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!