Next.Js 14 - AWS S3 Image Upload using API Route

In this video I will guide you thru the process of creating an AWS S3 Bucket and applying public permissions so that files are available to anyone of the internet.
In the second half of the video, I'll demonstrate creating a file upload form using NextJs and the official AWS S3 Client SDK. I will use a client-side approach to create the form component and for the file uploads I will implement a backed API endpoint using Route handlers.
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Policy:
{
"Version": "2012-10-17",
"Statement": [
{
"Sid": "PublicReadGetObject",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Principal": "*",
"Action": "s3:GetObject",
"Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::project-name-prod/*"
}
]
}
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Chapters:
◾ 0:00 Introduction:
◾ 0:30 S3 Bucket Setup
◾ 3:41 IAM Uuser Setup
◾ 6:14 Next.Js AWS S3 SDK + API
◾ 26:04 Next.Js Upload Form
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[@BobBobIsSwag]

Hey, please don't use the "NEXT_PUBLIC_" prefix before the environment variables because this makes them publicly available to the client browser. These env variables are only supposed to be used Server Side through Api Routes/Server Actions. This creates a security vulnerability.

[@RaddyDev]

Thank you for pointing that out. I've pinned your comment so everybody is aware. I am am also trying to blur the public part 😄

[@JustinTiell]

This video was amazing! I kept finding ones that almost solved the issue, but this was perfect for my needs.

[@himynameisvirgil]

You save my life and my semester!!!!! Thank you so much for the tutorial. I read a lot but none was as clear as your tutorial.

[@xovAvox]

This is exactly the functionality I wanted to implement in my application, but I could never get it to work on my own. This tutorial is the only one out of many that I watched that actually worked for me! Thank you so much!

[@RaddyDev]

Glad to hear that the video was helpful!

[@tanmaypant8493]

THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH FOR THIS MASTERPIECE!! I am really looking forward for more on aws!

[@saadbaig3060]

Great Video! Thank you so much ❣

[@tegasteve8195]

Thank you so much. THis video was really helpful

[@RaddyDev]

Glad it was helpful!

[@anubhav5709]

Great video Hope u create more on AWS Services from nextjs

[@RaddyDev]

That's the plan!

[@RaddyDev]

I hope that you find the video useful.

[@FipHomes]

Did you make a video using server actions yet? If not, that would be very useful! Thanks, great job!

[@RaddyDev]

I did: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYXEnKF8ZtCchJI

[@aogunnaike]

Thanks for this 🙏

[@ruchithsamarawickrama4604]

thank you , very clear

[@eraybaydemir8550]

my man it is very clear and good video. Thank you al lpt for your generous contribition. I loved your clear explanation and to the point statements and you have explained every little detail for us to understand completeyly keep it up buddy!! one thing I want to ask is why didnt we put headers params while writing the fecting request. I expected that we should write the classic: 'Content-Type' : 'application/json'

[@RaddyDev]

I appreciate the comment. I should have done that to ensure that both client and server are in sync peaking the same language. I will update the GitHub repo, thank you

[@abhishekkumar-ud7dc]

It was really helpful

[@Rajvirnahar]

Subscribed. can you do a video where you show how to add these stored images in S3 to to ur website front end?

[@CaseStudyQB]

Great tutorial, i wish i knew how to get the final public path back through the api

[@RaddyDev]

Thank you! Copy paste from another reply: You could do it manually:

[@CaseStudyQB]

@@RaddyDev awesome! Thanks so much for the reply! I will try this when I get home

[@himynameisvirgil]

Thanks!

[@RaddyDev]

Wow that's super kind of you! That's my first super thanks, thank you! 🎉

[@z1982_]

Hello! The bundle size is 3.04 MB... Will it affect the performance of my next app?

I don't get it - are You uploading image from the server? So you send image to Your server and then it sends to remote server?

[@RaddyDev]

The web server acts as a middleman. A person uploads a file using a form, web server receives the file (perform any operations - ex file optimisation, checks, etc...) and then we use the AWS SDK API to send the file directly to AWS S3. In this case nothing is stored on the web server and we just use it for processing, validation, optimisation etc..

[@ExtremelyDumb]

Hey, I think I'm following your setup instructions line by line but can't get this working. I've updated next and node, but whenever I use ThunderClient I get a 200 response and an empty error (the 'image not uploaded' error is triggering but replacing with `error` throws a blank response). Checking AWS under my access key, it's not being successfully called. I've checked the .env.local file and copied the formatting you placed in the video and the github, and copied that same formatting. How can I further debug this, since the console and the outputs are not telling me where the code is failing?

[@RaddyDev]

Could you download the code from GitHub and give it a go. Link in the description. Let me know how it goes

[@injamulhaque9641]

the bucket policy given in the description is not working, I have added "s3:PutObject" in the Actions array then it is working, did I do it correct?

[@RaddyDev]

It's not the Action, but the Resource that you need to change. You need to add your bucket name, like I did in the video. This line: "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::your-bucket-arn-name/*"

[@YashKumar-cj6gx]

Hey can you give the code which gives us the public link on the same page of our image after uploading it to S3

[@RaddyDev]

It should be in the description of the video

[@ongame2264]

How to get the image url or show the images to our website? I have tried using the AWS SDK Client S3 but it doesn't work. Can you give some explanation? Is there a tutorial about this? Thanks in advance🙌

[@RaddyDev]

You could do it manually:

[@ongame2264]

Oh my gosh, this is a very nice idea! Thank you so much @@RaddyDev! 🙌

[@amranmohamed377]

How do you get the policy; you justed pasted from out no where 😅

[@RaddyDev]

😁 When you Edit the Bucket policy you can click on Policy Examples or Policy Generator and create one that suits your needs. In Policy Examples you'll find a lot of good use cases which you can copy/paste and finally, you can look at the Varcel AWS S3 Image Upload example policy. They've added a few more actions: { "Version": "2012-10-17", "Statement": [ { "Effect": "Allow", "Action": [ "s3:DeleteObject", "s3:GetObject", "s3:ListBucket", "s3:PutObject", "s3:PutObjectAcl" ], "Resource": ["arn:aws:s3:::BUCKET_NAME", "arn:aws:s3:::BUCKET_NAME/*"] } ] }

[@amranmohamed377]

@@RaddyDevThank you SOO much for your tutorial video Raddy! Please can you direct us how to do it with server actions, if you get a time tor that?

[@RaddyDev]

That's how I ended up doing it on one of my website - using server actions. I could do a video on that... I am strongly considering making one

[@GeisaGamer]

Do you have a video with typescript?

[@RaddyDev]

I only have JS. Maybe you could ask AI to help you out convert them

[@nhanhuynh1845]

hey bro, when I click to Object URL of the image after uploaded in s3, it will auto download but i just want it to show the image. How can I fix it?

[@RaddyDev]

This sound like a browser setting problem to me. Can you try on another browser to see if the images open instead of download directly? It's probably a setting that you can change easily

[@nhanhuynh1845]

​@@RaddyDevtks I fixed it, I missed property ContentType when put command 😅

[@maxmurakami-moses4728]

Can you create a tutorial with all the privacy things turned on? I don't want anyone on the web to be able to access my files.

[@RaddyDev]

You can turn the privacy ON and nobody is going to be able to access them. If you want to allow access to a specific IP, that's possible too. A good example of how to do this is provided in their documentation, which you can find near the Bucket Policy text area.

[@Wannabvlogger]

Thank you so much for this , can we go ahead one more step and show the data already stored in aws bucket in our frontend ?? Then i can make a porn web i guess i can put all the video manuallly in s3 and then i just have to show them in frontend Pls reply