Chapter 3. S3 using AWS SDK – Java (Part 1)

The Amazon S3 SDK for Java provides an extensive API handling system for consuming Amazon S3. The API can be used to store and fetch data over the Internet. A frontend user sees what your application displays, and you can add, fetch, or delete images, audio, video, or any file to and from Amazon S3 using the API at the backend.

The Amazon S3 SDK gives control to the developers for creating high-end applications. Developers need not worry about the files that are stored on Amazon S3 as they are all managed by Amazon.

Let's see how to manage Amazon S3 using the Amazon SDK—Java.

Prerequisites

The following sections will explain the prerequisites for managing Amazon S3 using the AWS SDK for Java.

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