{"id":"cloud-accounts.endpoint-url-required","url":"/faq/cloud-accounts/endpoint-url-required","category":{"id":"cloud-accounts","title":"Cloud accounts"},"subcategory":{"id":"s3-compatible","title":"Other bucket storage (S3-compatible)"},"question":"Where do I find the Endpoint URL for my bucket storage account?","alt_questions":["Endpoint URL field Storage Studio","S3 endpoint for my provider","Required endpoint for non-Amazon storage","What endpoint do I enter?","Endpoint URL example"],"short_answer":"Copy it from your provider's dashboard, usually labelled endpoint or S3 API endpoint, including https://. It's required for every provider except Amazon, where you leave it blank.","answer_markdown":"In your storage provider's dashboard, usually on the bucket's or account's settings page, labelled \"endpoint\" or \"S3 API endpoint\". Copy it exactly, including `https://`.\n\nStorage Studio shows the field only for non-Amazon providers, where it's required, and the placeholder hints at the usual shape for the preset you chose. Amazon itself needs no endpoint — leave it blank there. If you run your own server, the endpoint is that server's address and port.","answer_html":"<p>In your storage provider&#39;s dashboard, usually on the bucket&#39;s or account&#39;s settings page, labelled &quot;endpoint&quot; or &quot;S3 API endpoint&quot;. Copy it exactly, including <code>https://</code>.</p>\n<p>Storage Studio shows the field only for non-Amazon providers, where it&#39;s required, and the placeholder hints at the usual shape for the preset you chose. Amazon itself needs no endpoint — leave it blank there. If you run your own server, the endpoint is that server&#39;s address and port.</p>","answer_text":"In your storage provider's dashboard, usually on the bucket's or account's settings page, labelled \"endpoint\" or \"S3 API endpoint\". Copy it exactly, including https://.\n\nStorage Studio shows the field only for non-Amazon providers, where it's required, and the placeholder hints at the usual shape for the preset you chose. Amazon itself needs no endpoint — leave it blank there. If you run your own server, the endpoint is that server's address and port.","tags":["endpoint","s3 compatible","setup"],"related":[{"id":"cloud-accounts.how-do-i-connect-an-s3-compatible-service","question":"How do I connect an S3-compatible service other than Amazon?","url":"/faq/cloud-accounts/how-do-i-connect-an-s3-compatible-service"},{"id":"cloud-accounts.what-is-use-path-style-urls","question":"What does \"Use path-style URLs\" do, and should I turn it on?","url":"/faq/cloud-accounts/what-is-use-path-style-urls"}],"applies_to":"all","last_reviewed":"2026-10-01","title":"Where do I find the Endpoint URL for my bucket storage account? — Storage Studio FAQ","description":"Copy it from your provider's dashboard, usually labelled endpoint or S3 API endpoint, including https://. 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Copy it exactly, including https://.\n\nStorage Studio shows the field only for non-Amazon providers, where it's required, and the placeholder hints at the usual shape for the preset you chose. Amazon itself needs no endpoint — leave it blank there. If you run your own server, the endpoint is that server's address and port.","url":"https://storagestudio.us/faq/cloud-accounts/endpoint-url-required"}}]},"fragment":"<div class=\"wrap fl-wrap\"><div class=\"fl-layout\"><aside class=\"fl-side\" aria-label=\"FAQ topics\"><details open><summary>All topics</summary><ul class=\"fl-tree\"><li><a href=\"/faq/getting-started/\">Getting started</a> <span>70</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/freeing-space/\">Freeing up space</a> <span>182</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/moving-folders/\">Moving folders</a> <span>144</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/apps/\">Apps</a> <span>146</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/external-drives/\">External drives</a> <span>169</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/finder-location/\">Finding things in Finder</a> <span>70</span></li><li class=\"fl-open\"><a href=\"/faq/cloud-accounts/\" aria-current=\"true\">Cloud accounts</a> <span>158</span><ul><li><a href=\"/faq/cloud-accounts/#adding-accounts\">Adding an account</a> <span>21</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/cloud-accounts/#managing-accounts\">Testing, editing and removing accounts</a> <span>15</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/cloud-accounts/#google-drive\">Google Drive</a> <span>14</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/cloud-accounts/#google-photos\">Google Photos</a> <span>6</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/cloud-accounts/#dropbox\">Dropbox</a> <span>6</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/cloud-accounts/#onedrive\">OneDrive</a> <span>2</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/cloud-accounts/#box\">Box</a> <span>1</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/cloud-accounts/#amazon-s3\">Amazon S3</a> <span>12</span></li><li class=\"fl-on\"><a href=\"/faq/cloud-accounts/#s3-compatible\">Other bucket storage (S3-compatible)</a> <span>14</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/cloud-accounts/#ftp-sftp\">FTP and SFTP servers</a> <span>15</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/cloud-accounts/#local-folder\">Local folder accounts</a> <span>3</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/cloud-accounts/#custom-credentials\">Custom Google sign-in credentials</a> <span>5</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/cloud-accounts/#credentials-security\">Passwords, keys and privacy</a> <span>13</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/cloud-accounts/#using-accounts\">Using your accounts</a> <span>16</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/cloud-accounts/#cloud-apps-on-your-mac\">Cloud apps on your Mac</a> <span>8</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/cloud-accounts/#cloud-files-and-mac-space\">Cloud files and your Mac&#39;s space</a> <span>5</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/cloud-accounts/#moving-between-clouds\">Moving files between clouds</a> <span>2</span></li></ul></li><li><a href=\"/faq/icloud/\">iCloud &amp; 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It&#39;s required for every provider except Amazon, where you leave it blank.</p>\n<div class=\"fl-answer\"><p>In your storage provider&#39;s dashboard, usually on the bucket&#39;s or account&#39;s settings page, labelled &quot;endpoint&quot; or &quot;S3 API endpoint&quot;. Copy it exactly, including <code>https://</code>.</p>\n<p>Storage Studio shows the field only for non-Amazon providers, where it&#39;s required, and the placeholder hints at the usual shape for the preset you chose. Amazon itself needs no endpoint — leave it blank there. If you run your own server, the endpoint is that server&#39;s address and port.</p></div>\n\n<p class=\"fl-meta\">Last reviewed <time datetime=\"2026-10-01\">October 1, 2026</time></p>\n\n<section class=\"fl-related\"><h2>Related questions</h2><ul><li><a href=\"/faq/cloud-accounts/how-do-i-connect-an-s3-compatible-service\">How do I connect an S3-compatible service other than Amazon?</a></li><li><a href=\"/faq/cloud-accounts/what-is-use-path-style-urls\">What does &quot;Use path-style URLs&quot; do, and should I turn it on?</a></li></ul></section>\n<p class=\"fl-formats\">Also available as <a href=\"/faq/cloud-accounts/endpoint-url-required.md\">Markdown</a> and <a href=\"/faq/cloud-accounts/endpoint-url-required.json\">JSON</a>.</p>\n</article></div></div></div>"}