Astro Setup
You can use Astro with any of the frontend frameworks we support. This guide will walk you through setting it up using React, but the steps will be near identical for other frameworks too.
Check out a full example here ↗
Setting up your environment
Install the packages
npm install uploadthing @uploadthing/react
Add env variables
UPLOADTHING_TOKEN=... # A token for interacting with the SDK
If you don't already have a uploadthing secret key, sign up ↗ and create one from the dashboard! ↗
Set Up A FileRouter
Creating your first FileRoute
All files uploaded to uploadthing are associated with a FileRoute. The following is a very minimalistic example, with a single FileRoute "imageUploader". Think of a FileRoute similar to an endpoint, it has:
- Permitted types ["image", "video", etc]
- Max file size
- (Optional)
middleware
to authenticate and tag requests onUploadComplete
callback for when uploads are completed
To get full insight into what you can do with the FileRoutes, please refer to the File Router API.
src/server/uploadthing.ts
import { createUploadthing, type FileRouter } from "uploadthing/server";
const f = createUploadthing();
const auth = (req: Request) => ({ id: "fakeId" }); // Fake auth function
// FileRouter for your app, can contain multiple FileRoutes
export const ourFileRouter = {
// Define as many FileRoutes as you like, each with a unique routeSlug
imageUploader: f({ image: { maxFileSize: "4MB" } })
// Set permissions and file types for this FileRoute
.middleware(async ({ req }) => {
// This code runs on your server before upload
const user = await auth(req);
// If you throw, the user will not be able to upload
if (!user) throw new Error("Unauthorized");
// Whatever is returned here is accessible in onUploadComplete as `metadata`
return { userId: user.id };
})
.onUploadComplete(async ({ metadata, file }) => {
// This code RUNS ON YOUR SERVER after upload
console.log("Upload complete for userId:", metadata.userId);
console.log("file url", file.url);
// !!! Whatever is returned here is sent to the clientside `onClientUploadComplete` callback
return { uploadedBy: metadata.userId };
}),
} satisfies FileRouter;
export type OurFileRouter = typeof ourFileRouter;
Create a Astro API route using the FileRouter
File path here doesn't matter, you can serve this from any route. We recommend
serving it from /api/uploadthing
.
src/pages/api/uploadthing.ts
import { createRouteHandler } from "uploadthing/server";
import { ourFileRouter } from "~/server/uploadthing";
// Export routes for Next App Router
const handlers = createRouteHandler({
router: ourFileRouter,
config: {
token: import.meta.env.UPLOADTHING_TOKEN,
},
});
export { handlers as GET, handlers as POST };
See configuration options in server API reference
Create The UploadThing Components
We provide components to make uploading easier. We highly recommend
re-exporting them with the types assigned, but you CAN import the components
individually from @uploadthing/react
instead.
src/utils/uploadthing.ts
import {
generateUploadButton,
generateUploadDropzone,
} from "@uploadthing/react";
import type { OurFileRouter } from "~/server/uploadthing";
export const UploadButton = generateUploadButton<OurFileRouter>();
export const UploadDropzone = generateUploadDropzone<OurFileRouter>();
Add UploadThing's Styles
Wrap your Tailwind config with the withUt
helper. You can learn more about our
Tailwind helper in the "Theming" page
import { withUt } from "uploadthing/tw";
export default withUt({
// Your existing Tailwind config
content: ["./src/**/*.{ts,tsx,mdx}"],
...
});
Mount A Button And Upload!
src/components/image-uploader.tsx
import { UploadButton } from "~/utils/uploadthing";
export function ImageUploader() {
return (
<UploadButton
endpoint="imageUploader"
onClientUploadComplete={(res) => {
// Do something with the response
console.log("Files: ", res);
alert("Upload Completed");
}}
onUploadError={(error: Error) => {
// Do something with the error.
alert(`ERROR! ${error.message}`);
}}
/>
);
}
Don't forget to add the client:load
directive when mounting your component
in an Astro island.
src/pages/index.astro
---
import Layout from "~/layouts/root.astro"
import { ImageUploader } from "~/components/image-uploader";
---
<Layout>
<ImageUploader client:load />
</Layout>
Improving SSR
UploadThing needs to get info from your server to get permissions info. Normally this means a loading state, but you can inject the router config from server-rendered Astro components:
src/components/uploadthing-ssr.astro
---
import { extractRouterConfig } from "uploadthing/server"
import { uploadRouter } from "~/server/uploadthing";
/**
* This you only need to do once in your app to enable
* server side rendering of the uploadthing component.
* No data will be fetched on the client.
*/
const routerConfig = extractRouterConfig(uploadRouter);
(globalThis as any).__UPLOADTHING ??= routerConfig;
---
<script define:vars={{ routerConfig }}>
/**
* Injecting config to the client. This prevents the client from fetching
* the configuration from the server, since we already have it.
*/
globalThis.__UPLOADTHING ??= routerConfig;
</script>
Then render this component in your layout:
src/layouts/root.astro
---
import UploadThingSSR from "~/components/uploadthing-ssr.astro";
---
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>My App</title>
</head>
<UploadThingSSR />
<body>
<slot />
</body>
</html>
🎉 You're Done!
Want to customize the components? Check out the "Theming" page
Want to make your own components? Check out our useUploadThing hook