# Aws s3 source connector control api request

**URL:** <https://ask.lenses.io/t/aws-s3-source-connector-control-api-request/234>\
**Category:** Apache Kafka Connectors\
**Created:** [May 22, 2024, 12:10pm UTC](https://ask.lenses.io/t/aws-s3-source-connector-control-api-request/234 "2024-05-22T12:10:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Asaf\_Gur\_arie](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/ask.lenses.io/asaf_gur_arie/32/71_2.png) [@Asaf\_Gur\_arie](https://ask.lenses.io/u/Asaf_Gur_arie)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 12:10pm UTC](https://ask.lenses.io/t/aws-s3-source-connector-control-api-request/234/1 "2024-05-22T12:10:04Z")

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I am configuring the AWS S3 Source Connector for a bucket that receives new files every hour. I want to control the API calls made by the source connector so that it polls files for the bucket only once an hour. How can I set this up?  
i can’t find on the document how to control it :

> **[AWS S3 to Kafka | S3 open source Kafka connector | Lenses.io Docs](https://docs.lenses.io/5.0/integrations/connectors/stream-reactor/sources/s3sourceconnector/)**
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> A Kafka Connect source connector for writing records from AWS S3 buckets to Kafka

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**Author:** ![stheppi](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/ask.lenses.io/stheppi/32/30_2.png) [@stheppi](https://ask.lenses.io/u/stheppi)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://ask.lenses.io/t/aws-s3-source-connector-control-api-request/234/2 "2024-10-22T13:54:21Z")

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Hi @Asaf_Gur_arie ,

At the moment this is not possible. Soon there will be an option for the connector to backoff when there is no more data to process.