Using access points with compatible Amazon S3 operations

The following examples demonstrate how to use access points with compatible operations in Amazon S3.

Access point compatibility with Amazon services

Amazon S3 access point aliases allow applications that require an S3 bucket name to easily use an access point. You can use S3 access point aliases where you use S3 bucket names to access data in S3. For more information, see Access point alias use cases and limitations.

Access point compatibility with S3 operations

You can use access points to access a bucket using the following subset of Amazon S3 APIs. All the operations listed below can accept either access point ARNs or access point aliases:

S3 operations

Request an object through an access point

The following example requests the object my-image.jpg through the access point prod owned by account ID 123456789012 in Region us-west-2, and saves the downloaded file as download.jpg.

Upload an object through an access point alias

The following example uploads the object my-image.jpg through the access point alias my-access-point-hrzrlukc5m36ft7okagglf3gmwluquse1b-s3alias owned by account ID 123456789012 in Region us-west-2.

Delete an object through an access point

The following example deletes the object my-image.jpg through the access point prod owned by account ID 123456789012 in Region us-west-2.

List objects through an access point alias

The following example lists objects through the access point alias my-access-point-hrzrlukc5m36ft7okagglf3gmwluquse1b-s3alias owned by account ID 123456789012 in Region us-west-2.

Add a tag set to an object through an access point

The following example adds a tag set to the existing object my-image.jpg through the access point prod owned by account ID 123456789012 in Region us-west-2.

Grant access permissions through an access point using an ACL

The following example applies an ACL to an existing object my-image.jpg through the access point prod owned by account ID 123456789012 in Region us-west-2.