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# aws-sdk-net

You must [generate an Access Key](https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/api/tokens/) before getting started. All examples will utilize `access_key_id` and `access_key_secret` variables which represent the **Access Key ID** and **Secret Access Key** values you generated.

  
This example uses version 3 of the [aws-sdk-net ↗](https://www.nuget.org/packages/AWSSDK.S3) package. You must pass in the R2 configuration credentials when instantiating your `S3` service client:

## Client setup

In this example, you will pass credentials explicitly to the `IAmazonS3` initialization. If you wish, use a shared AWS credentials file or the SDK store in-line with other AWS SDKs. Refer to [Configure AWS credentials ↗](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-net/v3/developer-guide/net-dg-config-creds.html) for more details.

```
private static IAmazonS3 s3Client;
public static void Main(string[] args){  // Retrieve your S3 API credentials for your R2 bucket via API tokens (see: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/api/tokens)  var accessKey = "<ACCESS_KEY_ID>";  var secretKey = "<SECRET_ACCESS_KEY>";  var credentials = new BasicAWSCredentials(accessKey, secretKey);  s3Client = new AmazonS3Client(credentials, new AmazonS3Config    {      // Provide your Cloudflare account ID      ServiceURL = "https://<ACCOUNT_ID>.r2.cloudflarestorage.com",    });}
```

## List buckets and objects

The [ListBucketsAsync ↗](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdkfornet/v3/apidocs/items/S3/MIS3ListBucketsAsyncListBucketsRequestCancellationToken.html) and [ListObjectsAsync ↗](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdkfornet/v3/apidocs/items/S3/MIS3ListObjectsV2AsyncListObjectsV2RequestCancellationToken.html) methods can be used to list buckets under your account and the contents of those buckets respectively.

```
static async Task ListBuckets(){  var response = await s3Client.ListBucketsAsync();
  foreach (var s3Bucket in response.Buckets)  {    Console.WriteLine("{0}", s3Bucket.BucketName);  }}
```

```
sdk-examplemy-bucket
```

```
static async Task ListObjectsV2(){  var request = new ListObjectsV2Request  {    BucketName = "my-bucket"  };
  var response = await s3Client.ListObjectsV2Async(request);
  foreach (var s3Object in response.S3Objects)  {    Console.WriteLine("{0}", s3Object.Key);  }}
```

```
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```

## Upload and retrieve objects

The [PutObjectAsync ↗](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdkfornet/v3/apidocs/items/S3/MIS3PutObjectAsyncPutObjectRequestCancellationToken.html) and [GetObjectAsync ↗](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdkfornet/v3/apidocs/items/S3/MIS3GetObjectAsyncStringStringCancellationToken.html) methods can be used to upload objects and download objects from an R2 bucket respectively.

Warning

`DisablePayloadSigning = true` and `DisableDefaultChecksumValidation = true` must be passed as Cloudflare R2 does not currently support the Streaming SigV4 implementation used by AWSSDK.S3.

```
static async Task PutObject(){  var request = new PutObjectRequest  {    FilePath = @"/path/file.txt",    BucketName = "my-bucket",    DisablePayloadSigning = true,    DisableDefaultChecksumValidation = true  };
  var response = await s3Client.PutObjectAsync(request);
  Console.WriteLine("ETag: {0}", response.ETag);}
```

```
ETag: "186a71ee365d9686c3b98b6976e1f196"
```

```
static async Task GetObject(){  var bucket = "my-bucket";  var key = "file.txt";
  var response = await s3Client.GetObjectAsync(bucket, key);
  Console.WriteLine("ETag: {0}", response.ETag);}
```

```
ETag: "186a71ee365d9686c3b98b6976e1f196"
```

## Generate presigned URLs

The [GetPreSignedURL ↗](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdkfornet/v3/apidocs/items/S3/MIS3GetPreSignedURLGetPreSignedUrlRequest.html) method allows you to sign ahead of time, giving temporary access to a specific operation. In this case, presigning a `PutObject` request for `sdk-example/file.txt`.

```
static string? GeneratePresignedUrl(){  AWSConfigsS3.UseSignatureVersion4 = true;  var presign = new GetPreSignedUrlRequest  {    BucketName = "my-bucket",    Key = "file.txt",    Verb = HttpVerb.GET,    Expires = DateTime.Now.AddDays(7),  };
  var presignedUrl = s3Client.GetPreSignedURL(presign);
  Console.WriteLine(presignedUrl);
  return presignedUrl;}
```

```
https://<ACCOUNT_ID>.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/my-bucket/file.txt?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=<credential>&X-Amz-Date=<timestamp>&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=<signature>
```

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