# return final S3 url in notification

**URL:** <https://community.transloadit.com/t/return-final-s3-url-in-notification/18307>\
**Category:** Transloadit\
**Tags:** tender-archive\
**Created:** [May 28, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://community.transloadit.com/t/return-final-s3-url-in-notification/18307 "2014-05-28T22:28:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Jacob\_Friis\_Saxberg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/community.transloadit.com/jacob_friis_saxberg/32/1670_2.png) [@Jacob\_Friis\_Saxberg](https://community.transloadit.com/u/Jacob_Friis_Saxberg)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://community.transloadit.com/t/return-final-s3-url-in-notification/18307/1 "2014-05-28T22:28:00Z")

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> Archived from the Transloadit support forum. Originally posted on May 28, 2014; details may be outdated, see [our docs](https://transloadit.com/docs/) for current behavior. [Original thread](https://web.archive.org/web/20141230215404/http://support.transloadit.com/discussions/questions/9194-return-final-s3-url-in-notification)

How can I get the final S3 url in the notification JSON?

I can get it from the thumbnails, but not from the actual file.

Here’s my template:

```auto
{
  "steps": {
    "pdfthumb": {
      "use": ":original",
      "robot": "/document/thumbs",
      "result": true,
      "page": 1,
      "width": 75,
      "height": 75,
      "resize_strategy": "pad",
      "background": "#000000"
    },
    "encode": {
      "robot": "/video/encode",
      "preset": "ipad-high",
      "result": true
    },
    "videothumb": {
      "use": ":original",
      "robot": "/video/thumbs",
      "result": true,
      "count": 2
    },
    "export": {
      "use": [
        "pdfthumb",
        "encode",
        "videothumb"
      ],
      "robot": "/s3/store",
      "result": true,
      "key": "REDACTED",
      "secret": "REDACTED",
      "bucket": "spand"
    }
  }
}

```

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**Author:** ![kvz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/community.transloadit.com/kvz/32/606_2.png) [@kvz](https://community.transloadit.com/u/kvz)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 10:50am UTC](https://community.transloadit.com/t/return-final-s3-url-in-notification/18307/2 "2014-05-29T10:50:00Z")

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Hi Jacob,

To export the original files, please also `use` `:original` in the `export` step:

```auto
    "export": {
      "use": [
        ":original",
        "pdfthumb",
        "encode",
        "videothumb"
      ],
      "robot": "/s3/store",
      "result": true,
      "key": "REDACTED",
      "secret": "REDACTED",
      "bucket": "spand"
    }

```

Hope this helps!

Kevin

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**Author:** ![tim-kos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tim-kos](https://community.transloadit.com/u/tim-kos)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 8:46am UTC](https://community.transloadit.com/t/return-final-s3-url-in-notification/18307/3 "2014-06-24T08:46:00Z")

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Closing this for now. Please let us know in case you need more help here.

Kind regards,  
Tim

Co-Founder Transloadit  
@tim\_kos

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/uploads/transloadit/original/1X/04ee57da0cb7ac8728a9ac5965c288164f4ce280.svg) [@system](https://community.transloadit.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 10:55am UTC](https://community.transloadit.com/t/return-final-s3-url-in-notification/18307/4 "2026-10-07T10:55:18Z")

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