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# Consuming Data Space Assets
In Data Space Integration, as a consumer, you want to consume data assets provided by other members of the data space.
> ### Note:
> This section focuses on working with Data Space Integration as a **consumer**. If you're a provider who wants to create assets, policies, and contract definitions, see [Data Spaces - Providing Assets, Policies, and Contract Definitions](50-Development/data-spaces-providing-assets-policies-and-contract-definitions-079b342.md).
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## Prerequisites
To consume assets, your user requires the `DataspaceConsumer` role collection. See [Configuring User Access](configuring-user-access-6ae0ff7.md) and [Personas and Roles](60-Security/identity-and-access-management-for-data-space-integration-211c66a.md#loio211c66a2f65e4bf0ad0e93e68cfff984__section_cxz_vsk_pcc).
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## Overview
In Data Space Integration, providers and consumers of assets can define data exchange via contract agreements in a sovereign and secure way. See [Concepts in Data Space Integration](concepts-in-data-space-integration-fcf96b2.md).
If you want to consume assets provided by another member of a data space, you must do so under their conditions, or policies. The provider drafts an offer that can be checked publicly after publication through the provider's catalog. The consumer then needs to start the negotiations. If both agree, an agreement is formed between the two of them. You, as the consumer, can now consume the asset under the conditions you and the provider agreed upon.
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## Consuming Data Space Assets
Depending on the asset that you want to consume or provide, there are two different approaches to consuming assets:
- The **provider pushes** the asset to a location that the consumer specifies.
This approach applies to **S3 assets** and **Azure assets**.
- The **consumer pulls** the asset from a location that the provider discloses to them.
This approach applies to **HTTP assets**.
To consume assets using the consumer API, perform the following steps for **S3 assets** and **Azure assets**:
1. [Discovering Offers Through a Catalog](discovering-offers-through-a-catalog-90f3619.md)
2. [Consuming S3 and Azure Assets](consuming-s3-and-azure-assets-4afdf5c.md)
Perform the following steps for **HTTP assets**:
1. [Discovering Offers Through a Catalog](discovering-offers-through-a-catalog-90f3619.md)
2. [Triggering Contract Negotiations and Transferring Assets with EDR Management APIs](triggering-contract-negotiations-and-transferring-assets-with-edr-management-apis-eace95e.md)
3. [Consuming Assets](consuming-assets-f6b27ac.md)
