# How do you upload an image from base64 to AWS S3 in FileMAker

**URL:** <https://forum.klai.studio/t/how-do-you-upload-an-image-from-base64-to-aws-s3-in-filemaker/890>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [March 19, 2023, 2:10am UTC](https://forum.klai.studio/t/how-do-you-upload-an-image-from-base64-to-aws-s3-in-filemaker/890 "2023-03-19T02:10:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![BetterForms](https://forum.klai.studio/user_avatar/forum.klai.studio/betterforms/32/295_2.png) [@BetterForms](https://forum.klai.studio/u/BetterForms)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2023, 2:10am UTC](https://forum.klai.studio/t/how-do-you-upload-an-image-from-base64-to-aws-s3-in-filemaker/890/1 "2023-03-19T02:10:49Z")

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![](https://forum.fmbetterforms.com/uploads/default/original/1X/5545276b2821dcf833cc90f628104882534c5d30.jpeg) **Francis:**  
How do you upload an image from base64 to s3 in Filemaker?

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![](https://forum.fmbetterforms.com/uploads/default/original/1X/27c95b3d6255166c148b68a9448e3313c9149289.png) **Jason Wood:**

```auto
Set Variable [ $container ; Base64Decode ( $base64 ; $filename )
Set Variable [$curl ; "-X PUT -H " &amp; Quote ( "Content-Type: " &amp; $contentType) &amp; " --data-binary @$container]
Set Variable [$path ; "folder/thefilename.jpg"]
Set Variable [$url ; s3presignedUrl ( "PUT" ; $bucket ; $region ; $path ; 60 ; $access_key ; $secret_key ; ""]
Insert From URL [Select ; With dialog: Off ; Target: $result ; $url ; Verify SSL Certificates ; cURL options: $curl ; Do not automatically encode URL]

```

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![](https://forum.fmbetterforms.com/uploads/default/original/1X/5545276b2821dcf833cc90f628104882534c5d30.jpeg) **Francis:**  
Boom!! Thanks, Jason!

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**Author:** ![delfs](https://forum.klai.studio/user_avatar/forum.klai.studio/delfs/32/411_2.png) [@delfs](https://forum.klai.studio/u/delfs)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 11:45pm UTC](https://forum.klai.studio/t/how-do-you-upload-an-image-from-base64-to-aws-s3-in-filemaker/890/2 "2024-01-05T23:45:02Z")

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For future travelers “application/octet-stream” is the contentType