How Do I Create a Pre-Signed URL?

What is a pre-signed URL?

A pre-signed URL is special S3 compliant URL used to share an object for a specific duration for everyone who has the URL. 


How do I create a pre-signed URL?

The easiest way to create the pre-signed URL is to use a tool as creating pre-signed URLs requires coding skills. So using a tool like Cyberduck is much easier.

  • Navigate to a file of your choice
  • Select Edit > Copy URL and choose one of the pre-signed URLs which are matching your duration
  • You can alternatively right-click  and select either Copy URL or Open URL

You can see an example of a support pre-signed URL here:


https://<region>.contabostorage.com/<bucketname>/path/to/file?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=<credential>&X-Amz-Date=<datetime>&X-Amz-Expires=<duration>X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=<signature>

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