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Any cloud storage service could be used to read and write data like local disk?

I am wondering is there any cloud storage service that could be used to read and write data just like local disk. Take R language as an example.

Read data from local disk:

dat01 <- read.table("E:/001.txt")

From cloud：

dat02 <- read.table("http://cloud.com/username/001.txt")

Write data to local disk:

write.table(x, file="E:/002.txt")

write data to cloud：

write.table(x, file="http://cloud.com/username/002.txt")

Other operations includes copy, move and delete.

I know Dropbox and the R package rDrop. I tried these and got errors saying fail to connect to the host. However, I can use Dropbox on my computer without any problem. I also read the manual of rDrop which failed to meet my command.

Solution

  • You can use Google Cloud Storage API for this, i-e it provides a RESTful interface for programmatically accessing Google's cloud storage technology. Here's a Reference Guide to consume the Cloud API.

    Assuming you are familiar with RESTful and Web Services.