diff --git a/getS3Files.py b/getS3Files.py
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+import s3
+
+bucket_name = 'your-bucket'
+local_directory = '/Users/user/Desktop/directory/'
+
+connection = s3.S3Connection(access_key_id='', secret_access_key='', region='us-west-2', endpoint='s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com', default_bucket=bucket_name)
+storage = s3.Storage(connection)
+
+for bucket in storage.bucket_list():
+  print bucket.name, bucket.creation_date
+
+for key in storage.bucket_list_keys(bucket_name):
+  remote_name = s3.S3Name(key.key, bucket=bucket_name)
+  try: storage.read(remote_name, local_directory + key.key)
+  except: print "error: " + key.key