s3-fs

Easy access to the AWS S3 files

interface fs

file is a URL chema such as s3://my.buket/my/path/file.ext

fs.createReadStream(file)

Create and returns a stream for reading

const fs = require('s3-fs');

const file = 's3://buket/file.txt'

fs.createReadStream(file).pipe(process.stdout);

fs.createWriteStream(file)

Create and returns a stream for writing. There is a callback called when the file has been written

var fs = require('s3-fs');

const file = 's3://buket/file.txt'

const writeStream = fs.createWriteStream(file, function (err, result) {
  if (err) return console.error('error', err);
  console.log('file saved', result);
});

writeStream.write('test');
writeStream.end();

fs.unlink(file)

remove a s3 file. There is a callback called when the file has been removed

var fs = require('s3-fs');

const file = 's3://buket/file.txt'

fs.unlink(file, function (err, result) {
  if (err) return console.error('error', err);
  console.log('file removed', result);
});

fs.readdir(dir, [options,] callback)

Return the name of files and folders ({String}) in the passed path (path must finish with '/'). If the returned name finish with '/' means it is a "folder"

Options

• If passed { flat: true } as options it returns all the tree under the directory, not only the first level

Callback

1. error or null if no error
2. array of documents or empty array if o documents found
3. next functon to be called (next()) if there are more results, or `null if no more results

var fs = require('s3-fs');

const dir = 's3://buket/mydir/'

fs.unlink(dir, function (err, files, next) {
  if (err) return console.error('error', err);
  files.forEach(function(doc) {
    console.log(doc);
  });

   // more results. 
  if (next) next();
});

fs.readFile(file[, encoding], callback)

Return the content of the file ({Buffer}) if not encoding is specified. If encoding is specified, it is applied to the resulting buffer

var fs = require('s3-fs');

const file = 's3://buket/file.txt'

fs.readFile(file, function (err, buffer) {
  if (err) return console.error('error', err);

  console.log('file content: ', buffer.toString());
});

fs.readFile(file, 'base64', function (err, buffer) {
  if (err) return console.error('error', err);

  console.log('file content: ', buffer.toString());
});

fs.writeFile(file, data[, encoding], callback)

Write the data into the file. If encoding is specified, it is applied

var fs = require('s3-fs');

const file = 's3://buket/file.txt'

fs.writeFile(file, 'hello', function (err, result) {
  if (err) return console.error('error', err);

  console.log('result: ', result);
});

fs.writeFile(file, 'hello', base64', function (err, result) {
  if (err) return console.error('error', err);

  console.log('result: ', result);
});