diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 38091db06..98a682ada 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         sudo apt-get update -y
-        sudo apt-get install -y libboost-graph-dev ccache
+        sudo apt-get install -y libboost-graph-dev ccache libcurl4-openssl-dev
 
     - name: CMake
       run: |
diff --git a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index afd5542c7..81fce3529 100644
--- a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -149,6 +149,11 @@ endmacro()
 find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 find_yaml_cpp()
 find_package(OpenSSL QUIET)
+if (APPLE)
+    find_package(curl REQUIRED)
+else()
+    find_package(CURL REQUIRED)
+endif()
 if(OPENSSL_FOUND)
     if(OPENSSL_VERSION LESS "1.1.0")
         message(ERROR "The OpenSSL must be greater than or equal to 1.1.0, current version is  ${OPENSSL_VERSION}")
@@ -204,6 +209,12 @@ macro(build_gar)
     if(OPENSSL_FOUND)
         target_link_libraries(gar PRIVATE OpenSSL::SSL)
     endif()
+    if (CURL_FOUND)
+        target_link_libraries(gar PUBLIC CURL::libcurl)
+    endif()
+    if (APPLE)
+        target_link_libraries(gar "-framework CoreFoundation")
+    endif()
 endmacro()
 
 build_gar()
diff --git a/cpp/README.rst b/cpp/README.rst
index 950e86b32..b0ee374a2 100644
--- a/cpp/README.rst
+++ b/cpp/README.rst
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Building requires:
   sufficient. For MacOS, at least clang 5 is required
 * CMake 3.5 or higher
 * On Linux and macOS, ``make`` build utilities
+* curl-devel (Linux) or curl (macOS), for s3 filesystem support
 
 Dependencies for optional features:
 
diff --git a/cpp/cmake/apache-arrow.cmake b/cpp/cmake/apache-arrow.cmake
index e995db38a..2566e1fe1 100644
--- a/cpp/cmake/apache-arrow.cmake
+++ b/cpp/cmake/apache-arrow.cmake
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ function(build_arrow)
                              "-DARROW_WITH_ZSTD=ON"
                              "-DARROW_WITH_ZLIB=OFF"
                              "-DARROW_WITH_BROTLI=OFF"
-                             "-DARROW_WITH_BZ2=OFF")
+                             "-DARROW_WITH_BZ2=OFF"
+                             "-DARROW_S3=ON")
 
     set(GAR_ARROW_INCLUDE_DIR "${GAR_ARROW_PREFIX}/include" CACHE INTERNAL "arrow include directory")
     set(GAR_ARROW_BUILD_BYPRODUCTS "${GAR_ARROW_STATIC_LIB}" "${GAR_PARQUET_STATIC_LIB}")
diff --git a/cpp/include/gar/graph_info.h b/cpp/include/gar/graph_info.h
index 92c0b763b..c6e1d7b7d 100644
--- a/cpp/include/gar/graph_info.h
+++ b/cpp/include/gar/graph_info.h
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ namespace GAR_NAMESPACE_INTERNAL {
 
 class Yaml;
 
+class FileSystem;
+
 /**
  * Property is a struct to store the property information for a group.
  */
diff --git a/cpp/include/gar/reader/arrow_chunk_reader.h b/cpp/include/gar/reader/arrow_chunk_reader.h
index a4da2359e..1e3c9ad8e 100644
--- a/cpp/include/gar/reader/arrow_chunk_reader.h
+++ b/cpp/include/gar/reader/arrow_chunk_reader.h
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class VertexPropertyArrowChunkReader {
                               vertex_info.GetPathPrefix(property_group));
     std::string base_dir = prefix_ + pg_path_prefix;
     GAR_ASSIGN_OR_RAISE_ERROR(chunk_num_,
-                              utils::GetVertexChunkNum(prefix_, vertex_info_));
+                              utils::GetVertexChunkNum(prefix_, vertex_info));
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/cpp/include/gar/utils/filesystem.h b/cpp/include/gar/utils/filesystem.h
index 3c8779a3d..5313a4dd2 100644
--- a/cpp/include/gar/utils/filesystem.h
+++ b/cpp/include/gar/utils/filesystem.h
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class FileSystem {
 /**
  * @brief Create a new FileSystem by URI
  *
- * wrapper of arrow::fs::FileSystemFromUri
+ * wrapper of arrow::fs::FileSystemFromUriOrPath
  *
  * Recognized schemes are "file", "mock", "hdfs", "viewfs", "s3",
  * "gs" and "gcs".
diff --git a/cpp/src/arrow_chunk_writer.cc b/cpp/src/arrow_chunk_writer.cc
index 7db321f62..eed4b4885 100644
--- a/cpp/src/arrow_chunk_writer.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/arrow_chunk_writer.cc
@@ -122,8 +122,11 @@ Status VertexPropertyWriter::WriteChunk(
   auto schema = input_table->schema();
   for (auto& property : property_group.GetProperties()) {
     int indice = schema->GetFieldIndex(property.name);
-    if (indice == -1)
-      return Status::InvalidOperation("invalid property");
+    if (indice == -1) {
+      std::string msg = "invalid property: " + property.name +
+                        " vertex: " + vertex_info_.GetLabel();
+      return Status::InvalidOperation(msg);
+    }
     indices.push_back(indice);
   }
   GAR_RETURN_ON_ARROW_ERROR_AND_ASSIGN(auto in_table,
@@ -274,8 +277,11 @@ Status EdgeChunkWriter::WritePropertyChunk(
   auto schema = input_table->schema();
   for (auto& property : property_group.GetProperties()) {
     int indice = schema->GetFieldIndex(property.name);
-    if (indice == -1)
-      return Status::InvalidOperation("invalid property");
+    if (indice == -1) {
+      std::string msg = "invalid property: " + property.name +
+                        " edge: " + edge_info_.GetEdgeLabel();
+      return Status::InvalidOperation(msg);
+    }
     indices.push_back(indice);
   }
   auto in_table = input_table->SelectColumns(indices).ValueOrDie();
diff --git a/cpp/src/filesystem.cc b/cpp/src/filesystem.cc
index d190f4e86..07b0c82ef 100644
--- a/cpp/src/filesystem.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/filesystem.cc
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ static Status CastToLargeOffsetArray(
   GAR_RETURN_ON_ARROW_ERROR_AND_ASSIGN(out, arrow::ChunkedArray::Make(chunks));
   return Status::OK();
 }
+
+Result<arrow::internal::Uri> ParseFileSystemUri(const std::string& uri_string) {
+  arrow::internal::Uri uri;
+  RETURN_NOT_ARROW_OK(uri.Parse(uri_string));
+  return std::move(uri);
+}
 }  // namespace detail
 
 Result<std::shared_ptr<arrow::Table>> FileSystem::ReadFileToTable(
@@ -173,8 +179,8 @@ Result<std::string> FileSystem::ReadFileToValue(const std::string& path) const
 template <typename T>
 Status FileSystem::WriteValueToFile(const T& value,
                                     const std::string& path) const noexcept {
-  RETURN_NOT_ARROW_OK(
-      arrow_fs_->CreateDir(path.substr(0, path.find_last_of("/"))));
+  // try to create the directory, oss filesystem may not support this, ignore
+  ARROW_UNUSED(arrow_fs_->CreateDir(path.substr(0, path.find_last_of("/"))));
   GAR_RETURN_ON_ARROW_ERROR_AND_ASSIGN(auto ofstream,
                                        arrow_fs_->OpenOutputStream(path));
   RETURN_NOT_ARROW_OK(ofstream->Write(&value, sizeof(T)));
@@ -185,8 +191,8 @@ Status FileSystem::WriteValueToFile(const T& value,
 template <>
 Status FileSystem::WriteValueToFile(const std::string& value,
                                     const std::string& path) const noexcept {
-  RETURN_NOT_ARROW_OK(
-      arrow_fs_->CreateDir(path.substr(0, path.find_last_of("/"))));
+  // try to create the directory, oss filesystem may not support this, ignore
+  ARROW_UNUSED(arrow_fs_->CreateDir(path.substr(0, path.find_last_of("/"))));
   GAR_RETURN_ON_ARROW_ERROR_AND_ASSIGN(auto ofstream,
                                        arrow_fs_->OpenOutputStream(path));
   RETURN_NOT_ARROW_OK(ofstream->Write(value.c_str(), value.size()));
@@ -197,8 +203,8 @@ Status FileSystem::WriteValueToFile(const std::string& value,
 Status FileSystem::WriteTableToFile(const std::shared_ptr<arrow::Table>& table,
                                     FileType file_type,
                                     const std::string& path) const noexcept {
-  RETURN_NOT_ARROW_OK(
-      arrow_fs_->CreateDir(path.substr(0, path.find_last_of("/"))));
+  // try to create the directory, oss filesystem may not support this, ignore
+  ARROW_UNUSED(arrow_fs_->CreateDir(path.substr(0, path.find_last_of("/"))));
   GAR_RETURN_ON_ARROW_ERROR_AND_ASSIGN(auto output_stream,
                                        arrow_fs_->OpenOutputStream(path));
   switch (file_type) {
@@ -242,7 +248,8 @@ Status FileSystem::WriteTableToFile(const std::shared_ptr<arrow::Table>& table,
 
 Status FileSystem::CopyFile(const std::string& src_path,
                             const std::string& dst_path) const noexcept {
-  RETURN_NOT_ARROW_OK(
+  // try to create the directory, oss filesystem may not support this, ignore
+  ARROW_UNUSED(
       arrow_fs_->CreateDir(dst_path.substr(0, dst_path.find_last_of("/"))));
   RETURN_NOT_ARROW_OK(arrow_fs_->CopyFile(src_path, dst_path));
   return Status::OK();
@@ -261,9 +268,31 @@ Result<IdType> FileSystem::GetFileNumOfDir(const std::string& dir_path,
 }
 
 Result<std::shared_ptr<FileSystem>> FileSystemFromUriOrPath(
-    const std::string& uri, std::string* out_path) {
+    const std::string& uri_string, std::string* out_path) {
+  if (arrow::fs::internal::DetectAbsolutePath(uri_string)) {
+    // if the uri_string is an absolute path, we need to create a local file
+    GAR_RETURN_ON_ARROW_ERROR_AND_ASSIGN(
+        auto arrow_fs,
+        arrow::fs::FileSystemFromUriOrPath(uri_string, out_path));
+    return std::make_shared<FileSystem>(arrow_fs);
+  }
+
   GAR_RETURN_ON_ARROW_ERROR_AND_ASSIGN(
-      auto arrow_fs, arrow::fs::FileSystemFromUriOrPath(uri, out_path));
+      auto arrow_fs, arrow::fs::FileSystemFromUriOrPath(uri_string));
+  GAR_ASSIGN_OR_RAISE(auto uri, detail::ParseFileSystemUri(uri_string));
+  if (out_path != nullptr) {
+    if (uri.scheme() == "file" || uri.scheme() == "hdfs" ||
+        uri.scheme().empty()) {
+      *out_path = uri.path();
+    } else if (uri.scheme() == "s3" || uri.scheme() == "gs") {
+      // bucket name is the host, path is the path
+      // the arrow parser would delete the trailing slash which we don't want to
+      *out_path = uri.host() + uri.path();
+    } else {
+      return Status::Invalid("Unrecognized filesystem type in URI: " +
+                             uri_string);
+    }
+  }
   return std::make_shared<FileSystem>(arrow_fs);
 }
 
diff --git a/cpp/src/graph_info.cc b/cpp/src/graph_info.cc
index 833b8372f..05e8c850c 100644
--- a/cpp/src/graph_info.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/graph_info.cc
@@ -227,29 +227,32 @@ Status EdgeInfo::Save(const std::string& path) const {
   return fs->WriteValueToFile(yaml_content, path);
 }
 
+namespace {
+
 static std::string PathToDirectory(const std::string& path) {
-  const size_t last_slash_idx = path.rfind('/');
-  if (std::string::npos != last_slash_idx) {
-    return path.substr(0, last_slash_idx + 1);  // +1 to include the slash
+  if (path.rfind("s3://", 0) == 0) {
+    int t = path.find_last_of('?');
+    std::string prefix = path.substr(0, t);
+    std::string suffix = path.substr(t);
+    const size_t last_slash_idx = prefix.rfind('/');
+    if (std::string::npos != last_slash_idx) {
+      return prefix.substr(0, last_slash_idx + 1) + suffix;
+    }
+  } else {
+    const size_t last_slash_idx = path.rfind('/');
+    if (std::string::npos != last_slash_idx) {
+      return path.substr(0, last_slash_idx + 1);  // +1 to include the slash
+    }
   }
   return path;
 }
 
-Result<GraphInfo> GraphInfo::Load(const std::string& path) {
-  std::string no_url_path;
-  GAR_ASSIGN_OR_RAISE(auto fs, FileSystemFromUriOrPath(path, &no_url_path));
-  GAR_ASSIGN_OR_RAISE(auto yaml_content,
-                      fs->ReadFileToValue<std::string>(no_url_path));
-  std::string path_dir = PathToDirectory(path);
-  return GraphInfo::Load(yaml_content, path_dir);
-}
-
-Result<GraphInfo> GraphInfo::Load(const std::string& input,
-                                  const std::string& relative_location) {
-  GAR_ASSIGN_OR_RAISE(auto graph_meta, Yaml::Load(input));
-  std::string name = "graph";
-  std::string prefix =
-      relative_location;  // default chunk file prefix is relative location
+static Result<GraphInfo> ConstructGraphInfo(
+    std::shared_ptr<Yaml> graph_meta, const std::string& default_name,
+    const std::string& default_prefix, const std::shared_ptr<FileSystem> fs,
+    const std::string& no_url_path) {
+  std::string name = default_name;
+  std::string prefix = default_prefix;
   if (graph_meta->operator[]("name")) {
     name = graph_meta->operator[]("name").as<std::string>();
   }
@@ -264,9 +267,6 @@ Result<GraphInfo> GraphInfo::Load(const std::string& input,
   }
   GraphInfo graph_info(name, version, prefix);
 
-  std::string no_url_path;
-  GAR_ASSIGN_OR_RAISE(auto fs,
-                      FileSystemFromUriOrPath(relative_location, &no_url_path));
   const auto& vertices = graph_meta->operator[]("vertices");
   if (vertices) {
     for (YAML::const_iterator it = vertices.begin(); it != vertices.end();
@@ -293,6 +293,34 @@ Result<GraphInfo> GraphInfo::Load(const std::string& input,
   return graph_info;
 }
 
+}  // namespace
+
+Result<GraphInfo> GraphInfo::Load(const std::string& path) {
+  std::string no_url_path;
+  GAR_ASSIGN_OR_RAISE(auto fs, FileSystemFromUriOrPath(path, &no_url_path));
+  GAR_ASSIGN_OR_RAISE(auto yaml_content,
+                      fs->ReadFileToValue<std::string>(no_url_path));
+  GAR_ASSIGN_OR_RAISE(auto graph_meta, Yaml::Load(yaml_content));
+  std::string default_name = "graph";
+  std::string default_prefix = PathToDirectory(path);
+  no_url_path = PathToDirectory(no_url_path);
+  return ConstructGraphInfo(graph_meta, default_name, default_prefix, fs,
+                            no_url_path);
+}
+
+Result<GraphInfo> GraphInfo::Load(const std::string& input,
+                                  const std::string& relative_location) {
+  GAR_ASSIGN_OR_RAISE(auto graph_meta, Yaml::Load(input));
+  std::string default_name = "graph";
+  std::string default_prefix =
+      relative_location;  // default chunk file prefix is relative location
+  std::string no_url_path;
+  GAR_ASSIGN_OR_RAISE(auto fs,
+                      FileSystemFromUriOrPath(relative_location, &no_url_path));
+  return ConstructGraphInfo(graph_meta, default_name, default_prefix, fs,
+                            no_url_path);
+}
+
 Result<std::string> GraphInfo::Dump() const noexcept {
   if (!IsValidated()) {
     return Status::Invalid();
diff --git a/cpp/test/test_graph.cc b/cpp/test/test_graph.cc
index a433c8547..55832c810 100644
--- a/cpp/test/test_graph.cc
+++ b/cpp/test/test_graph.cc
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ TEST_CASE("test_edges_collection", "[Slow]") {
   auto& edges = std::get<GAR_NAMESPACE::EdgesCollection<
       GAR_NAMESPACE::AdjListType::ordered_by_source>>(expect.value());
   auto end = edges.end();
-  GAR_NAMESPACE::IdType count = 0;
+  size_t count = 0;
   for (auto it = edges.begin(); it != end; ++it) {
     // access data through iterator directly
     std::cout << "src=" << it.source() << ", dst=" << it.destination()
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ TEST_CASE("test_edges_collection", "[Slow]") {
   auto& edges1 = std::get<GAR_NAMESPACE::EdgesCollection<
       GAR_NAMESPACE::AdjListType::ordered_by_dest>>(expect1.value());
   auto end1 = edges1.end();
-  GAR_NAMESPACE::IdType count1 = 0;
+  size_t count1 = 0;
   for (auto it = edges1.begin(); it != end1; ++it) {
     count1++;
   }
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ TEST_CASE("test_edges_collection", "[Slow]") {
   auto& edges2 = std::get<GAR_NAMESPACE::EdgesCollection<
       GAR_NAMESPACE::AdjListType::ordered_by_source>>(expect2.value());
   auto end2 = edges2.end();
-  GAR_NAMESPACE::IdType count2 = 0;
+  size_t count2 = 0;
   for (auto it = edges2.begin(); it != end2; ++it) {
     auto edge = *it;
     std::cout << "src=" << edge.source() << ", dst=" << edge.destination()
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ TEST_CASE("test_edges_collection", "[Slow]") {
   auto& edges3 = std::get<GAR_NAMESPACE::EdgesCollection<
       GAR_NAMESPACE::AdjListType::unordered_by_source>>(expect3.value());
   auto end3 = edges3.end();
-  GAR_NAMESPACE::IdType count3 = 0;
+  size_t count3 = 0;
   for (auto it = edges3.begin(); it != end3; ++it) {
     count3++;
   }
diff --git a/cpp/test/test_info.cc b/cpp/test/test_info.cc
index 59b3881ef..4ffb07a16 100644
--- a/cpp/test/test_info.cc
+++ b/cpp/test/test_info.cc
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 #include "./util.h"
 
 #include "gar/graph_info.h"
+#include "gar/utils/filesystem.h"
 #include "gar/utils/version_parser.h"
 
 #define CATCH_CONFIG_MAIN
@@ -336,6 +337,9 @@ TEST_CASE("test_graph_info_load_from_file") {
 
   std::string path = root + "/ldbc_sample/csv/ldbc_sample.graph.yml";
   auto graph_info_result = GAR_NAMESPACE::GraphInfo::Load(path);
+  if (graph_info_result.has_error()) {
+    std::cout << graph_info_result.status().message() << std::endl;
+  }
   REQUIRE(!graph_info_result.has_error());
   auto graph_info = graph_info_result.value();
   REQUIRE(graph_info.GetName() == "ldbc_sample");
@@ -345,3 +349,17 @@ TEST_CASE("test_graph_info_load_from_file") {
   REQUIRE(vertex_infos.size() == 1);
   REQUIRE(edge_infos.size() == 1);
 }
+
+TEST_CASE("test_graph_info_load_from_s3") {
+  std::string path =
+      "s3://graphar/ldbc/ldbc.graph.yml"
+      "?endpoint_override=graphscope.oss-cn-beijing.aliyuncs.com";
+  auto graph_info_result = GAR_NAMESPACE::GraphInfo::Load(path);
+  REQUIRE(!graph_info_result.has_error());
+  auto graph_info = graph_info_result.value();
+  REQUIRE(graph_info.GetName() == "ldbc");
+  const auto& vertex_infos = graph_info.GetVertexInfos();
+  const auto& edge_infos = graph_info.GetEdgeInfos();
+  REQUIRE(vertex_infos.size() == 8);
+  REQUIRE(edge_infos.size() == 23);
+}