---
title: "Use AWS SDK for S3 APIs"
section: "build-a-backend/storage"
platforms: ["android", "swift"]
gen: 2
last-updated: "2024-09-24T23:57:23.000Z"
url: "https://docs.amplify.aws/react/build-a-backend/storage/use-aws-sdk/"
---

For advanced use cases where Amplify does not provide the functionality, you can retrieve the escape hatch to access the `S3Client` instance:

<!-- Platform: android -->

#### [Java]

<Callout>

Learn more about consuming Kotlin clients from Java using either a blocking interface or an equivalent async interface based on futures [here](https://github.com/awslabs/smithy-kotlin/blob/main/docs/design/kotlin-smithy-sdk.md#java-interop).

</Callout>

```java
AWSS3StoragePlugin plugin = (AWSS3StoragePlugin) Amplify.Storage.getPlugin("awsS3StoragePlugin");
S3Client client = plugin.getEscapeHatch();
```

#### [Kotlin]

```kotlin
val plugin = Amplify.Storage.getPlugin("awsS3StoragePlugin") as AWSS3StoragePlugin
val client = plugin.escapeHatch
```

<!-- /Platform -->

<!-- Platform: swift -->
Add the following import:

```swift
import AWSS3StoragePlugin
```

Then retrieve the escape hatch with this code:

```swift
do {
    // Retrieve the reference to AWSS3StoragePlugin
    let plugin = try Amplify.Storage.getPlugin(for: "awsS3StoragePlugin")
    guard let storagePlugin = plugin as? AWSS3StoragePlugin else {
        return
    }

    // Retrieve the reference to S3Client
    let s3Client = storagePlugin.getEscapeHatch()

    // Make requests using s3Client...
    // ...
} catch {
    print("Get escape hatch failed with error - \(error)")
}
```

For additional client documentation, see the [AWS SDK for Swift Client documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-swift/latest/developer-guide/using-client-services.html). For S3Client code examples, see the [Amazon S3 examples using SDK for Swift](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-swift/latest/developer-guide/swift_s3_code_examples.html)
<!-- /Platform -->