Category: JavaScript

Our earlier blog post introduced authentication with Amazon Cognito in the browser. Amazon Cognito has since simplified the authentication workflow. This article describes authenticating the SDK in the browser using Amazon Cognito and supported public identity providers like Google, Facebook, and Amazon. Step 1 and Step 2 outline registering your application with a public identity […]

The AWS SDK for JavaScript now has support for Amazon S3 Requester Pays buckets. With Requester Pays buckets, the requester instead of the bucket owner pays the cost of the request and the data download from the bucket. The bucket owner always pays the cost of storing data. This allows bucket owners to share the […]

The AWS SDK for JavaScript can be configured to work from behind a network proxy. In browsers, proxy connections are transparently managed, and the SDK works out of the box without any additional configuration. This article focuses on using the SDK in Node.js from behind a proxy. Node.js itself has no low-level support for proxies, […]

Today’s release of the AWS SDK for JavaScript (v2.1.0) contains support for a new uploading abstraction in the AWS.S3 service that allows large buffers, blobs, or streams to be uploaded more easily and efficiently, both in Node.js and in the browser. We’re excited to share some details on this new feature in this post. The […]

AWS re:Invent 2014 concluded on Friday, November 14, 2014; here is a summary of an action-packed, fun-filled week! New features and services There were four new services and features announced at the Day 1 Keynote, two of which are available to all customers effective November 12, 2014. These include: Amazon RDS for Aurora (a service […]

Amazon Cognito is a great new service that enables a much easier workflow for authenticating with your AWS resources in the browser. Although web identity federation still works directly with identity providers, using the new AWS.CognitoIdentityCredentials gives you the ability to provide access to customers through any identity provider using the same simple workflow and […]

Introducing the AWS SDK for JavaScript Blog Today we’re announcing a new blog for the AWS SDK for JavaScript. On this blog, we will be sharing the latest tips, tricks, and best practices when using the SDK. We will also keep you up to date on new developments in the SDK and share information on […]