amazon s3 uploading about resumable.js

[steffentchr]

I think the quick answer is that the core concept of chunking up files for upload within the browser can be used with S3's partial uploads -- but that Resumable.js itself is on a different mission.

The library requires a server-side component because it prescribes a kind of API itself: A way to upload a part, a way to know whether the upload completed, a way to check whether a part has already been upload etc. These features a also seem present in S3, but in a different way.

You will be able to abstract some of the Resumable.js code for S3 part uploads if you want though.

[inconduit]

thanks for the quick reply. i haven't had the time to go in depth in resumable.js nor the s3 multipart api, but in your opinion would i be able to modify resumable.js to function with the s3 api? i'm just wondering if there are any showstoppers that i'm not seeing at first glance.

[steffentchr]

Resumable.js is three things:

• 70% the server communications I described above.
• 26% browser stuff for selecting, dropping files etc.
• 4% logic for chopping up files through a built-in browser feature.

The latter two would apply for S3, but the first wouldn't -- so I'm not sure how to set the foundation.

[inconduit]

okay, thanks a lot for the input. i'll revisit this in-depth when i have the time. imagine a drag and dropping large files to the browser that are multipart and concurrently uploaded direct to s3. a dev can dream, right?