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Upload an Object

Explore how to upload objects to AWS S3 buckets using the AWS CLI. Learn to use high-level copy commands and low-level put-object API commands for file uploads. Understand data organization in S3's flat storage structure by using key prefixes to imitate folders. This lesson equips you to manage files in S3 confidently with practical CLI examples.

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In this lesson, we’ll upload files to the bucket created in the last lesson. The data uploaded will be stored as an object. There are multiple ways to upload an object to the S3 bucket. Let’s learn how to do that using the AWS CLI.

Use the AWS CLI

In this section, let’s look at CLI commands to upload objects to an S3 bucket.

  • Using high-level S3 copy command:

    First, let’s look at using the high-level S3 copy command. We can use the following command to copy files from a local directory or a bucket to a ...