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 # NeoFS HTTP Gateway
 
+**This gateway is deprecated, archived and no longer maintained.**
+Please switch to the REST gateway (see [migration guide](https://github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-rest-gw/blob/fba9e19f160afddb973b600d35581c230b9812b0/docs/migration-from-http.md) as well).
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 NeoFS HTTP Gateway bridges NeoFS internal protocol and HTTP standard.
 - you can download one file per request from the NeoFS Network
 - you can upload one file per request into the NeoFS Network