node-s3-upload-api

A simple API to securely upload files to an AWS S3 bucket (and retrieve them again)

Deployment

Build and run locally on Docker

1. Update env with appropriate values and copy/rename to .env

   • DOMAIN=localhost
   • PORT=5000
   • CA_KEY=certs/server.key
   • CA_CERT=certs/server.cert
   • DB_URL=mongodb://localhost:27017/apiUsers
   • DB_NAMESPACE=api
   • DB_COLLECTION=apiUsers
   • JWT_SECRET=<Random string to encode JWT token>
   • BUCKET=<Name S3 bucket to hold files>
   • ACCESS_KEY=<AWS access key/user>
   • SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<AWS secret>

2. Start the service

   • To rebuild the Docker image and run: docker-compose -f docker-local.yml up --build
   • To run without rebuilding: docker-compose -f docker-local.yml up

Using the API

Access the API:

• POST https://localhost:5000/register
• POST https://localhost:5000/login
• POST https://localhost:5000/uploads
• GET https://localhost:5000/uploads/<filename>