# Making requests using the REST API
This section contains information on how to make requests to Amazon S3 endpoints by using the REST API. For a list of Amazon S3 endpoints, see [Regions and Endpoints](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/general/latest/gr/s3.html) in the *Amazon Web Services General Reference*.
## Constructing S3 hostnames for REST API requests
Amazon S3 endpoints follow the structure shown below:
```
s3.Region.amazonaws.com.cn
```
Amazon S3 access points endpoints and dual-stack endpoints also follow the standard structure:
+ **Amazon S3 access points** ‐`s3-accesspoint.Region.amazonaws.com.cn`
+ **Dual-stack** ‐ `s3.dualstack.Region.amazonaws.com.cn`
For a complete list of Amazon S3 Regions and endpoints, see [Amazon S3 endpoints and quotas](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/general/latest/gr/s3.html) in the *Amazon Web Services General Reference*.
## Virtual hosted‐style and path‐style requests
When making requests by using the REST API, you can use virtual hosted–style or path-style URIs for the Amazon S3 endpoints. For more information, see [Path-style requests ](https://docs.amazonaws.cn//AmazonS3/latest/userguide/VirtualHosting.html#path-style-access).
**Example Virtual hosted–Style request**
Following is an example of a virtual hosted–style request to delete the `puppy.jpg` file from the bucket named `examplebucket` in the US West (Oregon) Region. For more information about virtual hosted-style requests, see [Path-style requests ](https://docs.amazonaws.cn//AmazonS3/latest/userguide/VirtualHosting.html#virtual-hosted-style-access).
```
1. DELETE /puppy.jpg HTTP/1.1
2. Host: examplebucket.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com.cn
3. Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 12:00:00 GMT
4. x-amz-date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 12:00:00 GMT
5. Authorization: authorization string
```
**Example Path-style request**
Following is an example of a path-style version of the same request.
```
1. DELETE /examplebucket/puppy.jpg HTTP/1.1
2. Host: s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com.cn
3. Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 12:00:00 GMT
4. x-amz-date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 12:00:00 GMT
5. Authorization: authorization string
```
You will receive an HTTP response code 307 Temporary Redirect error and a message indicating what the correct URI is for your resource if you try to access a bucket outside the US East (N. Virginia) region with path-style syntax that uses either of the following:
For more information about path-style requests, see [Path-style requests ](https://docs.amazonaws.cn//AmazonS3/latest/userguide/VirtualHosting.html#path-style-access).
Update (September 23, 2020) – To make sure that customers have the time that they need to transition to virtual-hosted–style URLs, we have decided to delay the deprecation of path-style URLs. For more information, see [Amazon S3 Path Deprecation Plan – The Rest of the Story](http://www.amazonaws.cn/blogs/aws/amazon-s3-path-deprecation-plan-the-rest-of-the-story/) in the *Amazon News Blog*.
## Making requests to dual-stack endpoints by using the REST API
When using the REST API, you can directly access a dual-stack endpoint by using a virtual hosted–style or a path style endpoint name (URI). All Amazon S3 dual-stack endpoint names include the region in the name. Unlike the standard IPv4-only endpoints, both virtual hosted–style and a path-style endpoints use region-specific endpoint names.
**Example Virtual hosted–Style dual-stack endpoint request**
You can use a virtual hosted–style endpoint in your REST request as shown in the following example that retrieves the `puppy.jpg` object from the bucket named `examplebucket` in the US West (Oregon) Region.
```
1. GET /puppy.jpg HTTP/1.1
2. Host: examplebucket.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com.cn
3. Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 12:00:00 GMT
4. x-amz-date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 12:00:00 GMT
5. Authorization: authorization string
```
**Example Path-style dual-stack endpoint request**
Or you can use a path-style endpoint in your request as shown in the following example.
```
1. GET /examplebucket/puppy.jpg HTTP/1.1
2. Host: s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com.cn
3. Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 12:00:00 GMT
4. x-amz-date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 12:00:00 GMT
5. Authorization: authorization string
```
For more information about dual-stack endpoints, see [Using Amazon S3 dual-stack endpoints](dual-stack-endpoints.md).
For more information about making requests using the REST API, see the topics below.
**Topics**
+ [Constructing S3 hostnames for REST API requests](#constructing-hostname-rest-api-requests)
+ [Virtual hosted‐style and path‐style requests](#virtual-hosted-path-style-requests)
+ [Making requests to dual-stack endpoints by using the REST API](#rest-api-dual-stack)
+ [Request redirection and the REST API](RESTRedirect.md)
+ [Request routing](UsingRouting.md)