How to display image which is stored on s3 without storing on harddisk?

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In my rails app I have used attachment_fu to upload images and stored it on s3. I want to display these images on browser without retrieving it. How can I display images by giving s3 path?

Thanks, Jayashri

Do you mean as an administrative function? Or do you mean have users be able to view the file directly from s3? — Jesse Wolgamott, Jan 12 '11 at 16:27
Yes, I want users be able to view the file directly from s3. — Jayashri, Jan 13 '11 at 06:39

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 13 '11 at 16:58

You just need to link to the correct S3 path for you images.

For public files they are in the format:

eg http://s3.amazonaws.com/[bucket]/[key]

If your content is private you'll need to create a signed url but all the SDKs and libraries make this easy.

Then use the url to display the images:

<img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/mybucket/myfile.jpg"  ... ></img>

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 12 '11 at 16:23

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It may help you to install the S3 organizer in Firefox so you can browser your directories. Then I believe the URL's are structured kinda like this...

http://BUCKET.s3.amazonaws.com/FOO/BAR.png

answered Jan 12 '11 at 16:23

jcreamer898

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How to display image which is stored on s3 without storing on harddisk?

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