Problem with aws-sdk while creating S3 Buckets nodejs - node.js

Question

I am currently using aws-sdk in order to list and create buckets.
My code is as follows
var AWS = require('aws-sdk');
const router = require('express').Router();
require('dotenv').config();
AWS.config.logger = console;
// AWS.config.update({region: process.env.AWS_REGION}); // AWS bucket region
s3 = new AWS.S3({
// apiVersion: '2006-03-01',
accessKeyId: process.env.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID,
secretAccessKey: process.env.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY,
region: process.env.AWS_REGION
}); // s3 svc object
// Accepts Bucket Name, Bucket Created User/ Belonging Organization
router.post('/create', (req, res, next)=>{
var bucketParams = {
Bucket: req.body.bucket
}
console.log(process.env.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID);
s3.createBucket(bucketParams, (err, data)=>{
console.log("sample");
if (err) {
console.log("Error", err);
} else {
console.log("Success", data.Location);
}
})
});
router.get('/', (req, res, next)=>{
s3.listBuckets((err, data)=>{
if(err){
}else{
}
})
});
The AWS IAM user policy that I use for these are as follows.
{
"Version": "2012-10-17",
"Statement": [
{
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": "s3:*",
"Resource": "*"
}
]
}
The problem is, whenever I submit a http request, the request doesn't get terminated or return a valid response.
For an example.
I get the followings for creating a bucket named sample-1
[AWS s3 409 1.052s 0 retries] createBucket({
Bucket: 'sample1',
CreateBucketConfiguration: { LocationConstraint: 'eu-west-1' }
})
sample
Error BucketAlreadyExists: The requested bucket name is not available. The bucket namespace is shared by all users of the system. Please select a different name and try again.
at Request.extractError (/home/caesar/Workspace/res-s3/res-s3-backend/node_modules/aws-sdk/lib/services/s3.js:837:35)
at Request.callListeners (/home/caesar/Workspace/res-s3/res-s3-backend/node_modules/aws-sdk/lib/sequential_executor.js:106:20)
at Request.emit (/home/caesar/Workspace/res-s3/res-s3-backend/node_modules/aws-sdk/lib/sequential_executor.js:78:10)
at Request.emit (/home/caesar/Workspace/res-s3/res-s3-backend/node_modules/aws-sdk/lib/request.js:688:14)
at Request.transition (/home/caesar/Workspace/res-s3/res-s3-backend/node_modules/aws-sdk/lib/request.js:22:10)
at AcceptorStateMachine.runTo (/home/caesar/Workspace/res-s3/res-s3-backend/node_modules/aws-sdk/lib/state_machine.js:14:12)
at /home/caesar/Workspace/res-s3/res-s3-backend/node_modules/aws-sdk/lib/state_machine.js:26:10
at Request.<anonymous> (/home/caesar/Workspace/res-s3/res-s3-backend/node_modules/aws-sdk/lib/request.js:38:9)
at Request.<anonymous> (/home/caesar/Workspace/res-s3/res-s3-backend/node_modules/aws-sdk/lib/request.js:690:12)
at Request.callListeners (/home/caesar/Workspace/res-s3/res-s3-backend/node_modules/aws-sdk/lib/sequential_executor.js:116:18) {
code: 'BucketAlreadyExists',
region: 'us-east-1',
time: 2020-08-18T15:24:22.974Z,
requestId: '3C1F8277A6CAD712',
extendedRequestId: 'bfRp36yH8Gh64zjM5VrUqCJi0V1AY5Sc5Snpf5yROPyV0HHgWTtE7gIEz70HRHb2JoOcO6jfLvQ=',
cfId: undefined,
statusCode: 409,
retryable: false,
retryDelay: 5.386495440613426
}
The strangest thing is that there is no bucket with the same name and the region which I used in this case had been eu-west-1. Anyone have any clue on why this happens and why the requests are not getting terminated.

Answer 1

Bucket names are global to AWS. see below
Amazon S3 bucket names must be unique globally. If you get the "Bucket name already exists" or "BucketAlreadyExists" error, then you must use a different bucket name to create the bucket. These error messages indicate that another AWS account owns a bucket with the same name.
You should try using a unique name.