File Uploads in a Serverless Environment — Roadmap Step & Resources
Handling uploads with external storage (e.g. S3/Cloudinary) since serverless functions have no persistent disk
- Level: advanced
- Estimated time: 1 days
- Roadmap: Next.js Full Stack
Before this step
Interview questions
- Why can't you save uploaded files to the local filesystem in a serverless deployment?
Study resources
- File Uploading (Article) — The official Next.js guide to handling file uploads given the constraints of a serverless environment.
- Next.js File Upload to Cloudinary/S3 Tutorial (Video) — A practical walkthrough of uploading files to external storage from a Next.js app.
Part of
- Full Stack Integration (Next.js Stack) — section
- Next.js Full Stack roadmap — the full learning path