Amazon S3
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- Trial terms
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Length Free storage size Grant amount 12 months 5 GB — Length Free storage size Grant amount 12 months 5 GB —
Steps to follow
To get links to files:
- Sign up to Amazon Web Services.
- Go to the Console.
- Log in to Amazon S3.
Create a bucket
- In the Buckets section, click Create Bucket.
Enter the bucket name. The name must be unique and must not contain spaces or upper-case letters.
Learn more about the Bucket naming rules.
Select the region closest to your performers. For example, for performers from Germany:
.To make files in the bucket available by link, disable the option Block all public access in the Block Public Access settings for this bucket section.
Note. Files will be accessible to anyone with a link. We recommend using hashed file names to keep your files secure. You can generate hashes using online tools (for example, Online MD5 Hash Generator). Learn more about hashing.Confirm changes.
If you want to enable version control, select
.To make your files easier to navigate, add tags.
Click Create bucket.
Upload files to the bucket
- In the Buckets section, select a bucket.
On theObjects tab, click Upload.
- Upload files
Select the files on your computer and click Add files.
Upload a folder with filesSelect the folder with the files on your computer and click Add folder.
Create a folder and upload filesTo create a folder in the bucket, click Create folder and upload files.
Note. All symbols except for Latin letters will be replaced with codes, and spaces will be replaced with plus signs. Click Upload.
- After the files are uploaded, click Close.
Copy links.
Select the uploaded file and click Copy URL on the Object tab.
All file links are created by the same template.
The link looks like this:
https://<bucket-name>.s3.<region-code>.amazonaws.com/<filename>
Copied to clipboardThe link in the folder looks like this:
https://<bucket-name>.s3.<region-code>.amazonaws.com/<path-to-file>/<filename>
Copied to clipboardNote.To quickly get links to other files, copy the link to one of them and substitute instead
<filename>
names of other uploaded files.In theTSV file with tasks, paste the links in the column that matches the input data field to which this data is passed.
For example, if you want to use images in the
image
field, specify the file links in theINPUT:image
column:INPUT:image https://mybucket.s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com/newfolder/image1.png https://mybucket.s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com/newfolder/image2.png
Copied to clipboard