# AWS S3

> AWS S3 API Skill

- Skill: `ashish7802/aws-s3` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 6 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add ashish7802/aws-s3`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/ashish7802/aws-s3/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: DevOps & Infra
- Author: ashish7802 (https://skillmd.com/u/ashish7802)
- Updated: 2026-09-21
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/ashish7802/aws-s3

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# AWS S3 API Skill

## Overview
Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) provides highly scalable object storage. This skill details the AWS SDK v3 for Node.js.

## Installation
```bash
npm install @aws-sdk/client-s3 @aws-sdk/s3-request-presigner
pip install boto3
```

## Authentication
Authenticate via IAM Roles (in EC2/Lambda) or Access Keys (`AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID`, `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY`). Avoid hardcoded credentials.

## Core Concepts
- **Bucket**: The root container for objects.
- **Object**: A file and its metadata.
- **Presigned URL**: A temporary URL granting access to upload/download a specific object.

## Common Workflows
1. Instantiate `S3Client`.
2. Construct a `PutObjectCommand`.
3. Send the command to upload a stream or buffer.

## Error Handling
Catch `S3ServiceException`. Common errors include `NoSuchBucket` and `AccessDenied`. Ensure bucket policies and IAM permissions align.

## Security
Block Public Access at the account level. Always use Presigned URLs for client-side uploads rather than routing large files through your API server.

## Rate Limits
S3 automatically scales, but standard performance supports 3,500 PUT/COPY/POST/DELETE and 5,500 GET/HEAD requests per second per prefix.

## Best Practices
Use Multipart Upload for files larger than 100MB. Use random prefixes (like UUIDs) in object keys to avoid thermal hotspots in S3 partitions.

## Troubleshooting
If a presigned URL fails with SignatureDoesNotMatch, ensure the HTTP method and headers exactly match what was requested during generation.

## References
- [API Reference](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSJavaScriptSDK/v3/latest/clients/client-s3/)

## Why use this skill
Use this when your agent works with **aws-s3** — structured patterns beat pasted docs and prevent common hallucinations.

## AI pitfalls
- Using outdated SDK or API versions from training data
- Inventing environment variable names
- Omitting error handling and retry logic

## Production checklist
- [ ] Secrets in environment variables, not source code
- [ ] Error handling and logging in place
- [ ] Rate limits and timeouts configured

## Related skills
- [`terraform`](../terraform/SKILL.md) — provisioned by
- [`pulumi`](../pulumi/SKILL.md) — provisioned by

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> **Last Verified:** 2026-07-02