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+# UKCloud S3 Storage Examples - Perl
+Example functions are all in the file bin/example.pl
+
+## Getting Started
+
+
+First install the prerequisite library:
+```
+cpan Net::Amazon::S3::Client
+```
+
+## Running the code
+
+Setup your `UKCLOUD_S3_[...]` environment variables as
+specified
+[here](https://github.com/UKCloud/ecs-s3-examples/blob/master/README.md).
+
+Run the script:
+
+```
+bin/example.pl
+```
+Sample output:
+
+```
+Using directory name: 1507835702 for example S3 functions
+Using file name: 1507835702_newfile for example S3 functions
+Creating directory: 1507835702
+Listing all directories
+  Found 10 directories
+Getting directory: 1507835702
+  Got directory: 1507835702
+Uploading file: 1507835702_newfile
+  Creating local file
+  Created file with content: Some demo text
+  Uploading file: 1507835702_newfile
+  File uploaded succesfully
+  Deleting local file: 1507835702_newfile
+Getting all files in directory: 1507835702
+  Directory contains 1 files
+Getting file: 1507835702_newfile from directory: 1507835702
+  Got file: 1507835702_newfile from cloud storage
+Downloading file: 1507835702_newfile from directory: 1507835702 to: 1507835702downloaded
+  Downloaded file from cloud storage with contents: Some demo text
+Getting a public url for file: 1507835702_newfile
+  Generated url: https://xxx/1507835702/1507835702_newfile
+Deleting file: 1507835702_newfile from directory: 1507835702
+  File: 1507835702_newfile deleted succesfully
+Deleting directory: 1507835702
+```
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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use 5.10.0;
+
+use File::Slurp qw/read_file/;
+use Net::Amazon::S3;
+
+my $s3 = Net::Amazon::S3->new(
+  aws_access_key_id     => $ENV{UKCLOUD_S3_UID},
+  aws_secret_access_key => $ENV{UKCLOUD_S3_SECRET},
+  retry                 => 1,
+  host                  => $ENV{UKCLOUD_S3_HOST},
+  secure                => 1,
+);
+my $client = Net::Amazon::S3::Client->new( s3 => $s3 );
+ 
+my $directory_name = time;
+say "Using directory name: $directory_name for example S3 functions";
+my $file_name = "${directory_name}_newfile";
+say "Using file name: $file_name for example S3 functions";
+
+# create a directory
+{
+    say "Creating directory: $directory_name";
+    $client->create_bucket(name => $directory_name);
+}
+
+# list all directories
+{
+    say "Listing all directories";
+    my @dirs = $client->buckets;
+    say "  Found ".@dirs." directories";
+}
+
+# get a single directory
+{
+    say "Getting directory: $directory_name";
+    my $bucket = $client->bucket( name => $directory_name );
+    say "  Got directory: ".$bucket->name;
+}
+
+#create a file in a directory
+{
+    say "Uploading file: $file_name";
+    say "  Creating local file";
+    open(my $fh, '>', $file_name);
+    print $fh "Some demo text";
+    open($fh, '<', $file_name);
+    my $row = <$fh>;
+    say "  Created file with content: $row";
+    close $fh;
+
+    say "  Uploading file: $file_name";
+
+    my $dir = $client->bucket( name => $directory_name );
+    my $bucket = $client->bucket( name => $directory_name );
+    my $object = $bucket->object( key => $file_name );
+    $object->put_filename($file_name);
+
+    say "  File uploaded succesfully";
+    say "  Deleting local file: $file_name";
+    unlink $file_name;
+}
+
+# list all files in a directory
+{
+    my $dir = $client->bucket( name => $directory_name );
+    say "Getting all files in directory: $directory_name";
+    my $stream = $dir->list;
+    my @files;
+    until ( $stream->is_done )
+    {
+        foreach my $object ( $stream->items ) {
+            push @files, $object;
+        }
+    }
+    say "  Directory contains ".@files." files";
+}
+
+# get specified file from directory
+{
+    say "Getting file: $file_name from directory: $directory_name";
+    my $dir = $client->bucket( name => $directory_name );
+    my $file = $dir->object( key => $file_name);
+    say "  Got file: $file_name from cloud storage";
+}
+
+# download a file
+{
+    my $file_downloaded = "${directory_name}downloaded";
+    say "Downloading file: $file_name from directory: $directory_name to: $file_downloaded";
+    my $dir = $client->bucket( name => $directory_name );
+    my $file = $dir->object( key => $file_name );
+    $file->get_filename($file_downloaded);
+
+    say "  Downloaded file from cloud storage with contents: ".read_file($file_downloaded);
+    unlink $file_downloaded;
+}
+
+# get a public url for a file
+{
+    say "Getting a public url for file: $file_name";
+    my $dir = $client->bucket( name => $directory_name );
+    my $file = $dir->object( key => $file_name );
+    my $url = $file->uri;
+    say "  Generated url: $url";
+}
+
+# delete a file
+{
+    say "Deleting file: $file_name from directory: $directory_name";
+    my $dir = $client->bucket( name => $directory_name );
+    my $object = $dir->object( key => $file_name );
+    $object->delete;
+    say "  File: $file_name deleted succesfully";
+}
+
+# delete a directory
+{
+    say "Deleting directory: $directory_name";
+    my $dir = $client->bucket( name => $directory_name );
+    $dir->delete;
+}
+