create_buckets.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import boto.exception
import boto.s3.connection
import boto.s3.acl
import argparse
import os

from boto.connection import AWSAuthConnection

s3_access_key=os.environ['S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID']
s3_secret_key=os.environ['S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY']

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='create buckets')
parser.add_argument('--num', type=int, action='store', default=100 )
parser.add_argument('--port', type=int, action='store', default=8000 )
parser.add_argument('--key',type=str, action='store', default=s3_access_key)
parser.add_argument('--secret',type=str, action='store', default=s3_secret_key)
args = parser.parse_args()


#client_access_key=os.environ['SYSTEM_ACCESS_KEY_ID']
#client_secret_key=os.environ['SYSTEM_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY']

connection = boto.s3.connection.S3Connection(
    aws_access_key_id= args.key,
    aws_secret_access_key=args.secret,
    is_secure=False,
    port=args.port,
    host='localhost',
    calling_format=boto.s3.connection.OrdinaryCallingFormat(),
)


base_name='bucket'

for i in range(args.num):
    print 'creating '+ `i`
    bucket = connection.create_bucket(base_name + `i`)
    print bucket