Explaining the Linksharing Service

Overview

The Linksharing service provides an easy way to share an object via a web browser. Linkshare links may be shared with the following features:

Storj Linkshare web page - displays a preview of the shared object, including a streaming player for multimedia files along with a map displaying the geolocation of the storage nodes storing the encrypted and erasure coded pieces of the object
Custom Domains - Instead of using the default URL provided by linksharing, users can access their content using a custom domain: Custom Domains
Path-based linkshare - displays a list of objects with a shared path in a browser. This feature allows sharing a folder of objects. When clicked in a browser, any of the objects will be displayed individually on a Linkshare web page
Direct download Linkshare - a URL to directly access and download an object via the internet without loading a web page
Restricted Access - Linkshare links are read-only by default, but may be further restricted with any supported Access Restrictions (bucket, path and prefix, time window)
Revokable Access - Link share links may be revoked by deleting the associated Access Grant from the Auth Service or by revoking the Access Grant via the revocation service.

The Linkshare service is part of the Storj Edge Services and provides an additional way to access objects over the internet via a browser in addition to the Storj-hosted S3 Compatible Gateway.

Note: All of the Edge Services, including the Linksharing service use Design Decision - Server-side Encryption.

Linkshare Examples

The Storj Linkshare web page and Path-based Linkshare web page are shown below:

Linkshare QuickStart

To accelerate your time to success we offer an Object Browser GUI that allows you to upload and share with no command line interface required. Check out Object Browser.

The Object Browser are included in that tutorial.

Linkshare via CLI (Advanced)

If you prefer a command line interface (CLI) or wish to programmatically integrate to Storj we have our uplink CLI in addition to our SDKs. You can also use a Static site hosting.

Regions of availability

Linksharing Service is available in several geographical regions. When you use the endpoint https://link.storjshare.io, it automatically routes traffic from the closest region to your location.