// Copyright (C) 2020 Storj Labs, Inc. // See LICENSE for copying information. /* Package uplink is the main entrypoint to interacting with Storj Labs' decentralized storage network. Sign up for an account on a Satellite today! https://tardigrade.io/satellites/ Access Grants The fundamental unit of access in the Storj Labs storage network is the Access Grant. An access grant is a serialized structure that is internally comprised of an API Key, a set of encryption key information, and information about which Storj Labs or Tardigrade network Satellite is responsible for the metadata. An access grant is always associated with exactly one Project on one Satellite. If you don't already have an access grant, you will need make an account on a Satellite, generate an API Key, and encapsulate that API Key with encryption information into an access grant. If you don't already have an account on a Satellite, first make one at https://tardigrade.io/satellites/ and note the Satellite you choose (such as us-central-1.tardigrade.io, europe-west-1.tardigrade.io, etc). Then, make an API Key in the web interface. The first step to any project is to generate a restricted access grant with the minimal permissions that are needed. Access grants contains all encryption information and they should be restricted as much as possible. To make an access grant, you can create one using our Uplink CLI tool's 'share' subcommand (after setting up the Uplink CLI tool), or you can make one as follows: access, err := uplink.RequestAccessWithPassphrase(ctx, satelliteAddress, apiKey, rootPassphrase) if err != nil { return err } // create an access grant for reading bucket "logs" permissions := uplink.ReadOnlyPermission() shared := uplink.SharePrefix{Bucket: "logs"} restrictedAccess, err := access.Share(permissions, shared) if err != nil { return err } // serialize the restricted access serializedAccess, err := restrictedAccess.Serialize() if err != nil { return err } In the above example, 'serializedAccess' is a human-readable string that represents read-only access to just the "logs" bucket, and is only able to decrypt that one bucket thanks to hierarchical deterministic key derivation. Note: RequestAccessWithPassphrase is CPU-intensive, and your application's normal lifecycle should avoid it and use ParseAccess where possible instead. Projects Once you have a valid access grant, you can open a Project with the access that access grant allows for. project, err := uplink.OpenProject(ctx, access) if err != nil { return err } defer project.Close() Projects allow you to manage buckets and objects within buckets. Buckets A bucket represents a collection of objects. You can upload, download, list, and delete objects of any size or shape. Objects within buckets are represented by keys, where keys can optionally be listed using the "/" delimiter. Note: Objects and object keys within buckets are end-to-end encrypted, but bucket names themselves are not encrypted, so the billing interface on the Satellite can show you bucket line items. buckets := project.ListBuckets(ctx, nil) for buckets.Next() { fmt.Println(buckets.Item().Name) } if err := buckets.Err(); err != nil { return err } Objects Objects support a couple kilobytes of arbitrary key/value metadata, and arbitrary-size primary data streams with the ability to read at arbitrary offsets. object, err := project.DownloadObject(ctx, "logs", "2020-04-18/webserver.log", nil) if err != nil { return err } defer object.Close() _, err = io.Copy(w, object) return err If you want to access only a small subrange of the data you uploaded, you can use `uplink.DownloadOptions` to specify the download range. object, err := project.DownloadObject(ctx, "logs", "2020-04-18/webserver.log", &uplink.DownloadOptions{Offset: 10, Length: 100}) if err != nil { return err } defer object.Close() _, err = io.Copy(w, object) return err */ package uplink