The /s3/import Robot

We are happy to import from whatever storage solution suits you best.

The /s3/import Robot imports whole directories of files from your S3 bucket.

Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
`credentials`	(required) String		Please create your associated Template Credentials in your Transloadit account and use the name of your Template Credentials as this parameter's value. They will contain the values for your S3 bucket, key, secret and bucket region. While we recommend to use Template Credentials at all times, some use cases demand dynamic credentials for which using Template Credentials with their static nature is too unwieldy. If you have this requirement, feel free to use the following parameters instead: `"bucket"`, `"bucket_region"` (for example: `"us-east-1"` or `"eu-west-2"`), `"key"`, `"secret"`.
`path`	(required) String / Array of Strings		The path in your bucket to the specific file or directory. If the path points to a file, only this file will be imported. For example: `js/my_javascript_file.js` If it points to a directory, then all files from this directory will be imported. For example: `js/` For Transloadit to recognize you want to import all files from a directory, make sure your path ends with a `/` slash. Directories are not imported recursively. If you want to import files from subfolders and sub-subfolders, please do this with another Robot Step. If you want to import all files from the root directory, please use `/` as the value here. In this case, make sure all your objects belong to a path. If you have objects in the root of your bucket that aren't prefixed with `/`, you'll receive an error: `A client error (NoSuchKey) occurred when calling the GetObject operation: The specified key does not exist.` You can also use an array of path strings here to import multiple paths in the same Robot Step.
`ignore_errors`	Boolean	`false`	There might be an error coming up when trying to extract meta data from your imported files. This happens for files that are zero bytes big for example. Setting this to `true` will cause the Robot to not stop the import (and the entire Assembly) when that happens.

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Live demos

Our /s3/import Robot can be used in combination with other Robots, to create powerful workflows unique to your use case.
Here are a few example scenarios, and the required Assembly Instructions to implement them.
You can also try demos of these examples right here, live on our website.

Import a specific file from S3

{
  "steps": {
    "imported": {
      "robot": "/s3/import",
      "result": true,
      "credentials": "demo_s3_credentials",
      "path": "my_folder/desert.jpg"
    },
    "resized": {
      "use": ["imported"],
      "robot": "/image/resize",
      "result": true,
      "height": 130,
      "imagemagick_stack": "v2.0.3",
      "width": 130,
      "zoom": false
    },
    "exported": {
      "use": ["imported", "resized"],
      "robot": "/s3/store",
      "credentials": "demo_s3_credentials"
    }
  }
}

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Import an entire folder of files from S3

{
  "steps": {
    "imported": {
      "robot": "/s3/import",
      "result": true,
      "credentials": "demo_s3_credentials",
      "path": "my_folder/"
    },
    "resized": {
      "use": ["imported"],
      "robot": "/image/resize",
      "result": true,
      "height": 130,
      "imagemagick_stack": "v2.0.3",
      "width": 130,
      "zoom": false
    },
    "exported": {
      "use": ["imported", "resized"],
      "robot": "/s3/store",
      "credentials": "demo_s3_credentials"
    }
  }
}

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Resize all images in an S3 bucket

{
  "steps": {
    "imported": {
      "robot": "/s3/import",
      "result": true,
      "credentials": "demo_s3_credentials",
      "path": "my_folder/"
    },
    "resized": {
      "use": ["imported"],
      "robot": "/image/resize",
      "result": true,
      "height": 130,
      "imagemagick_stack": "v2.0.3",
      "width": 130,
      "zoom": false
    },
    "exported": {
      "use": ["resized"],
      "robot": "/s3/store",
      "result": true,
      "credentials": "demo_s3_credentials",
      "path": "${file.original_path}-resized@130/${file.basename}.${file.ext}"
    }
  }
}

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Blog posts about our /s3/import Robot

Over the years we wrote the following posts about our /s3/import Robot on our blog:

Kicking Transloadit Into Gear for the New Year February 1, 2015

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