/Upload-to-S3-from-React

A guide on how to connect AWS S3 to a React Frontend

Primary LanguageJavaScript

Upload-to-S3-from-React

An easy to guide to setup an AWS S3 bucket and upload files to it from a React frontend

Steps to follow

  1. Create the AWS S3 bucket as mentioned here

  2. Clone this repository

  3. Run npm install

    The react-aws-s3 package, has been used to facilitate the file uploads to th S3 bucket

  4. Create a .env file at the root of the repository and add the details in the following format

    REACT_APP_BUCKET_NAME=your-bucket-name
REACT_APP_REGION=add the location of your bucket (eg: us-west-2)
REACT_APP_ACCESS=got-from-the-security-credentials
REACT_APP_SECRET=got-from-the-security-credentials

  5. Run npm start to start the server on PORT 3000

On uploading a file, it will get uploaded to the S3 bucket!