How to get (first n bytes of) file from s3 url
this is a basic question, not very advanced, but I am a bit stuck. I am trying to get the first n bytes of a file hosted on s3. I understand the basic building block to the issue. I know how to get the bytes. Here is an example from the AmazonS3 GET /example-object HTTP/1.1 Host: example-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com x-amz-date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:32:02 GMT Range: bytes=0-9 Authorization: AWS AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE:Yxg83MZaEgh3OZ3l0rLo5RTX11o= Sample Response with Specified Range of the Object Bytes Now I have an s3 url, like this: http://s3.amazonaws.com/bucket-name/foo/1/2/3/4/file.jpg How do I