Has anyone written an AWS S3, or MS Azure Location Accessor

[Reynaldo Zabala]

Our development team is spread across multiple locations and we cannot use a file share...I want to connect ftrack to either Azure or AWS instead of a local disk share. Does the source code sample for that exist anywhere? 

[Lorenzo Angeli]

Answered in support case, but here for reference:

For what concerns location accessors, is pretty doable to write S3 and Azure ones (it has already been done before), you can find further information looking into the api: https://bitbucket.org/ftrack/ftrack-python-api/src/master/source/ftrack_api/accessor/

If the cloud storages provide a python api access (eg: boto for Amazon S3) and using the base accessor ( https://bitbucket.org/ftrack/ftrack-python-api/src/master/source/ftrack_api/accessor/base.py)
as baseclass , is just matter of fully re implement the various method exposed.

Although I would suggest to use these as a mid ground storage and keep the production files locally to the office and use these other locations just for transfer, this would allow you to get the best of both worlds. 

Hope it helps.
L.

 

[Vladimir Pylev]

Suppose I create a accessor for google disk on their api, can I use it in the web interface, will it be possible to view media files in the review? Thank you in advance!

[Lorenzo Angeli]

@Vladimir Pylev Locations are not related to the web service for web reviwables, but tied more on the desktop or cloud file publish.
Is what you are looking for is a way to take control of your online review storage ?

[Vladimir Pylev]

Thanks! it was already explained to me that the review can only play videos from the fttrack.server location. On a google drive, we want to store components with working files, as well as media that have lost relevance.

[Lorenzo Angeli]

@Vladimir Pylev if you want to use a cloud/object storage for backup or data share purposes, you can try to use the ftrack-s3-accessor written by nifty digit.
At the moment I'm not aware of any accessor for google drive.

if you need further info about locations I'd suggest having a look at this webinar and our api docs on Locations

Hope it helps!
L.