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

It sounds as though either the gem isn't present in your load path or it is not being required.

The entry in your Gemfile should be

gem 'aws-sdk'

This will implicitly do a require 'aws-sdk' as the application initializes, as long as you start the app with bundle exec rails server or bundle exec rails console.

Alternatively, if the above code was in a non-rails application, just place require 'aws-sdk' on the first line.