boto3 Create non-expiring URLS

Question

In boto3, there is a function that generate to generate pre-signed-urls, but they time out. See: http://boto3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference/services/s3.html#S3.Client.generate_presigned_url

Is there a way to create non-pre-signed URLS that do not expire?

Answer 1

There is no way to create non-pre-signed URLs or pre-signed URLs without expiration. The basic use of presigned URLs is

A pre-signed URL gives you access to the object identified in the URL, provided that the creator of the pre-signed URL has permissions to access that object. That is, if you receive a pre-signed URL to upload an object, you can upload the object only if the creator of the pre-signed URL has the necessary permissions to upload that object.

All objects and buckets by default are private. The pre-signed URLs are useful if you want your user/customer to be able upload a specific object to your bucket, but you don't require them to have AWS security credentials or permissions. When you create a pre-signed URL, you must provide your security credentials, specify a bucket name, an object key, an HTTP method (PUT for uploading objects), and an expiration date and time. The pre-signed URLs are valid only for the specified duration.

The maximum expiration you can set to seven days i.e. 604800 seconds .

Please check here for more info.

Please check X-Amz-Expires in table present in above link.