Yes, you can absolutely do this. As mentioned in another reply, Swift's API is built on HTTP, so it works natively with web browsers.
There are a couple of ways to read data stored in Swift via a web browser. 1) For public content: If you've marked a container as public (ie X-Container-Read set to ".r*"), then you can access any object in that container directly without worrying about auth tokens. eg `curl -i http://swift.example.com/v1/AUTH_test/images/cat.jpg` 2) For non-public content: You can generate a tempurl to make a signed URL that has limited-time access to read a particular object. See http://docs.openstack.org/developer/swift/misc.html#module-swift.common.middleware.tempurl for more info. There are also a couple of different ways to use a web browser (or app running in a browser) to write content into Swift. 1) Using a tempurl, you can give time-limted access to write content into a cluster, as mentioned above 2) Submit to Swift using an HTML form: You can send a form post to a Swift cluster as documented at http://docs.openstack.org/developer/swift/misc.html#module-swift.common.middleware.formpost In all cases, tying a Swift cluster to a web application may require you make use of the CORS standard to get around browser-based security sandboxes. Swift fully supports the CORS standard, as documented at http://docs.openstack.org/api/openstack-object-storage/1.0/content/assigning-cors-headers-to-requests.html. To read about the CORS spec see http://www.w3.org/TR/cors/. These features make Swift a perfect pair with applications that demand support for high-concurrency access to massive storage pools (like web and mobile apps). Hope that info helps! --John On Dec 13, 2013, at 11:54 AM, pragya jain <prag_2...@yahoo.co.in> wrote: > hello, > I installed swift on my machine. > I store some data on it using swift command line. > Now, I want to know: > can I access the data stored on swift through a web browser? > ---------- > > Pragya Jain > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack > Post to : openstack@lists.openstack.org > Unsubscribe : http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack
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