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Boto: integrated Python interface to Amazon Web Services

38 points by ivankirigin 18y ago

imp 18y ago
I've been using this lately. Only takes a few lines of code to upload to S3. I had trouble with larger files (250 MB), but I don't think the problem was with Boto.
mattdennewitz 18y ago
thumbs up to boto
- mattdennewitz 18y ago
  should i have rambled on about how boto helped me get going on SQS and S3 super-quickly? would another anonymous "yeah, this helped out in ways i wont describe" testimonial really be more valuable than just "thumbs up because i like it" ? i realize "thumbs up to boto" is pretty simple, but its darn honest.
  - menloparkbum 18y ago
    You're supposed to say "+1 boto." Alternatively, "boto FTW" for style points. "Thumbs up" is not tolerated on Hacker News because, as it happens, Roger Ebert is a sworn enemy of Paul Graham.
    - mattdennewitz 18y ago
      ha! i will be spending the next 3 days at work researching this claim voraciously, and celebrating a (tenuous) chance to use the word "voracious"
kirubakaran 18y ago
See http://jimmyg.org/2007/09/01/amazon-ec2-for-people-who-prefer-debian-and-python-over-fedora-and-java/ http://jimmyg.org/2007/09/01/amazon-ec2-for-people-who-prefe... for a cool Boto related tutorial.
stcredzero 18y ago
Good thing Python is cross platform. If they needed a special OS X version, it would be Botox.
- ivankirigin 18y ago
  It would be nice to have a cross platform API for GUIs for Python. It might be slightly handicapped, or might have options only available on certain system, but it would help get the wrinkles out of today's GUI programming. WxWidgets and QT are pretty good.
jbyers 18y ago
boto's a great library, we've been using it for S3 for years without a hitch. Mitch's tutorials are nice examples of what's possible with the Amazon services: http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/entry.jspa?externalID=691 http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/entry.jspa?ex... http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/entry.jspa?externalID=1404 http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/entry.jspa?ex...

38 points by ivankirigin 18y ago

imp 18y ago

I've been using this lately. Only takes a few lines of code to upload to S3. I had trouble with larger files (250 MB), but I don't think the problem was with Boto.

mattdennewitz 18y ago

thumbs up to boto

mattdennewitz 18y ago
should i have rambled on about how boto helped me get going on SQS and S3 super-quickly? would another anonymous "yeah, this helped out in ways i wont describe" testimonial really be more valuable than just "thumbs up because i like it" ? i realize "thumbs up to boto" is pretty simple, but its darn honest.
- menloparkbum 18y ago
  You're supposed to say "+1 boto." Alternatively, "boto FTW" for style points. "Thumbs up" is not tolerated on Hacker News because, as it happens, Roger Ebert is a sworn enemy of Paul Graham.
  - mattdennewitz 18y ago
    ha! i will be spending the next 3 days at work researching this claim voraciously, and celebrating a (tenuous) chance to use the word "voracious"

kirubakaran 18y ago

See http://jimmyg.org/2007/09/01/amazon-ec2-for-people-who-prefer-debian-and-python-over-fedora-and-java/ http://jimmyg.org/2007/09/01/amazon-ec2-for-people-who-prefe... for a cool Boto related tutorial.

stcredzero 18y ago

Good thing Python is cross platform. If they needed a special OS X version, it would be Botox.

ivankirigin 18y ago
It would be nice to have a cross platform API for GUIs for Python. It might be slightly handicapped, or might have options only available on certain system, but it would help get the wrinkles out of today's GUI programming. WxWidgets and QT are pretty good.

jbyers 18y ago

boto's a great library, we've been using it for S3 for years without a hitch. Mitch's tutorials are nice examples of what's possible with the Amazon services: http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/entry.jspa?externalID=691 http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/entry.jspa?ex... http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/entry.jspa?externalID=1404 http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/entry.jspa?ex...