# GoogleCloudStorageGet

This activity gets a bucket or an object from Google Cloud Storage.

## Configuration

This tab has the following fields:

Field | Description
--- | ---
Connection Name | The connection name to use when accessing the Google Cloud Storage service. If you have created multiple Google connections, select the one you want to use from the drop-down list.
Object Name | The Google Cloud Storage object to use for this activity from the drop-down list. The default value for this field is Bucket.

## Input

You can either enter the input manually, or you can map the input to the output from a preceding activity if the preceding activity has an output. (For details on how to use the mapper, see the "Using the Mapper" section in TIBCO Flogo ® Enterprise User's Guide.) The input tree displayed for this activity depends on the Object Name that you select in the Configuration tab.

Bucket
If you have selected Bucket under Object Name in the Configuration tab, then this tab has the following mandatory fields.

Field | Description
--- | ---
bucket | The name of the bucket to get from Google Cloud Storage.

Object
If you have selected Object under Object Name in the Configuration tab, then this tab has the following mandatory fields.

Field | Description
--- | ---
bucket | The name of the bucket that contains an object to get from Google Cloud Storage.
object | The name of the object to get from Google Cloud Storage. Note: By default both the object content and its metadata are retrieved. If you require only object metadata, set the 'metadataOnly' field to true.

## Output

The Output tab displays the activity output schema in a tree format. The output is read-only. The schema varies according to the object name that you selected in the Configuration tab. The elements that you see in the schema can be mapped as input to the activities which follow this activity in the flow. The data field in output holds the object data received from Google Cloud Storage.

Related concepts
Overview
Related tasks
Creating a Google Connection
Related reference
GoogleCloudStorageDelete
GoogleCloudStorageCreate
GoogleCloudStorageUpdate
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