Error “uninitialized constant AWS (NameError)”

Question

It is saying AWS is uninitialized. I am usign the aws-sdk-core gem.

I tried using the aws-sdk gem instead, and the problem was still there.

This is the initializ

Answer 1

If you are receiving this error and you have the "aws-sdk" gem installed, you likely have upgraded to version 2 of the aws-sdk gem unintentionally. Version 2 uses the Aws namespace, not AWS. This allows version 1 and version 2 to be used in the same application.

See this blog post for more information.