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CyberJunkie
CyberJunkie

Reputation: 22674

Amazon s3 folders for each user

I'm just getting started with Amazon S3. I'm using s3 to allow my app users to upload images. Every user can upload a certain amount of images and they can manage their images (upload, delete, replace).

I'm not sure which is the best approach with s3. Should I upload all the images into one directory in my bucket and keep records in my database about image uploaders or create a folder for each user in my bucket?

Please share your experience with this service.

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Which method works best when storing uploads for each user? Is there a limit on the number of folders that I can use?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1235

Answers (2)

Avichal Badaya
Avichal Badaya

Reputation: 3629

We had the similar decision to be made where users can upload multiple formats of videos and images and we created different folder for each user. It will have few benefits like 1. It is easy to maintain. 2. There will be no name conflicts between two different users uploading files with same name. 3. Also, as mentioned by Brenda, bulk delete will be easy.

I would also recommend you to use s3fs fuse which will mount your s3 bucket as local directory. It will make few of your task very easy.

Upvotes: 1

Brenda Bell
Brenda Bell

Reputation: 1139

The answer really depends on the complete requirements.

  • Will users be allowed to delete all images in a single operation?
  • Do you have diagnostic or monitoring requirements that will be significantly impacted by how you structure your bucket?

Analyzing the requirements and the AWS API's to support them might indicate that you need to manage your bucket a certain way.

Upvotes: 1

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