Building an Amazon S3 Client with Application Express 4.0

Oracle Application Express (APEX), a feature of the Oracle Database 11g, combines rapid web application development with the power of the Oracle database. Application Builder features an easy-to-use browser-based interface which enables developers and non-programmers to develop and deploy data driven web applications in very little time.

Oracle Application Express doesn’t depend on any client software for developing or deploying web applications. Simple architecture, and browser-based features make the transition for developers and end-users seamless- simply provide the URL for the cloud environment.
The multi-tenant capabilities of Oracle Application Express allow multiple users and their associated applications to co-exist within one Oracle Database, minimizing cost. Only one instance is needed and users work in a dedicated work area called a workspace. An added advantage, when you create a database backup you also create backup of application source. Oracle Application Express can integrate with other applications by consuming web services.
Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) provides highly available and highly scalable Internet storage. It was designed to sustain the concurrent loss of data in two facilities.2 Common use cases include content storage and distribution as well as backup and disaster recovery. Amazon S3 allows for storing objects (files) in containers called buckets and has web service API’s to allow for S3 interactions.

Oracle Application Express 4.0 introduces support for consuming RESTful web services. RESTful web services conform to a simpler architecture than traditional SOAP based web services. Oracle APEX 4.0’s support for consuming RESTful web services makes it possible to build a client on Amazon S3, using its RESTful web service API.

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