What is "https://github-production-user-asset-xxxxxx.s3.amazonaws.com" ?

[lasiyan]

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Hi everyone, I'm a newbie running a GitHub page for my blog.

Normally, when I upload a post with image, I follow the steps below (with. VSCode)

1. Save the image file to the same folder as assets in your repository.
2. Load an image file (like below)

   [my_image](/assets/img/posts/post_name/image_tag.png)
   

This is obvious, but a bit inconvenient and cumbersome.

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When I was editing a README.md on my Github website, I accidentally pasted an image that had been saved to my local clipboard.

To my surprise, the image was immediately attached!

I traced the path to the image and it seemed to be stored on an AWS server.

![image](https://github.com/community/community/assets/135001826/35fe0f7d-a891-45e7-a289-862e5680e3c5)

I think this can make Github pages very easy to use.

However, I was wondering if there are any limitations when using this (e.g. retention period, storage capacity, etc.)?

In fact, when I wrote this post, the above link was generated.

However, I don't think this will hold indefinitely.

Is this storage space allocated to my account (135001826) (like Google Drive)?

If so, where and how can I manage the capacity of this?

[anthonyrussano]

I have the same questions... I am searching for the documentation

[MikeWilliams-UK]

I too have seen an aws server being used for an image being uploaded to an issue by one of our users.
https://github.com/Chem4Word/Version3-3/assets/168283472/7872f069-e9e6-46f3-8a8d-bc12c4615ce4, which when opened in a separate window shows this url (wrapped at each parameter to make it easier to read):-

https://github-production-user-asset-6210df.s3.amazonaws.com/168283472/326182835-7872f069-e9e6-46f3-8a8d-bc12c4615ce4.png
?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256
&X-Amz-Credential=*******%2F20240429%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request
&X-Amz-Date=20240429T092206Z
&X-Amz-Expires=300
&X-Amz-Signature=*******
&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host
&actor_id=13162784
&key_id=0
&repo_id=526531245

NB: I have obfuscated some of the parameters ...