open-s3uri.gemspec

Gem::Specification.new do |s|
  s.name        = 'open-s3uri'
  s.version     = '0.1.0'
  s.platform    = Gem::Platform::RUBY
  s.author      = 'Erik Terpstra'
  s.email       = 'erterpstra@gmail.com'
  s.summary     = 'Opens an S3 uri'
  s.description = 'Opens an S3 uri like open-uri does for http URLs'

  s.files         = ['open-s3uri.rb']
  s.require_path  = '.'

  s.add_dependency 'aws-sdk'
end

open-s3uri.rb

require 'aws-sdk'

class AWS::S3
  # @param [String] S3 uri
  # @return [AWS::S3::S3Object] S3 object (quacks like IO)
  # @example Open an S3 object
  #   s3 = AWS::S3.new
  #   s3.open('s://mybucket/folder/hello.txt').read
  def open(uri)
    uri = URI(uri)
    buckets[uri.host].objects[uri.path[1..-1]]
  end
end