How to set a file-listing on Digital Ocean spaces to public using boto3 or Python?

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 set a file as public with boto3 for DigitalOcean Spaces, you can set the ACL (Access Control List) while uploading the file to ‘public-read’. This will make the file accessible to the public. Here’s a sample code:

import boto3

s3 = boto3.client('s3',
  region_name='nyc3',
  endpoint_url='https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com',
  aws_access_key_id='YOUR_ACCESS_KEY',
  aws_secret_access_key='YOUR_SECRET_KEY'
)

s3.upload_file('FILENAME', 'bucketname', 'objectname', ExtraArgs={'ACL':'public-read'})

However, to set a default policy making all uploaded files public, you would need to set a bucket policy that allows public read access to objects.

Please note that making a bucket public can have serious security implications and should only be done if you are sure this is what you want.

You can find more details about interacting with Spaces using boto3 in our DigitalOcean Spaces API documentation.

Hope that this helps!