I am using django-storage (which uses Boto3 internally) to upload images. I am successfully able to do so and the return URL I get is of this format:
https://.s3.amazonaws.com/foo.jpg?Signature=&AWSAccessKeyId=&Expires=1513089114
where Signature and AWSAccessKeyId are filled in as well.
Now, I need to give this URL directly to Mobile Developers and I can't have the timeout set so late. I need it for many years or potentially always accessible. What is a good way to do so? What is the solution
On glancing through the django-storages S3 Docs , I see there is a provision for
AWS_QUERYSTRING_EXPIRE which states
The number of seconds that a generated URL is valid for.
So if you wanted the link to be valid for 5 years from now, you can just add the corresponding number of seconds here which would amount to 157784630
So in conclusion, just add the following in your settings.py
AWS_QUERYSTRING_EXPIRE = '157784630'
This doesn't really seem like good practice to me but more like a convenient hack/workaround instead.
