S3 compatibility

Supabase Storage offers compatibility with the S3 protocol, allowing you to use any S3 client to interact with your Storage objects.

Key features

1. Protocol interoperability: Support for standard, resumable, and S3 uploads, all interoperable.
2. Extensive API support: Implementation of most commonly used S3 endpoints for bucket and object operations.
3. Bucket management: Support for creating, deleting, and listing buckets.
4. Object handling: Capabilities for uploading, downloading, copying, and deleting objects.
5. Multipart uploads: Support for creating, completing, and aborting multipart uploads.
6. Metadata management: Ability to set and retrieve system metadata for objects.
7. Conditional operations: Support for conditional GET and HEAD requests.

Benefits:

• Ecosystem compatibility: Leverage existing S3-compatible tools and libraries with Supabase Storage.
• Familiar workflows: Use well-known S3 commands and SDKs for storage operations.
• Flexibility: Choose the most suitable client libraries or tools for your specific needs.
• Easy migration: Simplify the process of moving from S3 to Supabase or using both in parallel.

S3 compatibility is valuable for:

• DevOps teams using S3-based deployment and backup scripts
• Data analysis workflows leveraging S3-compatible data lakes
• Content management systems with existing S3 integrations
• Legacy applications built around S3 storage
• Any project looking to leverage the vast ecosystem of S3-compatible tools

Supabase's S3 compatibility allows seamless integration with existing workflows and tools, providing flexibility in data storage and management while benefiting from Supabase's managed solution.