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Amazon S3 Objects API

Operations for uploading, downloading, copying, and deleting objects

Amazon S3 Objects API is one of 12 APIs that Amazon S3 publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Objects. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, pricing, a getting-started guide, authentication docs, and 2 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 7 operations across 4 paths, and defines 8 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2006-03-01.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://s3.{region}.amazonaws.com, https://{bucket}.s3.{region}.amazonaws.com.

7 operations 4 paths 8 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET1 HEAD1 POST2 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2006-03-01
Base URL
https://s3.amazonaws.com
Authentication
API Key
License
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Amazon S3 Objects API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (sigv4). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • sigv4 — AWS Signature Version 4 authentication. All S3 REST API requests must be signed using AWS Signature Version 4. The signature includes the request date, region,…

Paths & Operations 7

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 7 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 1 HEAD, 1 POST, 2 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Objects 7

Operations for uploading, downloading, copying, and deleting objects

GET
/{Bucket}?list-type=2
Amazon S3 List Objects V2
ListObjectsV2 12 params → 200403404
GET
/{Bucket}/{Key+}
Amazon S3 Get Object
GetObject 21 params → 200206304403404412
PUT
/{Bucket}/{Key+}
Amazon S3 Put Object
PutObject 30 params body → 200403
DELETE
/{Bucket}/{Key+}
Amazon S3 Delete Object
DeleteObject 7 params → 204403404
HEAD
/{Bucket}/{Key+}
Amazon S3 Head Object
HeadObject 12 params → 200304403404412
PUT
/{Bucket}/{Key+}?copy
Amazon S3 Copy Object
CopyObject 14 params → 200403404
POST
/{Bucket}?delete
Amazon S3 Delete Objects
DeleteObjects 6 params body → 200403

Schemas 8

The contract defines 8 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ListBucketResult (12 properties), Object (8 properties), CopyObjectResult (6 properties), Error (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Error
object
Container for all error elements.
5 properties
CopyObjectResult
object
Container for all response elements.
6 properties
CommonPrefix
object
Container for all (if there are any) keys between Prefix and the next occurrence of the string specified by a delimiter.
1 property
Owner
object
Container for the owner's display name and ID.
2 properties
ListBucketResult
object
Container for the result of the ListObjectsV2 operation.
12 properties
Delete
object
Container for the objects to delete.
2 properties 1 required
Object
object
An object consists of data and its descriptive metadata.
8 properties
DeleteResult
object
Container for the response of the DeleteObjects operation.
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

amazon-s3-objects-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Amazon S3 publishes across the network.

Amazon S3 Access Control API
Amazon S3 Access Grants API
Amazon S3 Access Points API
Amazon S3 Batch Operations API
Amazon S3 Bucket Configuration API
Amazon S3 Buckets API
Amazon S3 Multi-Region Access Points API
Amazon S3 Multipart Upload API
Amazon S3 Public Access Block API
Amazon S3 Storage Lens API
Amazon S3 Tagging API
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