Boto3 DigitalOcean Spaces | An Introduction

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Boto3 DigitalOcean Spaces | An Introduction

Did you know that Boto3 is a Python library that offers an interface to interact with different cloud service providers?

DigitalOcean Spaces is an object storage service offered by DigitalOcean. Boto3 enables us to interact with DigitalOcean Spaces. In other words, we can manage and manipulate objects stored in Spaces programmatically.

Let’s take a quick look at how to use Boto3 with DigitalOcean Spaces:

1. 1. First, we have to install the Boto3 library in our Python environment with the following command:
      

      pip install boto3
   2. Next, we have to set our API credentials as environment variables or pass them directly into our code. This makes it possible for DigitalOcean to access via Boto3. These credentials consist of an access key and a secret key, which can be located in the DigitalOcean control panel.
   3. Then, it is time to create a client object that allows us to interact with DigitalOcean Spaces. This is done by creating a client with the boto3.client method and specifying the service name as ‘s3’. Furthermore, we have to include the corresponding region and access credentials as parameters.

      
   4. After we create the client, we can carry out different operations on our DigitalOcean Spaces as seen below:
      • Uploading an object to a Space
      • Downloading an object from a Space
      • Listing objects in a Space
      • Deleting an object from a Space

      These are just a few of the tasks we can accomplish with Boto3 and DigitalOcean Spaces.

Boto3 provides a large set of methods to manage objects, set access permissions, configure metadata, and perform other operations.

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Conclusion

To conclude, our Support Techs demonstrated how to use DO Spaces with Boto3 with ease.