Using OBS

You can manage OBS resources in the ways listed in the table below.

Tool	Description	How to Use	Reference
OBS Console	OBS Console is a web-based GUI where you can manage your OBS resources with ease.	Create an account or an IAM user to log in to OBS Console. For details, see Logging In to OBS Console.	Console Operation Guide
API	OBS provides REST APIs that support HTTP/HTTPS requests. You can call these APIs to create, modify, and delete buckets, as well as to upload, download, and delete objects.	Configure the endpoint during environment preparation and make the access keys (AK and SK) part of your signature in any requests you send. If you use REST APIs to develop a program, you need to calculate the signature based on the signature algorithm defined by OBS and add the signature to the requests. For details, see User Signature Authentication.	API Reference

Tool

Description

How to Use

Reference

OBS Console

OBS Console is a web-based GUI where you can manage your OBS resources with ease.

Create an account or an IAM user to log in to OBS Console.

For details, see Logging In to OBS Console.

Console Operation Guide

API

OBS provides REST APIs that support HTTP/HTTPS requests. You can call these APIs to create, modify, and delete buckets, as well as to upload, download, and delete objects.

Configure the endpoint during environment preparation and make the access keys (AK and SK) part of your signature in any requests you send. If you use REST APIs to develop a program, you need to calculate the signature based on the signature algorithm defined by OBS and add the signature to the requests.

For details, see User Signature Authentication.

API Reference

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