# Amazon AWS interface

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/amazon-aws-interface/131781>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 13, 2008, 6:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/amazon-aws-interface/131781 "2008-03-13T06:24:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![nahabed](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@nahabed](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nahabed)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 6:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/amazon-aws-interface/131781/1 "2008-03-13T06:24:19Z")

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I’m building an app with books and would like to pull a thumbnail of  
the cover when a book is added by a user.

I’ve heard that AWS offers an interface for this… has anyone used  
this if so, can you provide a pointer please?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![nahabed](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@nahabed](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nahabed)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 7:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/amazon-aws-interface/131781/2 "2008-03-13T07:45:50Z")

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On Mar 12, 10:23 pm, nahabed [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> I’m building an app with books and would like to pull a thumbnail of  
> the cover when a book is added by a user.
> 
> I’ve heard that AWS offers an interface for this… has anyone used  
> this if so, can you provide a pointer please?
> 
> Thanks.

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