Create Your Own Scalable Dropbox Clone With Object Storage

This beginner tutorial builds a Dropbox-like file storage website using Node.js and Express with Linode Object Storage. It covers bucket credentials, S3-compatible object operations for uploading, listing, retrieving URLs, deleting, and serving files through a basic Bootstrap UI.

Syllabus

Introduction
Create Node.js files in VS Code
Start express server
Uploading files to Linode Object Storage
Get Started with AWS SDK for JavaScript
Set Bucket Credentials
Create s3client
Create Access Key
Setting the ACL
Accessing Listing Buckets
Obtaining a File’s URL
Create Upload Function
Create Delete Object Function
Create List Object Function
Upload a Binary File
Test Run with Parameters
Obtain Boot Strap
Create UI
How the UI works
Consolidate JS Files
Edit “Success” Message
Fetch Files and send as json
Style our UI
Conclusion