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@pepicrft pepicrft commented Aug 21, 2025

Resolves: #306

Problem

When virtual_host and bucket_as_host are set in the ExAws configuration, the presigned_url and presigned_post functions ignore these settings and default to false. This causes bucket names to appear twice in generated URLs when using custom domain buckets.

Example issue:

  • Config: virtual_host: true, bucket_as_host: true
  • Generated URL: https://my-bucket.com/my-bucket.com/path/to/file
  • Expected URL: https://my-bucket.com/path/to/file

This breaks multipart uploads and other S3 operations when using custom domains.

Root Cause

The presigned_url and presigned_post functions were hardcoded to default to false:

# Before - ignores config
virtual_host = Keyword.get(opts, :virtual_host, false)
bucket_as_host = Keyword.get(opts, :bucket_as_host, false)

Solution

Modified both functions to use config values as defaults while still allowing explicit options to override them:

# After - reads from config
virtual_host = Keyword.get(opts, :virtual_host, config[:virtual_host] || false)
bucket_as_host = Keyword.get(opts, :bucket_as_host, config[:bucket_as_host] || false)

Changes

  1. Fixed presigned_url/5: Now reads virtual_host and bucket_as_host from config as defaults
  2. Fixed presigned_post/4: Now reads virtual_host and bucket_as_host from config as defaults
  3. Added comprehensive tests: Verify that config values are properly used when options are not provided

Testing

  • ✅ Explicit options still override config values
  • ✅ Config values are used as defaults when options not provided
  • ✅ Backward compatibility maintained
  • ✅ No more double bucket names in URLs with bucket_as_host=true

Related

This fix ensures that presigned URLs work correctly with custom domain buckets when bucket_as_host=true is set in the ExAws configuration.

…rom config

When virtual_host and bucket_as_host are set in the ExAws config, the
presigned_url and presigned_post functions were ignoring these settings
and defaulting to false, causing bucket names to appear twice in URLs.

Now these functions will use the config values as defaults, while still
allowing explicit options to override them.

Fixes the double bucket name issue when using custom domain buckets
with bucket_as_host=true and virtual_host=true in the config.
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Thanks @pepicrft - the changes look good, but a couple of the tests fail - from the look of it the refutes are failing because the strings match not just the case where the bucket name is in the path, but also where the bucket name is the hostname (which is the case that actually occurs).

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initiate_multipart_upload ignores the bucket_as_host

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