# How to check if file exsists on s3 before playing

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-check-if-file-exsists-on-s3-before-playing/34592>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [May 1, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-check-if-file-exsists-on-s3-before-playing/34592 "2011-05-01T16:10:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![dfs\_dfsasa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b77776/32.png) [@dfs\_dfsasa](https://community.wowza.com/u/dfs_dfsasa)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-check-if-file-exsists-on-s3-before-playing/34592/1 "2011-05-01T16:10:44Z")

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I found aws-java-sdk-1.1.9 from amazon.

Is there an easier way of checking if a file exists on s3 before playlist.open(stream) ?