This example shows how to download a file from an S3 bucket, using S3.Bucket.download_file().
See Also
Uploading Files to an S3 Bucket using AWS CLIImplementation in PHP for uploading a file to AWS S3Uploading data from CSV to s3 BucketGuide: Upload Files to S3 via API GatewayPrerequisites¶
To set up and run this example, you must first:
See Also
Uploading a folder to S3- Configure your AWS credentials, as described in Quickstart.
- Create an S3 bucket and upload a file to the bucket.
- Replace the BUCKET_NAME and KEY values in the code snippet with the name of your bucket and the key for the uploaded file.
Downloading a File¶
The example below tries to download an S3 object to a file. If the service returns a 404 error, it prints an error message indicating that the object doesn't exist.
import boto3import botocoreBUCKET_NAME = 'my-bucket' # replace with your bucket nameKEY = 'my_image_in_s3.jpg' # replace with your object keys3 = boto3.resource('s3')try: s3.Bucket(BUCKET_NAME).download_file(KEY, 'my_local_image.jpg')except botocore.exceptions.ClientError as e: if e.response['Error']['Code'] == "404": print("The object does not exist.") else: raise
