Uploading files to S3 using React.js hooks & react-aws-s3
Learn how to upload files to AWS S3 using React, React Hooks and Modern React Soluitons
In this article the following will be accomplished.
1. Understand how to grab a file with an input using react.
2. Uploading that file to your Amazon S3 bucket with the npm package react-aws-s3
Index:
- Follow Along
- Quick Start (scroll to bottom)
Note: You will need to sign up for an Amazon S3 bucket (they have free options) to do this. From my experience, if you don’t already have one. It takes 12–72hrs to get approved.
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Follow Along
Step 1: bootstrap react
We need to create our react app. In this example I’m using create-react-app. If you aren’t familiar with this…
