Give users direct access to your video without ever exposing your storage. Presigned URLs allow downloading straight to the source in a protected way, scaling effortlessly as your library grows.

LOS ANGELES — June 24, 2026 — Qencode, a cloud video infrastructure platform, today announced S3 Presigned URLs, a new way to grant temporary, file-specific access to any S3-compatible storage bucket, without sharing credentials, enabling public buckets, and dealing with manual key management.

Why It Matters

Video lives in large files, and moving them securely at scale has always meant a trade-off. Teams could route every transfer through their own servers, adding cost and a bottleneck, or loosen storage permissions in ways that invite risk. A Presigned URL gives users a way to grant time-limited access to a single video file without sharing account credentials or making an entire storage bucket public.

How It Works

Generate a secure, time-limited link for a specific file in your storage bucket. Use a GET URL when someone needs to download a video, or a PUT URL when someone needs to upload one. When a link reaches its expiration, access ends automatically, and the rest of the user’s storage stays private throughout. The result is granular control over who can access each file and for exactly how long.

Availability

The feature is available now through the Qencode API and the Qencode Portal.
Full setup instructions are available in the Presigned URLs tutorial.