How do I client-side upload a viewable file to Amazon S3?

Question

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Answer 1

It sounds like you don't really need a signed URL, just that you want your uploads to be publicly viewable. If that's the case, you just need to go to the AWS console, choose the bucket you want to configure, and click on permissions. Then click the button that says 'add bucket policy' and input the following rule:

{
    "Version": "2008-10-17",
    "Id": "http referer policy example",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Sid": "readonly policy",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Principal": "*",
            "Action": "s3:GetObject",
            "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::BUCKETNAME/*"
        }
    ]
}

where BUCKETNAME should be replaced with your own bucket's name. The contents of that bucket will be readable by anyone now, provided they have a direct link to a specific file.