simples3 : Simple no frills AWS S3 Library using REST with V4 Signing

Overview

SimpleS3 is a Go library for manipulating objects in S3 buckets using REST API calls or Presigned URLs signed using AWS Signature Version 4.

Features:

• Simple, intuitive API following Go idioms
• Complete S3 operations - Upload, Download, Delete, List, Details
• AWS Signature Version 4 signing
• Custom endpoint support (MinIO, DigitalOcean Spaces, etc.)
• Simple List API with pagination, prefix filtering, and delimiter grouping
• Iterator-based ListAll for memory-efficient large bucket iteration (Go 1.23+)
• Presigned URL generation for secure browser uploads/downloads
• IAM credential support for EC2 instances
• Comprehensive test coverage
• Zero dependencies - uses only Go standard library

Install

go get github.com/rhnvrm/simples3

Quick Start

package main

import (
    "log"
    "os"
    "github.com/rhnvrm/simples3"
)

func main() {
    // Initialize S3 client
    s3 := simples3.New("us-east-1", "your-access-key", "your-secret-key")

    // Upload a file
    file, err := os.Open("my-file.txt")
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }
    defer file.Close()

    resp, err := s3.FileUpload(simples3.UploadInput{
        Bucket:      "my-bucket",
        ObjectKey:   "my-file.txt",
        ContentType: "text/plain",
        FileName:    "my-file.txt",
        Body:        file,
    })
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }

    log.Printf("File uploaded successfully: %+v", resp)
}

API Reference

File Operations

Upload Files

// POST upload (recommended for browsers)
resp, err := s3.FileUpload(simples3.UploadInput{
    Bucket:      "my-bucket",
    ObjectKey:   "path/to/file.txt",
    ContentType: "text/plain",
    FileName:    "file.txt",
    Body:        file,
})

// PUT upload (simpler for programmatic use)
resp, err := s3.FilePut(simples3.UploadInput{
    Bucket:      "my-bucket",
    ObjectKey:   "path/to/file.txt",
    ContentType: "text/plain",
    Body:        file,
})

Download Files

// Download file
file, err := s3.FileDownload(simples3.DownloadInput{
    Bucket:    "my-bucket",
    ObjectKey: "path/to/file.txt",
})
if err != nil {
    log.Fatal(err)
}
defer file.Close()

// Read the content
data, err := io.ReadAll(file)
if err != nil {
    log.Fatal(err)
}

Delete Files

err := s3.FileDelete(simples3.DeleteInput{
    Bucket:    "my-bucket",
    ObjectKey: "path/to/file.txt",
})

Get File Details

details, err := s3.FileDetails(simples3.DetailsInput{
    Bucket:    "my-bucket",
    ObjectKey: "path/to/file.txt",
})
if err != nil {
    log.Fatal(err)
}

log.Printf("File size: %s bytes", details.ContentLength)
log.Printf("Last modified: %s", details.LastModified)
log.Printf("Content type: %s", details.ContentType)

List Objects

SimpleS3 provides a clean, easy-to-use List API that follows the same pattern as other library methods:

Simple Listing

// List all objects in a bucket
result, err := s3.List(simples3.ListInput{
    Bucket: "my-bucket",
})
if err != nil {
    log.Fatal(err)
}

fmt.Printf("Found %d objects:\n", len(result.Objects))
for _, obj := range result.Objects {
    fmt.Printf("- %s (%d bytes)\n", obj.Key, obj.Size)
}

Advanced Listing with Options

// List with prefix filtering and pagination
result, err := s3.List(simples3.ListInput{
    Bucket:    "my-bucket",
    Prefix:    "documents/",
    Delimiter: "/",
    MaxKeys:   100,
})
if err != nil {
    log.Fatal(err)
}

// Process objects
for _, obj := range result.Objects {
    fmt.Printf("%s (%d bytes)\n", obj.Key, obj.Size)
}

// Process "directories" (common prefixes)
for _, prefix := range result.CommonPrefixes {
    fmt.Printf("%s/\n", prefix)
}

Iterator-based Listing (Go 1.23+)

// Use the new ListAll method for memory-efficient iteration
s3 := simples3.New("us-east-1", "your-access-key", "your-secret-key")

// Iterate over all objects with automatic pagination and error handling
seq, finish := s3.ListAll(simples3.ListInput{
    Bucket: "my-bucket",
    Prefix: "documents/", // Optional filtering
})

for obj := range seq {
    fmt.Printf("%s (%d bytes)\n", obj.Key, obj.Size)
}

// Check for any errors that occurred during iteration
if err := finish(); err != nil {
    log.Fatalf("Error during iteration: %v", err)
}

Handle Pagination (Legacy)

// Handle large result sets with pagination
func listAllObjects(s3 *simples3.S3, bucket string) ([]simples3.Object, error) {
    var allObjects []simples3.Object
    var continuationToken string

    for {
        // List objects with continuation token
        result, err := s3.List(simples3.ListInput{
            Bucket:            bucket,
            ContinuationToken: continuationToken,
            MaxKeys:          1000, // Maximum page size
        })
        if err != nil {
            return nil, err
        }

        // Add current page objects to our collection
        allObjects = append(allObjects, result.Objects...)

        // Check if there are more pages
        if !result.IsTruncated {
            break
        }

        // Set token for next page
        continuationToken = result.NextContinuationToken
    }

    return allObjects, nil
}

// Usage example
func main() {
    s3 := simples3.New("us-east-1", "your-access-key", "your-secret-key")

    allObjects, err := listAllObjects(s3, "my-bucket")
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }

    fmt.Printf("Total objects: %d\n", len(allObjects))
    for _, obj := range allObjects {
        fmt.Printf("- %s (%d bytes)\n", obj.Key, obj.Size)
    }
}

Presigned URLs

Generate secure URLs for browser-based uploads/downloads:

// Generate presigned URL for download
url := s3.GeneratePresignedURL(simples3.PresignedInput{
    Bucket:        "my-bucket",
    ObjectKey:     "private-file.pdf",
    Method:        "GET",
    ExpirySeconds: 3600, // 1 hour
})

// Users can now download directly: <a href="{{url}}">Download</a>

Custom Endpoints

Use with MinIO, DigitalOcean Spaces, or other S3-compatible services:

// MinIO
s3 := simples3.New("us-east-1", "minioadmin", "minioadmin")
s3.SetEndpoint("http://localhost:9000")

// DigitalOcean Spaces
s3 := simples3.New("nyc3", "your-access-key", "your-secret-key")
s3.SetEndpoint("https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com")

IAM Credentials

On EC2 instances, use IAM roles automatically:

s3, err := simples3.NewUsingIAM("us-east-1")
if err != nil {
    log.Fatal(err)
}
// Automatically uses instance IAM role

Development

Setup Development Environment

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/rhnvrm/simples3.git
cd simples3

# Using Nix (recommended)
nix develop

# Or using direnv
direnv allow

# Start local MinIO for testing
just setup

# Run tests
just test-local

Testing

The library includes comprehensive tests that run against a local MinIO instance:

# Run all tests (without MinIO)
just test

# Run tests with local MinIO
just test-local

# Run specific test
go test -v -run TestList

Available Commands

just              # List all commands
just test         # Run tests without MinIO
just test-local   # Run tests with MinIO (includes setup)
just setup        # Setup development environment
just minio-up      # Start MinIO container
just minio-down    # Stop MinIO container
just clean         # Clean up everything
just status        # Check development environment status

Environment Variables

For development and testing:

export AWS_S3_REGION="us-east-1"
export AWS_S3_ACCESS_KEY="minioadmin"
export AWS_S3_SECRET_KEY="minioadmin"
export AWS_S3_ENDPOINT="http://localhost:9000"
export AWS_S3_BUCKET="testbucket"

Contributing

Contributions welcome! Check ROADMAP.md for planned features. Please add tests and ensure just test-local passes before submitting PRs.

Author

Rohan Verma hello@rohanverma.net

License

BSD-2-Clause-FreeBSD