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title: "Amazon S3 & MinIO + D-API WhatsApp API integration | D-API"
description: "Automatically upload every media file sent and received through the D-API WhatsApp API to your own Amazon S3 or MinIO bucket, in the region you choose."
url: https://d-api.cloud/en/integrations/amazon-s3
---

Storage

# Amazon S3 & MinIO + D-API WhatsApp API

Automatically upload every media file sent and received through the D-API WhatsApp API to your own Amazon S3 or MinIO bucket, in the region you choose.

D-API sends and receives media (audio, images, video, documents) directly from your bucket, removing WhatsApp storage limits and keeping every file under your control, in the region of your choice.

## Highlights

-   Works with AWS S3 and any S3-compatible storage (MinIO, Wasabi, R2)
-   Automatic media upload/download
-   Pre-signed URLs for secure access
-   No media size limit imposed by D-API

## Use cases

-   ### Compliance and backup
    
    Keep auditable copies of every media file exchanged.
    
-   ### Data lake integration
    
    Feed media into BI or AI pipelines straight from the bucket.
    
-   ### Cost control
    
    Use Wasabi, Backblaze B2 or on-prem MinIO to cut storage costs.
    

Step by step

## How it works

1.  Create a bucket on AWS, MinIO or the S3-compatible provider of your choice.
    
2.  Enter the credentials (access key, secret, endpoint, bucket) in the D-API dashboard.
    
3.  Choose whether sent and/or received media should be stored in the bucket.
    
4.  D-API starts returning URLs from your bucket in every media event.
    

## Frequently asked questions

### Do I need an AWS account?

Not necessarily. Any S3-compatible provider works (self-hosted MinIO, Wasabi, Cloudflare R2, etc.).

### Are the media files public?

No. We use pre-signed URLs with configurable expiration; the bucket can stay private.

### Is there an extra cost for uploads?

Not from D-API. You only pay your S3 provider for storage and traffic.

## Ready to connect?

3-day free trial, no credit card. No commitment.

[Start free trial](https://app.d-api.cloud/register?lang=en)