# S3DirectTarget
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Specifies a data target that writes to Amazon S3.

## Contents
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 ** Format **   <a name="Glue-Type-S3DirectTarget-Format"></a>
Specifies the data output format for the target.  
Type: String  
Valid Values: `json | csv | avro | orc | parquet | hudi | delta | iceberg | hyper | xml`   
Required: Yes

 ** Inputs **   <a name="Glue-Type-S3DirectTarget-Inputs"></a>
The nodes that are inputs to the data target.  
Type: Array of strings  
Array Members: Fixed number of 1 item.  
Pattern: `[A-Za-z0-9_-]*`   
Required: Yes

 ** Name **   <a name="Glue-Type-S3DirectTarget-Name"></a>
The name of the data target.  
Type: String  
Pattern: `([^\r\n])*`   
Required: Yes

 ** Path **   <a name="Glue-Type-S3DirectTarget-Path"></a>
A single Amazon S3 path to write to.  
Type: String  
Pattern: `([\u0009\u000B\u000C\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF])*`   
Required: Yes

 ** AutoDataQuality **   <a name="Glue-Type-S3DirectTarget-AutoDataQuality"></a>
Specifies whether to automatically enable data quality evaluation for the S3 direct target. When set to `true`, data quality checks are performed automatically during the write operation.  
Type: [AutoDataQuality](API_AutoDataQuality.md) object  
Required: No

 ** Compression **   <a name="Glue-Type-S3DirectTarget-Compression"></a>
Specifies how the data is compressed. This is generally not necessary if the data has a standard file extension. Possible values are `"gzip"` and `"bzip"`).  
Type: String  
Pattern: `([\u0009\u000B\u000C\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF])*`   
Required: No

 ** NumberTargetPartitions **   <a name="Glue-Type-S3DirectTarget-NumberTargetPartitions"></a>
Specifies the number of target partitions when writing data directly to Amazon S3.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** OutputSchemas **   <a name="Glue-Type-S3DirectTarget-OutputSchemas"></a>
Specifies the data schema for the S3 direct target.  
Type: Array of [GlueSchema](API_GlueSchema.md) objects  
Required: No

 ** PartitionKeys **   <a name="Glue-Type-S3DirectTarget-PartitionKeys"></a>
Specifies native partitioning using a sequence of keys.  
Type: Array of arrays of strings  
Pattern: `([\u0009\u000B\u000C\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF])*`   
Required: No

 ** SchemaChangePolicy **   <a name="Glue-Type-S3DirectTarget-SchemaChangePolicy"></a>
A policy that specifies update behavior for the crawler.  
Type: [DirectSchemaChangePolicy](API_DirectSchemaChangePolicy.md) object  
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/glue-2017-03-31/S3DirectTarget) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/glue-2017-03-31/S3DirectTarget) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/glue-2017-03-31/S3DirectTarget)