Interact with objects in S3 bucket

  1. After upload the application bundle to fcj-hall-of-fame bucket, go back to the detail of the bucket, you will see the list of objects.

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  1. Click on the index.html object to see its detail.

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  1. If you click on the Object URL, you will get an Access Denied response in XML.

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You can use the Object URL to access an object if: 1. The object allow public access (it is shared with anyone in the Internet). 2. The bucket doesn’t have Block Public access feature turned on.

By default, new buckets, and objects don’t allow public access.

  1. But you’ve just uploaded the objects into your S3 bucket, you can access these objects directly using the S3 Management Console.

  • In the detail page of the index.html object, click on the Open button.

  • Your browser will open the object in a new tab.

    The URL will be a very long text:

    https://fcj-hall-of-fame.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/index.html?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=ASIA6ELKN2NTE2GUFM23%2F20250520%2Fap-southeast-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250520T072058Z&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEOf%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaDmFwLXNvdXRoZWFzdC0xIkcwRQIhALHhmIRTNeQVzxdt46DNSG6PhzxAPXkWOxsY2Yl8MuDfAiBxBptuMIWEWq%2F4oaQ7SyNbmNhlmXnPOkerKWjXxRsNRiqEAwig%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F8BEAAaDDk3MTQyMjY4NDAwNiIMRV7cbqTeNTrP%2Bag3KtgCdFfSUXd%2BuwoauDHmSrH0RNex6UdJe4AJu9UdPCk2P6CYYk9bDbelggCWbppgEpptPIYMofVrZh2egPZaJzFskP29TGXf8TZRMOlmkFNVeR0jGJUDwotSt6Wsr5b7a4uOOrEjkf%2FStj76bmSfbQGoMo7SXb7XMg9y0MBnVt9bzDOSnK%2Ffh2ZDtLqGqFyCu5FILyQc3us8Uf7a08UdyVtyAbpa83ny4VunWzFtbg8u6gYGelec90al7GPi%2FW3mAZoGgy7R84BBvs4bghbkOJHwo6R6XLs3VFcN4fgvhcyau%2FzvYgV6gXLHDTgCs20YQ%2BRwkXRgnW93yByMCx5Bc2XrjTeS2DxY%2FnzHU1gD87rEASGl1aWIiWL6KYA0DXwCdJ5adThu8sEHSvZZwiup796PD%2BY3RB7%2F8cEAIUpt04TZrR%2BTqg6a6zlW%2Fw6hasKMTkVZhzh3Zm3pIH0w%2F8mwwQY6rQKZxfU4AqUuXORiayxgIFR7ZOhcivfhaFV1YwKsW%2F6AbCnCtEN1b5WR4XihWsL%2BssdbonPvM66MdmJVZT%2B0qX%2F3Sjwknwh3HUbbtaDa1SjaCFXOK%2FBgeSACrExKouRUR8gv7aY%2Fztkff64b5QKPx2b7dWcqbdN%2BEzW%2BbVsAyyPZ2YvpM0W8JqSMKXpeSOtKizuARJtPmZdHmRn9u5WIaiG47yhOXwyY4UjbR09bhsGzOV2bLGXAMGFOpbIPHK2PP32HRWSQt%2BfCX4upPx%2FShQ6oD%2BxKfxIcB1xNVee6MsVqV1m1GgBndCZQ0eWYQNTZrG4UUzYb8nDCgg2oyQ04l134n6C3a63qrcolTy%2FlyuTnpDFBdBTmcBtsV9Jxy6HPq9Bj5aJ8RO5vYSWoqKLO&X-Amz-Signature=d4ab2e53d32c8406298a7dd65a9c72736f0b6fc8fa53b48c2d0dbdfb135d3d54&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&response-content-disposition=inline

    It’s

    • The same Object URL (https://fcj-hall-of-fame.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/index.html)

    • But with some additional query params:

      X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256
X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD
X-Amz-Credential=ASIA6ELKN2NTE2GUFM23%2F20250520%2Fap-southeast-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request
X-Amz-Date=20250520T072058Z
X-Amz-Expires=300
X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEOf%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaDmFwLXNvdXRoZWFzdC0xIkcwRQIhALHhmIRTNeQVzxdt46DNSG6PhzxAPXkWOxsY2Yl8MuDfAiBxBptuMIWEWq%2F4oaQ7SyNbmNhlmXnPOkerKWjXxRsNRiqEAwig%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F8BEAAaDDk3MTQyMjY4NDAwNiIMRV7cbqTeNTrP%2Bag3KtgCdFfSUXd%2BuwoauDHmSrH0RNex6UdJe4AJu9UdPCk2P6CYYk9bDbelggCWbppgEpptPIYMofVrZh2egPZaJzFskP29TGXf8TZRMOlmkFNVeR0jGJUDwotSt6Wsr5b7a4uOOrEjkf%2FStj76bmSfbQGoMo7SXb7XMg9y0MBnVt9bzDOSnK%2Ffh2ZDtLqGqFyCu5FILyQc3us8Uf7a08UdyVtyAbpa83ny4VunWzFtbg8u6gYGelec90al7GPi%2FW3mAZoGgy7R84BBvs4bghbkOJHwo6R6XLs3VFcN4fgvhcyau%2FzvYgV6gXLHDTgCs20YQ%2BRwkXRgnW93yByMCx5Bc2XrjTeS2DxY%2FnzHU1gD87rEASGl1aWIiWL6KYA0DXwCdJ5adThu8sEHSvZZwiup796PD%2BY3RB7%2F8cEAIUpt04TZrR%2BTqg6a6zlW%2Fw6hasKMTkVZhzh3Zm3pIH0w%2F8mwwQY6rQKZxfU4AqUuXORiayxgIFR7ZOhcivfhaFV1YwKsW%2F6AbCnCtEN1b5WR4XihWsL%2BssdbonPvM66MdmJVZT%2B0qX%2F3Sjwknwh3HUbbtaDa1SjaCFXOK%2FBgeSACrExKouRUR8gv7aY%2Fztkff64b5QKPx2b7dWcqbdN%2BEzW%2BbVsAyyPZ2YvpM0W8JqSMKXpeSOtKizuARJtPmZdHmRn9u5WIaiG47yhOXwyY4UjbR09bhsGzOV2bLGXAMGFOpbIPHK2PP32HRWSQt%2BfCX4upPx%2FShQ6oD%2BxKfxIcB1xNVee6MsVqV1m1GgBndCZQ0eWYQNTZrG4UUzYb8nDCgg2oyQ04l134n6C3a63qrcolTy%2FlyuTnpDFBdBTmcBtsV9Jxy6HPq9Bj5aJ8RO5vYSWoqKLO
X-Amz-Signature=d4ab2e53d32c8406298a7dd65a9c72736f0b6fc8fa53b48c2d0dbdfb135d3d54&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&response-content-disposition=inline

When you click the Open button: 1. S3 generates a pre-signed URL for the object. 2. You open the object via that pre-signed URL. For more information, see Sharing objects with pre-signed URLs