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 # 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](https://medium.com/p/fbd8f0b26f5/e)
+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=us-west-2 (eg: add the location of your bucket)
+    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!