Uploading and download with s3

The two basic functions found in the aws package for interacting with s3 are download_s3 and upload_s3. Users must select a bucket by changing the variable bucket_name. Users must also have an AWS account and the correct permissions on their computer to download from or upload to the bucket of interest.

download_s3(remote_fname, local_fname, bucket_name="nancelab.publicfiles")

Example tif images for tracking analysis are available in a publicly accessible bucket nancelab.publicfiles. Despite the public access, users must have an AWS account in order to access the files.

For information on using the AWS Command Line Interface, check out the documentation here.