Amazon Simple Storage Service, or simply Amazon S3, is a secured and highly scalable data storage service offered as part of Amazon Web Services. With its simple and intuitive interface, S3 makes the task of storing and retrieving data from anywhere on the web relatively easy. The best part of S3 is its remarkable ability to create replicas of your data automatically. So you don't have to worry about losing any important information.
Amazon S3 Integration Overview
Contentstack's Experience Extensions offer a variety of ways to integrate third-party applications, such as Amazon S3, directly into your headless CMS. You can set up the extension to fetch content (images, files, and so on) from your Amazon S3 account and insert it in entries of a content type.
Using a Contentstack Custom Field, you can embed and display information of your S3 bucket items from your Amazon S3 account directly in the CMS environment. You just need to add the extension in your entry and access your S3 files and documents, all without leaving your CMS.
Contentstack and Amazon S3 Integration Use Cases
Contentstack’s Experience Extensions for Amazon S3 open up many possibilities. Here are some real-world use cases:
Simplify the sharing and distribution of your content
SSO for document management
Step-By-Step: How to Integrate Amazon S3 with Your CMS
To use the Custom field with Amazon S3, perform the following steps:
Create an Amazon S3 Custom Field
Create and configure an Amazon S3 Experiment Custom Field. You can define exactly how the integration works, what Amazon S3 account to work with, and what information you want to link to Contentstack. Typically, we recommend that a developer help with this step. See the documentation for step-by-step instructions.Add the Amazon S3 Custom Field
Add a Custom Field to your content type and select Amazon S3 as the Extension.Use the Amazon S3 Custom Field in Your Entries
You will then be able to see the Amazon S3 Custom field on the specified content entry page and use it to access your Amazon S3 results.
To learn more about how to set up the Amazon S3 extension, refer to our in-depth guide or contact our support team at support@contentstack.com to review the sample code.