O'Reilly Community

Hi,

On page 143 of the book, it is stated:
"You may experience problems using 0.4.0 of the AWS::S3 library..."

Would you tell us which version(s) don't have problems?

FYI: I am using aws-s3-0.6.2 and I emulated the usage of s3backup.rb from the bottom of page 142 and didn't experience anything disagreeable.

Regards,

Tena Sakai

The problem with the AWS::S3 library referred to on page 143 (Content-Length Workaround) only affected users who interact with S3 via web proxies that are fussy about the PUT requests they relay. Namely, proxies that do not accept PUT requests without a Content-Length header.

In my book, I propose a workaround for the issue that causes AWS::S3 to include this header with Bucket PUT requests.

I just checked the latest code for AWS::S3 on GitHub and it looks like this problem remains. However, it will not affect you unless you are accessing S3 from behind a troublesome proxy. If it does affect you, the 1-line fix mentioned in the book should fix it.

Regards,
James

This post has been edited by JamesMurty: Aug 2 2009, 05:41 PM

Many thanks, James.

Regards,
Tena Sakai