Direct Upload

Simple Flask API to demonstrate how direct upload to AWS S3 is done.

Requirements

• Python 3.8
• PostgreSQL 9.5+

Setup

• Create a new virtual environment
• Install the required packages using pip install -r requirements.txt
• Create a new PostgreSQL database called direct_upload (or the name you prefer):

sudo -u postgres psql
CREATE DATABASE direct_upload;
\q

• Create the .env file copying the example file: cp .env.example .env
• Input your AWS credentials and change the DATABASE_URL if you have custom credentials: postgresql://<user>:<password>@<host>:<port>/<database_name>
• Run the migrations with flask db upgrade
• Run the API with flask run