Generate signed urls to display S3 files in a smart field
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Generate signed urls to display S3 files in a smart field
Context: As a user I want to be able to preview files from an S3 bucket thanks to secure signed urls.
Example: I have a collection places
that has a pictures
field which is an array of strings containing the file name of files stored on a s3 bucket.
In a smart field called s3pictures
I return the value of calls made to S3 to get signed urls for the files whose name is present in the pictures
field.
Implementation
First you need to implement the function to get the signed urls from s3. We use the aws-sdk
npm package to connect to the bucket storing the pictures.
services/s3-helper.js
Then you need to declare the s3Pictures
smart field and implement the get logic to populate it. In the get function you iterate on the pictures array to get the signed url for each file name then return an array with the signed urls.
forest/places.js
You can then use the default file viewer widget settings to preview the pictures.
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