Amazon S3 Connector Introduction
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Last Update 4 years ago
Anypoint Connector for Amazon S3 (Amazon S3 Connector) provides connectivity to the Amazon S3 API, enabling you to interface with Amazon S3 to store objects, download and use data with other AWS services, and build applications that require internet storage.
Instant access to the Amazon S3 API enables seamless integrations between Amazon S3 and other databases, CMS applications such as Drupal, and CRM applications such as Salesforce. Use Amazon S3 to store and retrieve any amount of data at any time, from anywhere on the web. You can accomplish these tasks by using the simple and intuitive web interface of the AWS Management Console.
AWS SDK for Java provides a Java API for AWS infrastructure services. The Amazon S3 connector is built using the SDK for Java.
About Connectors
Anypoint connectors are Mule runtime engine extensions that enable you to connect to APIs and resources on external systems, such as Salesforce, Amazon S3, ServiceNow, and Twitter.
Its required to have
- The Amazon S3 API
- Anypoint Connectors
- Mule runtime engine (Mule)
- Elements and global elements in a Mule flow
- Creating a Mule app using Anypoint Studio (Studio)
- Before creating an app, you must have:
- Credentials to access the Amazon S3 target resource
- Anypoint Platform
- Anypoint Studio version 7.x or later
- Amazon Web Services
- AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) credentials
Common Use Cases for the Connector
The following are common use cases for the Amazon S3 connector:
Store an image from a URL on Amazon S3, and then retrieve and display the image.
Create an image link in Amazon S3 and update the status in Twitter along with the image link.
Authentication Types
Amazon S3 connections use the following authentication types:
- Basic: Uses a session token provided by Amazon STS to connect to Amazon S3
- Role: Uses the Amazon role ARN that uniquely identifies the role to allow cross-account access