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CURL.SetupAWS

Setup CURL to transfer to Amazon Webservices.

Component Version macOS Windows Linux Server iOS SDK
CURL 7.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes
MBS( "CURL.SetupAWS"; curl; AWSAccessKeyId; AWSSecretAccessKey; Region; Service; Path; Domain; Verb { ; HashedPayload; Headers; QueryParameters } )   More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example Flags
curl The CURL session handle. $curl
AWSAccessKeyId Your access key for AWS.
AWSSecretAccessKey Your secret.
Region The region to use. "eu-central-1"
Service The service to use. "s3"
Path The path for the URL.
Should always start with "/".
"/bucketname/test.jpg"
Domain Optional the domain to use.
By default we just build it from region and service.
"s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com" or "s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com"
Verb The HTTP Operation to do.
Can be POST, PUT, GET, PATCH, HEAD or DELETE.
"PUT"
HashedPayload The hashed payload.
If empty, we calculate it automatically from input data or postfields.
This is a lowercase hex SHA256.
Optional
Headers Extra HTTP headers to include.
Here you can specify various headers to include in signature and request.
"x-amz-acl: public-read" Optional
QueryParameters Available in MBS FileMaker Plugin 8.4 or newer.
List of query parameters to include.
Keys and values must be URL encoded using Text.EncodeURLComponent.
Keys may need to be lowercase.
"id=123¶test=abc" Optional

Result

Returns OK or error.

Description

Setup CURL to transfer to Amazon Webservices.
This implements AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 signature for credentials, sets authentication, URL, HTTP Headers and other parameters.
For upload or post, please set input parameters first.

When using CURL.OpenInputFile to stream data, you need to calculate the payload hash yourself (with Hash.Digest) and pass it here as parameter.

Works also for other compatible S3 services beside Amazon's like the one from Wasabi or Dell ECS.

Please be aware that this function depends on a correct time and date set on the computer. If the time is not set correct, the authentication will fail.

Examples

Download via S3:

Set Variable [$AWSAccessKeyId; Value:"xxx"]
Set Variable [$AWSSecretAccessKey; Value:"yyy"]
Set Variable [$Region; Value:"eu-central-1"]
Set Variable [$Bucketname; Value:"zzz"]
Set Variable [$Filename; Value:"test.jpg"]
Set Variable [$Verb; Value:"GET"]
Set Variable [$Service; Value:"s3"]
#Keep those empty for default
Set Variable [$Domain; Value:""]
Set Variable [$HashedPayload; Value:""]
#Build a path
Set Variable [$Path; Value:"/" & $BucketName & "/" & $Filename]
#
Set Variable [$curl; Value:MBS("CURL.New")]
Set Variable [$result; Value:MBS("CURL.SetupAWS"; $curl; $AWSAccessKeyId; $AWSSecretAccessKey; $Region; $Service; $Path; $Domain; $Verb)]
Set Variable [$result; Value:MBS("CURL.SetDebugWithData"; $curl; 1)]
Set Field [CURL Test::Result; MBS("CURL.Perform"; $curl)]
Set Field [CURL Test::Image; MBS("CURL.GetResultAsJPEG"; $curl)]
Set Field [CURL Test::debug; MBS("CURL.GetDebugMessages"; $curl)]
Set Variable [$result; Value:MBS("CURL.Release"; $curl)]

Upload to S3:

Set Variable [$AWSAccessKeyId; Value:"xxx"]
Set Variable [$AWSSecretAccessKey; Value:"xxx"]
Set Variable [$Region; Value:"us-east-1"]
Set Variable [$Bucketname; Value:"xxx"]
Set Variable [$Filename; Value:"test.jpg"]
Set Variable [$Service; Value:"s3"]
# do upload
Set Variable [$Verb; Value:"PUT"]
# make file available to public
Set Variable [ $Headers ; Value: "Content-Type: image/jpeg¶x-amz-acl: public-read" ]
#Keep those empty for default
Set Variable [$Domain; Value:""]
Set Variable [$HashedPayload; Value:""]
#Build a path
Set Variable [$Path; Value:"/" & $BucketName & "/" & $Filename]
#
Set Variable [$curl; Value:MBS("CURL.New")]
# pass in container
Set Variable [$result; Value:MBS("CURL.SetInputFile"; $curl; CURL Test::Image)]
#
Set Variable [$result; Value:MBS("CURL.SetupAWS"; $curl; $AWSAccessKeyId; $AWSSecretAccessKey; $Region; $Service; $Path; $Domain; $Verb; ""; $Headers)]
Set Field [CURL Test::Result; MBS("CURL.Perform"; $curl)]
Set Field [CURL Test::debug; MBS("CURL.GetDebugMessages"; $curl)]
Set Field [CURL Test::resultText; MBS("CURL.GetResultAsText"; $curl)]
Set Variable [$result; Value:MBS("CURL.Release"; $curl)]

Upload PDF from container:

Set Variable [ $curl ; Value: MBS("CURL.New") ]
Set Variable [ $result ; Value: MBS("CURL.SetInputPDF"; $curl; Documents::PDFContainer) ]
Set Variable [ $result ; Value: MBS("CURL.SetupAWS"; $curl; $AWSAccessKeyId; $AWSSecretAccessKey; $Region; $Service; $Path; $Domain; $Verb; ""; $headers) ]
Set Field [ CURL Test::Result ; MBS("CURL.Perform"; $curl) ]
Set Field [ CURL Test::debug ; MBS("CURL.GetDebugMessages"; $curl) ]
Set Variable [ $result ; Value: MBS("CURL.Release"; $curl) ]

Upload file from disk and calculate hash ourselves:

# Build a path to file (local) and in AWS
Set Variable [ $Filename ; Value: "test.pdf" ]
Set Variable [ $Path ; Value: "/" & $BucketName & "/PDF/" & $Filename ]
Set Variable [ $localPath ; Value: "/Users/cs/Desktop/license.pdf" ]
# calculate hash for file to upload
Set Variable [ $HashedPayload ; Value: Lower(MBS( "Hash.Digest"; "sha256"; "path"; $localPath; ""; "hex" )) ]
# upload
Set Variable [ $curl ; Value: MBS("CURL.New") ]
# file content is streamed
Set Variable [ $result ; Value: MBS("CURL.OpenInputFile"; $curl; $localPath) ]
# setup AWS
Set Variable [ $result ; Value: MBS("CURL.SetupAWS"; $curl; $AWSAccessKeyId; $AWSSecretAccessKey; $Region; $Service; $Path; $Domain; $Verb; $HashedPayload; $headers) ]
Set Field [ CURL Test::Result ; MBS("CURL.Perform"; $curl) ]
Set Field [ CURL Test::debug ; MBS("CURL.GetDebugMessages"; $curl) ]
Set Variable [ $result ; Value: MBS("CURL.Release"; $curl) ]

Upload to S3 with transfer acceleration:

// transfer acceleration must be enabled for the bucket.
// while region is not needed for the URL, it is still going into security checksums.

Set Variable [$AWSAccessKeyId; Value:"xxx"]
Set Variable [$AWSSecretAccessKey; Value:"xxx"]
Set Variable [$Region; Value:"us-east-1"]
Set Variable [$Bucketname; Value:"xxx"]
Set Variable [$Filename; Value:"test.jpg"]
Set Variable [$Service; Value:"s3"]
# do upload
Set Variable [$Verb; Value:"PUT"]
# make file available to public
Set Variable [ $Headers ; Value: "Content-Type: image/jpeg¶x-amz-acl: public-read" ]
#Keep those empty for default
Set Variable [$Domain; Value: $BucketName & ".s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com"]
Set Variable [$HashedPayload; Value:""]
#Build a path
Set Variable [$Path; Value:"/" & $Filename]
#
Set Variable [$curl; Value:MBS("CURL.New")]
# pass in container
Set Variable [$result; Value:MBS("CURL.SetInputFile"; $curl; CURL Test::Image)]
#
Set Variable [$result; Value:MBS("CURL.SetupAWS"; $curl; $AWSAccessKeyId; $AWSSecretAccessKey; $Region; $Service; $Path; $Domain; $Verb; ""; $Headers)]
Set Field [CURL Test::Result; MBS("CURL.Perform"; $curl)]
Set Field [CURL Test::debug; MBS("CURL.GetDebugMessages"; $curl)]
Set Field [CURL Test::resultText; MBS("CURL.GetResultAsText"; $curl)]
Set Variable [$result; Value:MBS("CURL.Release"; $curl)]

See also

Release notes

  • Version 14.0
  • Version 13.0
  • Version 11.4
  • Version 8.4
  • Version 8.2
    • Changed CURL.SetupAWS to no longer complain for empty path string as this is needed for AWS Translate.
  • Version 8.1
    • Improved CURL.SetupAWS method to work better with Amazon S3 and also with Dell ECS.
  • Version 8.0

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Created 22nd March 2017, last changed 3th March 2023


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