# [s3.js](https://git.rootprojects.org/root/s3.js) | a [Root](https://rootprojects.org) project
> Minimalist S3 client \
> (for AWS, Minio, Digital Ocean Spaces, etc)
A lightweight alternative to the S3 SDK that uses only @root/request and aws4.
- set()
- get()
- head()
- delete()
- sign()
### Download a file from S3
```js
s3.get({
accessKeyId, // 'AKIAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'
secretAccessKey, // 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
region, // 'us-east-2'
bucket, // 'bucket-name'
prefix, // 'my-prefix/' (optional)
key // 'data/stats.csv' (omits prefix, if any)
});
```
### Upload a new file to S3
```js
s3.set({
accessKeyId,
secretAccessKey,
region,
bucket,
prefix,
key,
body, // Buffer.from("hello, world")
// or fs.createReadStream("./file.txt")
size // (await fs.stat("./file.txt")).size (required for streams)
});
```
### Return signed URL without fetching.
```js
s3.sign({
method: 'get',
accessKeyId,
secretAccessKey,
region,
bucket,
prefix,
key
});
```
### A note on S3 terminology
| | |
| ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `bucket` | most similar to what most people think of as a "**folder**"
**MUST NOT** contain a slash `/` |
| `key`
("object key") | most similar to a "**file name**"
may contain "**/**"s as part of the name
**MUST NOT BEGIN** with a slash `/` |
| `prefix` | an informal term, refers to "**file path**"
what the AWS console uses for created virtual folder-like views and searches
**MUST END** with a slash `/` |
This library provides `prefix` (of `key`) for convenience.
`s3://bucket-name/long/prefix/data/stats.csv` can be represented equally well by any of the following:
(no prefix)
```json
{
"bucket": "bucket-name",
"prefix": "",
"key": "long/prefix/data/stats.csv"
}
```
(with long prefix)
```json
{
"bucket": "bucket-name",
"prefix": "long/prefix/data/",
"key": "stats.csv"
}
```
(with short prefix)
```json
{
"bucket": "bucket-name",
"prefix": "long/",
"key": "prefix/data/stats.csv"
}
```
### Troubleshooting
If the body is a stream then `size` must be set to `fs.statSync(filePath).size`, or the request will fail:
```
501
NotImplemented
A header you provided implies functionality that is not implemented
```