■ Serverless Image Uploader with Notifications
(AWS Project Guide)
This guide walks you through building a fully functional serverless image uploader project using
AWS services such as S3, Lambda, API Gateway, SNS, EventBridge, and a simple HTML frontend.
1. Create S3 Bucket
- Go to S3 Console → Create Bucket - Name: image-uploader-taiyaba - Block all public access: ON
- Enable versioning (optional)
2. Create IAM Role for Lambda
- Go to IAM → Roles → Create Role → Lambda - Attach: AmazonS3FullAccess,
AmazonSNSFullAccess, CloudWatchLogsFullAccess - Name it: LambdaS3SNSRole
3. Create SNS Topic for Email Notification
- Go to SNS → Create Topic → Standard - Name: ImageUploadNotification - Add email
subscription and confirm via inbox.
4. Lambda #1: Generate Pre-Signed URL
- Create Lambda: GenerateUploadURLFunction (Python 3.12) - Use IAM Role:
LambdaS3SNSRole - Add code to generate pre-signed URL for upload (PUT) - Return URL via API
Gateway
5. Create API Gateway
- Create HTTP API → Route: GET /get-upload-url → Integration: GenerateUploadURLFunction -
Enable CORS (Allow-Origin: *) - Note the Invoke URL for frontend use
6. HTML Frontend
- Basic HTML with file input and upload button - Fetch pre-signed URL from API Gateway - Upload
image directly to S3 via PUT
7. Lambda #2: Process Uploaded Image
- Triggered by S3 (PUT in uploads/) - Resize image using PIL - Save resized image to resized/
folder - Send notification via SNS topic
8. EventBridge Scheduled Cleanup
- Create EventBridge schedule: every 1 day - Target: Lambda CleanupOldFiles - Deletes images
older than 7 days from resized/ folder
9. Test Flow
- Upload via HTML → S3 receives image → triggers Lambda - Lambda resizes image, stores it,
sends email - Logs are stored in CloudWatch - Daily cleanup runs via EventBridge
Final Notes:
All AWS services used are serverless and scale automatically. You can extend the project with
authentication, virus scanning, storage tiering, and more.
