Amazon S3 API Profile

Since 2006 Amazon Web Services has been offering web services commonly known as cloud computing. AWS Provides a reliable, low cost infrastructure platform that powers hundreds of thousands of businesses.

Amazon S3 API, the Simple Storage Service provides a simple web services interface used to store objects using the Amazon online storage infrastructure. Users can then download the data or use the data with other AWS services, such as Amazon Elastic Cloud Computer (EC2). Using this web service, developers can build applications that make use of Internet storage.

The API uses Buckets, Objects, Keys and Operations. An object has four parts: value, key, metadata, and an access control policy. Objects are stored in buckets. The API is available in both REST and SOAP protocol. Responses are formatted in XML.

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Amazon S3: Highlights

Summary: Online storage services

Category: Storage

Tags: storage

Protocols: REST, SOAP

Data Formats: XML

API home: http://aws.amazon.com/s3/

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Amazon S3: Specifications

Functionality

Client Install Required: No

Service Endpoint: http://s3.amazonaws.com/

WSDL: http://s3.amazonaws.com/doc/2006-03-01/Amazon ...

Signup and Licensing

Signup Requirements: Developer ID required

Developer Key Required: Yes

Account Required: Yes

Commercial Licensing: Yes

Provider: amazon.com

Company: Amazon

Non-Commercial Lic.: No

Data Licensing

Usage Fees: Monthly flat rating pricing: $0.20 per GB transfer, $0.15 per GB storage

Program Fees: None

Certification Program

Usage Limits: None

Terms of Service

Security

Authentication Model: API Key

SSL Support

Read-only Without Login: No

Support

Vendor API Kits: Java, PHP, Ruby, Python, .NET

Community API Kits

API Blog: aws.typepad.com/

Site Blog

API Forum: developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/forum.jspa...

Developer Support: Developer Forum

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