What does this mean for you? 

How does it work? 

Availability 

Creating an AWS connection 

1. Navigate to the Connections section of the desired Zoho service. For this example, we'll use Zoho CRM. For Zoho CRM, you can access it under Settings -> Developer Hub -> Connections.
   
   
2. ​In the Connections section, go to Custom Services and click the Create Service button.
   
   
3. On the Create Service page, enter the following details:
   Service Name: awss3 //Custom connector name
   Service Link Name: awss3
   Authentication Type: AWS Signature
   Service Name: s3 //Amazon service name
   AWS Region: Enter your AWS region. To find your AWS region, log in to your AWS account and navigate to Console -> S3 -> General Purpose Buckets. Locate your storage buckets and copy the AWS region (e.g., us-east-1) displayed next to the required bucket.
   
   
4. Click Create Service. The AWS S3 custom service will now be created.
5. Now, navigate to My Connections and click Create Connection.
6. On the Create Connection page, go to Custom Services under Pick Your Service and select awss3.
   
   
7. Enter the Connection Name and Connection Link Name. Then click Create and Connect.
8. You'll be redirected to the AWS authorization page, where you'll need to enter your Access Key and Secret Key.
   
   To get the Access Key and Secret Key:
   1. Log in to your AWS account and navigate to IAM.
   2. In the left pane, under Access Management, click Users.
   3. Select the required user from the list.
   4. On the User Details page, go to the Security Credentials section.
   5. Under Access Keys, click Create Access Key.
   6. On the next page, choose Command Line Interface (CLI) as the use case and click Next.
   7. Click Create Access Key.
   8. Copy the Access Key and Secret Key, then paste them into the respective fields on the AWS authorization page.
   9. Finally, click Connect.
9. Your AWS connection has now been successfully created!
   

Working with AWS connections

1. Create a new function. Name the function and choose the appropriate type.
   
   
2. Write the required scripts in the Deluge editor.
   Here's a sample script which fetches a file from a given URL and uploads it to an AWS S3 bucket using the configured AWS connection:
   
   

   fileResponse = invokeUrl
   [
   url:"https://filesamples.com/samples/document/txt/sample1.txt"
   type: GET
   ];
   file = tofile(fileResponse,"sample1.txt");
   
   // Upload the file to AWS S3
   awsResponse = invokeUrl
   [
   "https://<your-bucket-name>.s3.amazonaws.com/<file-name>" // Replace with your bucket name and file name
   type: PUT
   parameters:file
   content-Type : "application/octet-stream"
   connection: "awss3" // Use the AWS connection created earlier
   detailed:true
   ];
   
   // Log the response
   info awsResponse;
   
3. Execute the function by clicking the Save and Execute button.
   
4. Switch to your AWS account, go to Console -> S3 -> General Purpose Buckets, and select the required bucket.
5. You’ll see the sample file from the script listed under the Objects section. Every successful execution results in the file being uploaded to the bucket

Use cases 

• Zoho CRM: You can automatically back up important customer documents from Zoho CRM to AWS S3. For instance, when a new file (e.g., contracts, proposals) is uploaded to a CRM record, a Deluge function can be triggered to fetch and store the file in S3 storage.
  
• Zoho Books: You can store and retrieve invoices from Zoho Books to AWS S3. When an invoice is generated, a Deluge function fetches the PDF and uploads it to an S3 bucket. This can act as centralized space for all your invoices.