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•Created by carlosbm on 1/21/2024 in #support-community

Upload Video from a RN Expo app to the Convex Storage

Hello! I'm having trouble saving a video from a RN Expo app to the Convex Storage. In the examples, there are only references to upload images. I'm trying to build a formData and doing several things, but I cannot get it working. I managed to upload the video to the Storage, and I see it uploaded with the proper size, but cannot change the name, nor I can play the video after downloading it because it is saved in a different extension. This is the code I have right now, if someone could help me would be great! Thanks!

const postUrl = await generateUploadUrl();

      const form = new FormData();
      form.append("video", {
        uri,
        type: "video/*",
        name: "video.mp4",
      });

      // Step 2: POST the file to the URL
      const result = await fetch(postUrl, {
        method: "POST",
        headers: { "Content-Type": "multipart/form-data" },
        body: form,
      });

      const { storageId } = await result.json();
      // Step 3: Save the newly allocated storage id to the database
      await saveVideoStorageId({ videoStorageId: storageId });

const postUrl = await generateUploadUrl();

      const form = new FormData();
      form.append("video", {
        uri,
        type: "video/*",
        name: "video.mp4",
      });

      // Step 2: POST the file to the URL
      const result = await fetch(postUrl, {
        method: "POST",
        headers: { "Content-Type": "multipart/form-data" },
        body: form,
      });

      const { storageId } = await result.json();
      // Step 3: Save the newly allocated storage id to the database
      await saveVideoStorageId({ videoStorageId: storageId });

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