curl/docs/cmdline-opts/aws-sigv4.md

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c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, daniel@haxx.se, et al. SPDX-License-Identifier: curl Long: aws-sigv4 Protocols: HTTP Arg: Help: Use AWS V4 signature authentication Category: auth http Added: 7.75.0 Multi: single See-also:

• basic
• user Example:
• --aws-sigv4 "aws:amz:us-east-2:es" --user "key:secret" $URL ---

--aws-sigv4

Use AWS V4 signature authentication in the transfer.

The provider argument is a string that is used by the algorithm when creating outgoing authentication headers.

The region argument is a string that points to a geographic area of a resources collection (region-code) when the region name is omitted from the endpoint.

The service argument is a string that points to a function provided by a cloud (service-code) when the service name is omitted from the endpoint.