--prefix', default = '', help = 'Prefix of files to scan')        @click.option('--download', default = False, is_flag = True, help = 'Download all versions (prefix filenames with ISO datetime of edit and version), paths not preserved')        def s3versions(bucket, prefix, download):        '''List all versions of files in s3.'''        s3 = boto3.resource(        's3',        endpoint_url = 'https://s3.us-east-1.wasabisys.com',        aws_access_key_id='Wasabi-Access-Key',        aws_secret_access_key='Wasabi-Secret-Access-Key')        bucket = s3.Bucket(bucket)        versions = bucket.object_versions.filter(Prefix = prefix)        for version in versions:        object = version.get()        path = version.object_key        last_modified = object.get('LastModified')        version_id = object.get('VersionId')        print(path, last_modified, version_id, sep = '\t')        if download:        object = version.get()        filename = path.rsplit('/')[-1]        with open('{last_modified}-{version_id}-{filename}'.format(last_modified = last_modified, version_id = version_id, filename = filename), 'wb') as fout:        shutil.copyfileobj(object.get('Body'), fout)        if __name__ == '__main__':        s3versions() ``` **Execution syntax for the above program:** ```python python s3versions.py --bucket --prefix --download  ``` **Outputs:** 1. The bucket has multiple versions of different files inside a “download-versions-bucket" bucket. The command below lists all of the versions with the Version ID. Syntax: ```powershell python s3versions.py --bucket ``` Example output: ```powershell $ python s3versions.py --bucket download-versions-bucket        Wasabi Pings.rtf 2020-07-17 19:01:44+00:00 001595012503828293579-Iey7J7ecdX        Wasabi Pings.rtf 2020-07-17 15:40:43+00:00 001595000443240234132-qUmZ0PZcBs        Wasabi Pings.rtf 2020-07-17 15:39:58+00:00 null        Wasabi-read-write-1MB.xml 2020-07-17 15:40:43+00:00 001595000443450881443-klYCL1RDCV        Wasabi-read-write-1MB.xml 2020-07-17 15:39:59+00:00 null        Wasabi_Invoice_373103.pdf 2020-07-17 19:01:45+00:00 001595012504561887231-tN92rg7sq4        Wasabi_Invoice_373103.pdf 2020-07-17 15:40:44+00:00 001595000443683495545-WeujjiU8LK        Wasabi_Invoice_373103.pdf 2020-07-17 15:39:59+00:00 null        bucket-utilization-for-invoice.csv 2020-07-17 19:01:44+00:00 001595012504138434824-ieVYu1_rZj        bucket-utilization-for-invoice.csv 2020-07-17 15:39:58+00:00 null ``` 2. From the entire file, you can choose to list files based on prefix matching. In this example, all objects that have Wasabi as a prefix are listed. Syntax: ```powershell python s3versions.py --bucket --prefix ``` Example output: ```powershell $ python s3versions.py --bucket download-versions-bucket --prefix Wasabi        Wasabi Pings.rtf 2020-07-17 19:01:44+00:00 001595012503828293579-Iey7J7ecdX        Wasabi Pings.rtf 2020-07-17 15:40:43+00:00 001595000443240234132-qUmZ0PZcBs        Wasabi Pings.rtf 2020-07-17 15:39:58+00:00 null        Wasabi-read-write-1MB.xml 2020-07-17 15:40:43+00:00 001595000443450881443-klYCL1RDCV        Wasabi-read-write-1MB.xml 2020-07-17 15:39:59+00:00 null        Wasabi_Invoice_373103.pdf 2020-07-17 19:01:45+00:00 001595012504561887231-tN92rg7sq4        Wasabi_Invoice_373103.pdf 2020-07-17 15:40:44+00:00 001595000443683495545-WeujjiU8LK        Wasabi_Invoice_373103.pdf 2020-07-17 15:39:59+00:00 null ``` 3. You can download all objects (current + old versions). Syntax: ```powershell python s3versions.py --bucket --download ``` Example output: ```powershell $ python s3versions.py --bucket download-versions-bucket --download        Wasabi Pings.rtf 2020-07-17 19:01:44+00:00 001595012503828293579-Iey7J7ecdX        Wasabi Pings.rtf 2020-07-17 15:40:43+00:00 001595000443240234132-qUmZ0PZcBs        Wasabi Pings.rtf 2020-07-17 15:39:58+00:00 null        Wasabi-read-write-1MB.xml 2020-07-17 15:40:43+00:00 001595000443450881443-klYCL1RDCV        Wasabi-read-write-1MB.xml 2020-07-17 15:39:59+00:00 null        Wasabi_Invoice_373103.pdf 2020-07-17 19:01:45+00:00 001595012504561887231-tN92rg7sq4        Wasabi_Invoice_373103.pdf 2020-07-17 15:40:44+00:00 001595000443683495545-WeujjiU8LK        Wasabi_Invoice_373103.pdf 2020-07-17 15:39:59+00:00 null        bucket-utilization-for-invoice.csv 2020-07-17 19:01:44+00:00 001595012504138434824-ieVYu1_rZj        bucket-utilization-for-invoice.csv 2020-07-17 15:39:58+00:00 null ``` 4. You can download all objects (current + old versions) based on prefixes. Syntax: ```powershell python s3versions.py --bucket --prefix --download ``` Example output: ```powershell $ python s3versions.py --bucket download-versions-bucket --prefix Wasabi --download        Wasabi Pings.rtf 2020-07-17 19:01:44+00:00 001595012503828293579-Iey7J7ecdX        Wasabi Pings.rtf 2020-07-17 15:40:43+00:00 001595000443240234132-qUmZ0PZcBs        Wasabi Pings.rtf 2020-07-17 15:39:58+00:00 null        Wasabi-read-write-1MB.xml 2020-07-17 15:40:43+00:00 001595000443450881443-klYCL1RDCV        Wasabi-read-write-1MB.xml 2020-07-17 15:39:59+00:00 null        Wasabi_Invoice_373103.pdf 2020-07-17 19:01:45+00:00 001595012504561887231-tN92rg7sq4        Wasabi_Invoice_373103.pdf 2020-07-17 15:40:44+00:00 001595000443683495545-WeujjiU8LK        Wasabi_Invoice_373103.pdf 2020-07-17 15:39:59+00:00 null ``` A feature that allows you to preserve, retrieve, and restore every version of every object stored in the same Wasabi bucket. Versioning offers an additional level of protection by providing a means of recovery if you accidentally overwrite or delete objects. This allows you to easily recover from unintended user actions and application failures.