How to upload a file to Amazon S3 without passing it my server

Question

I'm am trying to find a front-end solution for uploading files to amazon s3 but without passing them through my server.

Below are the features i need 

• No plugins
• Built with Amazon S3 in mind, handling buckets authentication etc.
• A way to see file upload progress
• Support from IE8+

 

Answer 1

This article pretty much explains the entire process to upload files directly to S3 without passing them through your own server.

You can also check out the AWS docs related to this on:

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/UsingHTTPPOST.html

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/RESTObjectPOST.html

If you're looking for an upload tool that supports HTML5 uploads directly to S3, check out Plupload.

I hope this helped.