digitalocean spaces showing accesskeyid and expiresid in image/staic files url?

Heya,

Just came across this answer and decided to write some general guidelines for anyone who comes across this in the future despite the old question.

To remove the AccessKeyID and Expires from your DigitalOcean Spaces image URL, you’ll want to make your Space public. By doing this, you’d ensure that your files are accessible without authentication parameters.

Here’s how to make your DigitalOcean Space public:

1. Log in to your DigitalOcean Control Panel.
2. Click Spaces on the left side menu.
3. Click on the name of the Space you want to make public.
4. Click on the Settings tab on the top navigation bar.
5. Under the File Listing section, switch the toggle from Restricted to Public.

Keep in mind that making your Space public allows anyone with the file URL to access the content. If you still want to keep your Space restricted, you can create a proxy for your images and serve them through your backend (Django) without exposing the access key.

For more details on working with Django and DigitalOcean Spaces, check out the DigitalOcean tutorial on setting up object storage with Django.

Hope that this helps!