Storing User Files with Express, Stormpath, and Amazon S3

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Storing User Files with Express, Stormpath, and Amazon S3 @rdegges

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I’m Randall Degges Developer Evangelist at Stormpath Python / Node / Go Hacker

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Agenda - Stormpath Intro (5 minutes) - Main Talk (30 minutes) - Q/A (15 minutes)

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Intro to Stormpath API Service Website Mobile App

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We Do a Lot - Libraries for many languages - AD / LDAP - Single Sign On (SAML) - OAuth2 - Social Login - Multi-Tenancy - Groups and Roles - Email Workflows

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What’s the problem?

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www.awesome.io avatar.png receipt.pdf invoice.pdf Stormpath! ???

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How do people usually store user files?

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Database Columns

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No!!! - Makes DB queries for each image view. - Slows down DB. - DBs aren’t good at this sort of IO (heavy disk reading). - Slow performance for end users.

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Your Webserver(s) Webserver avatar.png avatar.png avatar.png avatar.png avatar.png avatar.png avatar.png avatar.png LOW DISK SPACE!! OMG! Backups?!

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Amazon S3 - Reliability. - Durability. - Availability. - Cost. - Speed. - Security ACLs.

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How S3 Works webserver

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Cool, Right?

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So… Let’s Build Something!

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The Magic!

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This sets up the S3 client and adds simple file methods onto . Required.

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Setup Done!

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Upload Files Path to local file you want to upload.

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Upload Files (cont) Desired ACL for file.

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Delete Files

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(demo)

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Resources - https://github.com/rdegges/express-stormp ath-s3 - https://aws.amazon.com/s3/ - https://stormpath.com/ - https://github.com/rdegges/express-stormp ath-s3-webinar - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/lat est/dev/acl-overview.html

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You’re awesome. @rdegges