AWS SDK for Ruby

The AWS SDK for Ruby provides a library, code samples, and documentation for developers to build Ruby applications that tap into the cost-effective, scalable, and reliable AWS cloud.

With the AWS SDK for Ruby, developers get started in minutes using AWS infrastructure services, including Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon SimpleDB, and more.

Features

The SDK includes:
AWS Ruby Gem
Build Ruby applications with the aws-sdk gem that takes the complexity out of coding directly against the web service interfaces. The gem handles common tasks, such as authentication, request retries, XML processing, error handling, and more.

Code Samples
Practical examples for how to use the library to build applications available through GitHub.




Rails Integration
Easily integrate Amazon Web Services into your Rails application using an Object Relational Mapper (ORM) to model your data and persist it using Amazon SimpleDB, and an Action Mailer implementation for Amazon Simple E-mail Service.


Supported Services

The AWS SDK for Ruby supports AWS infrastructure products, including:


Installation

The AWS SDK for Ruby requires Ruby 1.8.7 or later. To install the gem, just enter:

gem install aws-sdk

See the Getting Started Guide for more information on installing the SDK and running the included samples.


Resources



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