Direct Upload Button Starter with Mux

A starter project to teach Mux users how to directly upload from their machine via a file picker / upload button.

Prerequisites

React
Node
Express
Webhooks (Optional)

Credentials and Environment Variables

Create a .env file at the root of the project, paste the below, and replace the square brackets with your Mux API credentials.

PORT=[your preferred port other than 3000]
MUX_ACCESS_TOKEN_ID=[your mux access token id]
MUX_SECRET_KEY=[your mux secret key]

Setup

git clone https://github.com/clearlyTHUYDOAN/mux-direct-upload.git
cd mux-direct-upload
// Install server-side dependencies
npm install
// Install client-side dependencies
cd client
npm install

Running the starter project

Run the following in separate terminals, from the root:

Server

npm run server

Client

npm run client

Running the final project

Run the following in separate terminals, from the root:

Server

npm run final-server

Client

Go into the client folder's index.js file. Uncomment out the import line using Final-Button.js.

Then, comment out the active line importing Button.js. Next, run the following command:

npm run client