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+# Copyright 2026 jCloud
+
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import httpx
+from typing import AsyncGenerator, Optional
+from urllib.parse import urljoin
+
+__all__ = [
+    'S3Backend'
+]
+
+class S3Backend:
+    '''
+    A class representing an S3 compatible backend.
+
+    :param url: The URL of the backend.
+    :type url: str
+    '''
+
+    def __init__(self, url: str) -> None:
+        self.url = url
+
+    async def get_object(self, object_path: str, range: Optional[str] = None) -> AsyncGenerator[bytes]:
+        '''
+        Returns the bytes of an object.
+
+        :param object_path: The path of the object. It consists of the
+                            bucket name and the object key.
+        :type object_path: str
+        :param range: The bytes range as an RFC 9110-compliant string.
+        :type range: Optional[str]
+
+        :return: An iterator yielding the object bytes.
+        :rtype: AsyncGenerator[bytes]
+        '''
+
+        if range is not None:
+            headers = {
+                'Range': f'bytes={range}'
+            }
+        else:
+            headers = {}
+
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+            async with client.stream(
+                    'GET',
+                    urljoin(self.url, object_path),
+                    headers = headers
+            ) as response:
+                async for chunk in response.aiter_bytes():
+                    yield chunk