yanniskatsaros
Recommended Elixir client for Backblaze B2
Hello!
I am working on a project and was hoping to use Backblaze B2 (as an alternative to S3) due to its low cost and generous free egress. I am hoping to get recommendations from anyone that has similar experience using B2 in Elixir. Which client library did you use? Did you use one of the dedicated Elixir clients, or did you use the S3-compatible API with one of the Elixir AWS clients? If so, how did you make your decision and what has your experience been?
Most of the dedicated B2 Elixir clients that I could find appear to be relatively old and it concerns me adopting them in case I run into any issues. These are the ones I found:
b2_client(updated last: 4 years ago)ex-file-b2(updated last: 8 years ago)- companion libraray:
ex-file(updated last: 5 years ago)
- companion libraray:
riboflavin(updated last: 9 years ago)
Conversely, if you recommend the S3-compatible API, which Elixir S3 client would you recommend? Here are two that I found, but are they are any specific libraries you have experience using and recommend?
aws-elixirex_awswithex_aws_s3
Thanks in advance!
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D4no0
For file upload, I would definitely use ex_aws_s3, I have used it in the past with backblaze successfully on a project, you really don’t want to deal with things like large file uploads on your own and the s3 library works very well.
As for other backblaze specific endpoints, what I personally did was to just use a customized HTTPoison client and implement authentication and the few APIs I needed from their official documentation, it is very fast and easy to do as their API documentation is pretty good.
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ragamuf
Also recommend rolling your own for the parts that are simple if you are concern about outdated libraries. Check out this article on Small Development Kits (SDK) from Dashbit if you need inspiration. SDKs with Req: Stripe - Dashbit Blog
wojtekmach
Thanks for the mention. I tried Req/ReqS3 with a few S3-compatible services but not yet B2. If anyone runs into any problems please open up an issue!
wojtekmach
Oh, there is one consideration for Backblaze in particular. If you’d upload huge files, instead of doing it in a single put_object (an HTTP PUT) you may consider doing multipart uploads, ExAws.S3.initiate_multipart_upload/2 and friends. These are not available in Req/ReqS3 and there are no plans at the moment.
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