---
url: /process-functions/datasource-s3bucket.md
description: >-
  Initializes a S3Bucket object to interact with AWS S3 using the provided
  credentials and bucket details.
---

# datasource.S3Bucket

Initializes a [S3Bucket](/process-functions/s3bucket.html) object to interact with AWS S3 using the provided credentials and bucket details.

### Usage

```js
datasource.S3Bucket(access_key, secret_key, bucket, region)
```

### Parameters

* `access_key` (string): The access key for AWS S3.
* `secret_key` (string): The secret key for AWS S3.
* `bucket` (string): The name of the S3 bucket you want to interact with.
* `region` (string): The region where your S3 bucket resides.

### Returns

* `S3Bucket`: An object to interact with the specified AWS S3 bucket. This [S3Bucket](/process-functions/s3bucket.html) object provides various methods to manage and manipulate data within the S3 bucket.

### Examples

```js
var s3Bucket = datasource.S3Bucket("YOUR_ACCESS_KEY", "YOUR_SECRET_KEY", "YOUR_BUCKET_NAME", "us-west-1");
```