Common Object Management Service (COMS)


Using COMS, take advantage of more cost-effective storage solutions for your new or existing business applications. COMS is a secure REST API that lets you connect your application to an S3 bucket. In S3, you can store and share files, images, and documents with co-workers, partners, or the public.

Onboarding Options

COMS is available as a shared hosted service, as well as an application that you can customise and deploy in your own infrastructure. Authentication is done with a User JWT or your object-storage bucket credentials. See our documentation of hosting considerations and more on BCDevExchange .

We have also launched BCBox, a user-interface for managing files, integrated with the hosted COMS service.

Hosted ServiceHosted Service
Common Object Management Service (COMS)
Feature List
  • Upload, download, manage and manage files in Object Storage
  • Assign Read/Write permissions on files and folders
  • Share files and folders within Government or with external parties
  • Set files as ‘public’ for easy sharing or embedding online
  • Manage object versions, metadata and tags
  • Flexible search and filter capabilities based on objects and user permissions
Hosted URL
https://coms.api.gov.bc.ca
Documentation
User Guide
GitHub
Repository
API Review
Specification
Get Support
MS Teams channel
UI Integration
BCBox
Manage and share your files through a web interface.