Amazon S3 Ingestion Source

Amazon S3 data source reads the objects from the Amazon S3 buckets.

Data Source Configuration #

Configure the data source parameters that are explained below.

Fetch From Source/Upload Data File #

For designing the application, you can either fetch the sample data from the Amazon S3 source by providing the data source connection details or upload a sample data file in one of the supported formats to see the schema details during the application design.

Upload Data File #

If Upload Data File is selected to fetch sample data, provide the below details.

File Format #

Select the sample file format (file type) depending on the data type.

Gathr-supported file formats for Amazon S3 data source are CSV, JSON, TEXT, Parquet, ORC and AVRO.

For CSV file format, select its corresponding delimiter.

Header Included #

Enable this option to read the first row as a header if your Amazon S3 data is in CSV format.

Upload #

Please upload the sample file as per the file format selected above.

Fetch From Source #

If Fetch From Source is selected, continue configuring the data source.

Connection Name #

Connections are the service identifiers. A connection name can be selected from the list if you have created and saved connection details for Amazon S3 earlier. Or create one as explained in the topic - Amazon S3 Connection →

Use the Test Connection option to ensure that the connection with the Amazon S3 channel is established successfully.

A success message states that the connection is available. In case of any error in test connection, edit the connection to resolve the issue before proceeding further.

Bucket Name #

Buckets are storage units used to store objects, which consists of data and meta-data that describes the data.

Path #

File or directory path from where data is to be read. The path must end with * in case of directory.

Example: outdir/*

Add Configuration: Additional properties can be added using this option as key-value pairs.

Schema #

Check the populated schema details. For more details, see Schema Preview →

Advanced Configuration #

Optionally, you can enable incremental read. For more details, see Amazon S3 Incremental Configuration →.