Please upgrade to boto3?

[jamescosmin]

Hey Richard,

Kindly upgrade to boto3? Thank you.
https://django-storages.readthedocs.io/en/latest/backends/amazon-S3.html

Migration from the boto-based to boto3-based backend should be straightforward and painless.
The following adjustments to settings are required:
• Rename AWS_HEADERS to AWS_S3_OBJECT_PARAMETERS and change the format of the key names as in
the following example: cache-control becomes CacheControl.
• Raname AWS_ORIGIN to AWS_S3_REGION_NAME
• If AWS_S3_CALLING_FORMAT is set to VHostCallingFormat set AWS_S3_ADDRESSING_STYLE to
virtual
• Replace the combination of AWS_S3_HOST and AWS_S3_PORT with AWS_S3_ENDPOINT_URL
• Extract the region name from AWS_S3_HOST and set AWS_S3_REGION_NAME
• Replace AWS_S3_PROXY_HOST and AWS_S3_PROXY_PORT with AWS_S3_PROXIES
• If using signature version s3v4 you can remove S3_USE_SIGV4
• If you persist urls and rely on the output to use the signature version of s3 set
AWS_S3_SIGNATURE_VERSION to s3
• Update DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE and/or STATICFILES_STORAGE to storages.backends.
s3boto3.S3Boto3Storage
Additionally, you must install boto3. In order to use all currently supported features, 1.4.4 is the minimum required
version although we always recommend the most recent.

[richardbarran]

Hi,
It sounds like a good idea - I personally do not use S3, but if someone wants to prepare a PR and send it in, I will be happy to review it.

[hvitis]

Do I understand correctly that the "upgrade" is only changing the variables names and formating a bit?

Or there is some deeper boto3 logic / dependency hidden in photologue?

[jamescosmin]

Hey hvitis,

Sorry for the delay. It sure seems like it but it is not as easy as it sounds. Here's more on what type of error you will encounter:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49177889/setting-default-file-storage-in-settings-py-breaks-app

I wish there was a simple way to make it work but I think I'll have to go with a different package in the end.

[dearandrewkim]

Hi all,
Adding +1 to this. Would love to see botos3 implemented in the future.. I was planning to use it for my project but when I deployed it to staging, there were errors and was unable to grab the image..

[derek-adair]

Personally, I'd recommend leaving backend integration out of this project altogether as it seems like a mix of concerns. I've not tested it yet but my plan is to just use django-storages with this application.

It is also not as simple as updating a config... although there are really not that many changes to make. Anyone interested can read up here.

Or just use django-storages which has... everything you'd ever want.