Recommend S3 API for basic needs about backblaze-b2 HOT 6 OPEN

The official Backblaze position is that

if your app is already written to work with S3, if you’re using tools that are written to S3, or if you’re just unsure, the S3 Compatible API is a good choice

As Backblaze's Chief Developer Evangelist, I'll go further and say that, in general, you should use the S3 Compatible API as far as you can, and only use the B2 Native API for Backblaze-specific features.

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@MarcGuiselin In light of the above, for the issue to be actionable, I would change the title from New developers should migrate to the S3 Api to Recommend S3 API for basic needs.

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I mostly agree with your sentiments. I concur, using the S3 API is good for basic needs, but for more advanced usage this library is the most helpful.

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I mostly agree with your sentiments. I concur, using the S3 API is good for basic needs, but for more advanced usage this library is the most helpful.

Absolutely. Advanced usage of B2, including backblaze lifecycle rules, are only supported by the native B2 api.

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@metadaddy How can I use s3 api with cloudflare alliance? I use my s3 binding to proxy on my cdn, but it detects it as a b2 api instead of an s3 api.

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I noticed that from time to time the S3 compatible API has some issues. I upload millions of small files per week and for example yesterday ~5% of the uploads via S3 compatible API were timing out.

I changed to use this library and use the B2 API and the upload were working fine.

@metadaddy could this be a problem in the way the S3 Compatible API balances the requests throughout many servers?

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