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Download an object through an access point

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Download an object through an access point - Amazon Simple Storage Service

This section explains how to download an object through an access point using the AWS Management Console, AWS Command Line Interface, or REST API.

To download an object through an access point in your AWS account

  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon S3 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/s3/.

  2. In the navigation bar on the top of the page, choose the name of the currently displayed AWS Region. Next, choose the Region that you want to list access points for.

  3. In the navigation pane on the left side of the console, choose Access Points.

  4. (Optional) Search for access points by name. Only access points in your selected AWS Region will appear here.

  5. Choose the name of the access point you want to manage or use.

  6. Under the Objects tab, select the name of object that you want to download.

  7. Choose Download.

To download an object through an access point in your AWS account

  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon S3 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/s3/.

  2. In the navigation bar on the top of the page, choose the name of the currently displayed AWS Region. Next, choose the Region that you want to list access points for.

  3. In the navigation pane on the left side of the console, choose Access Points.

  4. (Optional) Search for access points by name. Only access points in your selected AWS Region will appear here.

  5. Choose the name of the access point you want to manage or use.

  6. Under the Objects tab, select the name of object that you want to download.

  7. Choose Download.

The following get-object example command shows how you can use the AWS CLI to download an object through an access point.

The following command downloads the object puppy.jpg for AWS account 111122223333 using access point my-access-point. You must include an outfile, which is a file name for the downloaded object, such as my_downloaded_image.jpg.

aws s3api get-object --bucket arn:aws:s3:AWS Region:111122223333:accesspoint/my-access-point --key puppy.jpg my_downloaded_image.jpg
Note

S3 automatically generate access point aliases for all access points and these aliases can be used anywhere a bucket name is used to perform object-level operations. For more information, see Access point aliases.

For more information and examples, see get-object in the AWS CLI Command Reference.

The following get-object example command shows how you can use the AWS CLI to download an object through an access point.

The following command downloads the object puppy.jpg for AWS account 111122223333 using access point my-access-point. You must include an outfile, which is a file name for the downloaded object, such as my_downloaded_image.jpg.

aws s3api get-object --bucket arn:aws:s3:AWS Region:111122223333:accesspoint/my-access-point --key puppy.jpg my_downloaded_image.jpg
Note

S3 automatically generate access point aliases for all access points and these aliases can be used anywhere a bucket name is used to perform object-level operations. For more information, see Access point aliases.

For more information and examples, see get-object in the AWS CLI Command Reference.

You can use the REST API to download an object through an access point. For more information, see GetObject in the Amazon Simple Storage Service API Reference.

You can use the REST API to download an object through an access point. For more information, see GetObject in the Amazon Simple Storage Service API Reference.

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