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title: buckets() function
description: >
  `buckets()` returns a list of buckets in the specified organization.
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    identifier: influxdata/influxdb/buckets
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---

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`buckets()` returns a list of buckets in the specified organization.



##### Function type signature

```js
(
    ?host: string,
    ?org: string,
    ?orgID: string,
    ?token: string,
) => stream[{
    retentionPolicy: string,
    retentionPeriod: int,
    organizationID: string,
    name: string,
    id: string,
}]
```

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## Parameters

### org

Organization name. Default is the current organization.

_`org` and `orgID` are mutually exclusive_.

### orgID

Organization ID. Default is the ID of the current organization.

_`org` and `orgID` are mutually exclusive_.

### host

URL of the InfluxDB instance.

See [InfluxDB Cloud regions](/influxdb/cloud/reference/regions/)
or [InfluxDB OSS URLs](/influxdb/v2/reference/urls/).
_`host` is required when `org` or `orgID` are specified._

### token

InfluxDB API token.

_`token` is required when `host`, `org, or `orgID` are specified._


## Examples

### List buckets in an InfluxDB organization

```js
buckets(org: "example-org", host: "http://localhost:8086", token: "mYSuP3rSecR37t0k3N")

```