Amazon S3

Amazon S3 (opens new window) is a web service offered by Amazon Web Services, that provides scalable and highly flexible cloud storage through web services interfaces.

API version

The Amazon S3 connector uses Amazon S3 REST API, version 2006-03-01 (opens new window).

Working with Amazon S3 connector

Terminology

The terminology (opens new window) for common Amazon S3 data can be found below.

• Buckets

Buckets are containers that hold objects. The geographical region where this bucket and its contents will be stored can be defined by the user.

• Objects

An object consists of a file, and optionally any metadata describing that file.

Using the new file trigger

The new file trigger listens to new files uploaded into a specific Amazon S3 bucket. The trigger event contains only metadata about the file, however, such as filename and size. To retrieve content of the file, use the Download file action.

Troubleshooting

Exact, case sensitive names

When defining bucket and object by names in Amazon S3, take note that names should be exact and are case sensitive.