Never assume API uses your naming conventions

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Last Updated: 2024-11-21

I tried uploading a file to s3 from Ruby with the AWS library. I ran:

obj.upload_file(file, {acl: 'public_read'}

It failed. What it actually needed instead was 'public-read', the hyphenated format being one that does not exist in Ruby land (but does in Amazon land).

I should have looked it up instead of assuming - e.g. with command line convenient docs

 yri Aws::S3::Object#upload_file

Lesson

Do not assume an API uses your naming, hyphenation, case conventions, etc.