[Rails] Re: Uninitialized Constant Using New S3 Library

Hunter Hillegas wrote:
> I am trying to use the new S3 library (thanks Marcel!) but I am
> getting an Uninitialized Constant message:
>
> >> Service.buckets
> NameError: uninitialized constant Service
> from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/
> lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:100:in
> `const_missing_not_from_s3_library'
> from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/aws-s3-0.1.1/lib/aws/
> s3/extensions.rb:119:in `const_missing'
> from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/
> lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:131:in `const_missing'
> from (irb):2
>
> I am calling the following in my environment.rb file:
>
> require 'aws/s3'
> AWS::S3::Base.establish_connection!(:access_key_id =>
> MY_ID_HERE, :secret_access_key => MY_KEY_HERE)
>
> and then I fired up the console and tried the above and boom...
>
> I also tried not putting the connection call in environment.rb and
> instead into a controller. Same deal.
>
> I recently upgraded to the new gem:
>
> aws-s3 (0.1.1, 0.1.0)
> Client library for Amazon's Simple Storage Service's REST API
>
> Any ideas what I am doing wrong? I can run the command line client
> included in the gem without difficulty.
>
> Thanks a ton,
> Hunter

That is because Service is not accessible globally.

add the below line
include AWS::S3

or access Service through

AWS::S3.Service

that should work.
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