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Nelson Hernández
Nelson Hernández

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AWS S3 with Python

In this example we will see the basic operations that we can do with the cube and the files

Installation

pip install boto3
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Connection

from boto3 import client
from os import getenv

clientS3 = client("s3",
                  aws_access_key_id=getenv("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID"),
                  aws_secret_access_key=getenv("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"),
                  region_name=getenv("REGION_NAME")
                  )
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Methods for buckets

Create bucket

from botocore.exceptions import ClientError

def create_bucket(bucket: str):
    try:
        response = clientS3.create_bucket(Bucket=bucket)
        return response
    except ClientError as e:
        return e.response["Error"]
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Delete bucket

from botocore.exceptions import ClientError

def delete_bucket(bucket: str):
    try:
        response = clientS3.delete_bucket(Bucket=bucket)
        return response
    except ClientError as e:
        return e.response["Error"]
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List all buckets

from botocore.exceptions import ClientError

def list_buckets():
    try:
        response = clientS3.list_buckets()
        return response
    except ClientError as e:
        return e.response["Error"]
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Methods for files

Upload file

from typing import BinaryIO
from botocore.exceptions import ClientError

def upload_file(data: BinaryIO, bucket: str, filename: str):
    try:
        clientS3.upload_fileobj(Fileobj=data, Bucket=bucket, Key=filename)
        return "success"
    except ClientError as e:
        return e.response["Error"]
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Get file

from typing import BinaryIO
from botocore.exceptions import ClientError

def get_file(bucket: str, filename: str):
    try:
        response = clientS3.get_object(Bucket=bucket, Key=filename)
        return response
    except ClientError as e:
        return e.response["Error"]
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Delete file

from typing import BinaryIO
from botocore.exceptions import ClientError

def delete_file(bucket: str, filename: str):
    try:
        response = clientS3.delete_object(Bucket=bucket, Key=filename)
        return response
    except ClientError as e:
        return e.response["Error"]
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